Bow tuning

[Carpdaddy]

Okay; shot some arrows with the new fast flight string this evening. Not much time but every shot was a quite thump as it should be! Now since I made more than one change I gots ta figure out what did it! I'm just happy right now!

[Mohawk]

That's great news CD! That has got to be the sweetest feeling of satisfaction.

[Carpdaddy]

First thing I did was to pad the loops when making this string. It is a fast flight and I added two strands of B50 in each loop. Probably not the issue but I didn't want it breaking should it continue. Second thing I caught was that I had not cut this grip as deep resulting in me shooting low wrist sometimes. When I caught myself I filed the grip a little deeper, yep I get to finish it again for the third time! I have a little piece of rubber stuck on to remind me to keep my wrist straight.

[Carpdaddy]

Here's what I think may have done more than anything else. I did rubber silencers instead of the puff balls and spaced them according to the directions listed above in this thread. I tried first by tying rubber bands on the string and sliding them up and down. Then I dug out some fancy silicon jig skirts from my fishing tackle and put them in place.

[Carpdaddy]

Now I can focus on my shooting rather than shooting just to listen for a sound! Tried a few at 20 yards, three out of four not bad. The one to the right is a 600 spine with 225 up front. The other two 600 spines have 175 & 200 grain up front. The one 500 spine in center has 250 grain tip. Just hoping it continues, now I'm shooting three under again mostly.

[Captainkirk]

Ya wouldn't catch me complaining about that sort of shooting...unless it was at 5 yards!

[nm41mag]

A bow is not all I shoot. I only qualify once a year with a service side arm, so I practice some in case I ever need it. Heck I even practice with Rifles on occasion.