I'm going to switch to a helical fletching because I'm using the muzzy zero rest and was wondering what's the diff. on the left and right helical.Do you use the right if you shoot right handed and left if you are left handed.Please help.

It really does not matter which helical you use. I think left is more popular. I would use whichever fletching clamp style you have. I don't think you will see a difference with your style of rest. Alot of tests have been done on right versus left and neither one proved better than the other one.

I am not sure if it is industry standard or not but the bowshop I work in we fletch left helical for right handed shooters, unless the customer request an offset or a straight. It really comes down to what shoots best out of your bow and what it takes to tune your braodheads especially if you are shooting a fixed blade. Hope this helps

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Edited by - kidd642 on 11/26/2002 07:22:00

Thanks guys any info that I get will help

Left helical seems to be the standard, left wing feathers are typically cheaper then right wing feathers and easier to find.

Left helical is a throwback to the pre-compound days when you shot arrows off the shelf of a recurve bow. It was felt that for a right handed shooter, left helical would give better shelf clearance. With todays compounds and cutout risers, left or right helical doesn't mean squat with respect to being right or left handed. HOWEVER, right helical is desirable for the single reason that when your arrow hits its target the spin of the arrow will tighten the broadhead or field point onto the shaft. Left helical can loosen a broadhead, causing blade loss. Broadheads with offset blades (like Rockets) are also offset to the right, so it is advantageous to have them spin in the same direction as the offset.

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