Munsterman
Active member
Hi,
Never shot a bare shaft arrow before this evening, but on a whim decided to give it a go while shooting fletched arrows at 60 yds. To my amazement the bareshafts missed the target 9 out of 10 times and only barely made it on at 10 o clock in the outer white the 10th shot. The bareshaft always flew left of the grouping.
I moved to the 20 yds and 30 yds targets, to get more info. At 20yds 10 out of 10 bareshaft shots impacted approx. 4-6 inches high and approx 15-18 inches left of the of the grouping (shooting into a varying breeze medium light breeze too too). Even worse at 30 yds.
The walk back test to 60 yds could not be much better so never bothered with bareshaft shooting until now. Our club elders always discounted the need to do the bareshaft tests, and enthusiastically advocate the walk backs.
I am left handed, so I believe that the results indicate a weak shaft. correct? Given the large discrepancies between the bare/fletched arrows, am I likely to be able to use the button to get them to converge to an acceptable level?
M arrows are approx 1/2 inch too long so will probably have them shortened, which will stiffe them a bit, but am I better off biting the bulet and buying a stiffer shaft?
I currently shoot Nav 540/ 30 inches/40 pounds G3 with Helix riser (hence why arrows are a little long now)
best wishes,
Colin
Never shot a bare shaft arrow before this evening, but on a whim decided to give it a go while shooting fletched arrows at 60 yds. To my amazement the bareshafts missed the target 9 out of 10 times and only barely made it on at 10 o clock in the outer white the 10th shot. The bareshaft always flew left of the grouping.
I moved to the 20 yds and 30 yds targets, to get more info. At 20yds 10 out of 10 bareshaft shots impacted approx. 4-6 inches high and approx 15-18 inches left of the of the grouping (shooting into a varying breeze medium light breeze too too). Even worse at 30 yds.
The walk back test to 60 yds could not be much better so never bothered with bareshaft shooting until now. Our club elders always discounted the need to do the bareshaft tests, and enthusiastically advocate the walk backs.
I am left handed, so I believe that the results indicate a weak shaft. correct? Given the large discrepancies between the bare/fletched arrows, am I likely to be able to use the button to get them to converge to an acceptable level?
M arrows are approx 1/2 inch too long so will probably have them shortened, which will stiffe them a bit, but am I better off biting the bulet and buying a stiffer shaft?
I currently shoot Nav 540/ 30 inches/40 pounds G3 with Helix riser (hence why arrows are a little long now)
best wishes,
Colin