123 4/8 P&Y Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 OK guys and gals, try and stay with me here. I'm right handed and I'm not a bad shot. My broadheads consistently fly way to the left of my field points. So I tried moving my fall away rest to the right in small increments. No change. My broadheads flew even farther to the right. The easton chart says this is a stiff arrow reaction. So next I tried a weaker spined arrow. Still no change. In order to get my broadheads and field points to impact in the same spot I have to move my rest all the way out. This is exactly backwards of what every broadhead tuning chart tells me and it looks really goofy. What gives? I'm not hitting my arm on my string, my release and follow through are smooth, my grip is loose and consistent. I can't figure it out and I cannot express in words how frustrating it is to me. In fact this problem has all but destroyed the enjoyment I get out of archery and bowhunting. Can anyone give me some real advice? And I don't mean refer me to some stupid arrow tuning link that I've already been to a dozen times. I'm just looking for somebody that can make some suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Washi Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 The only thing I would think would cause something like that would be vane contact. It could be contact with the arrow rest or with your cables. If it's not one of those then I have no clue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockwave Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 Try moving your rest to the left. Normally when you sight in your bow, if your hitting to the left you move your pin to the left.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Colt Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 well i know you dont want to have to move your sights since its shooting fine with field points so why dont you just try out some different broadheads or change how the blades of your current broadheads line up with the vanes on your arrows. like is said, if its shooting straight with field points then i wouldnt start moving your sights and rest all around. thats not fixing the problem. thats just covering the problem up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckbuster11 Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 What broadhead are you using? And have you paper shot your bow recently? Sounds to me like your bow is the one that needs tuned, not the arrows or the broadheads. Usually when you have broadheads and field points not hitting the same spot you have a bow that isn't tuned properly. It could be a number of different things. The first thing I would do is take it to the shop and paper shoot it to see what kind of tears you are getting and go from there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snapper Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 What broadhead are you using? Thats what I was going to ask. If your shooting fixed blade heads...I'd make sure to spin test them to make sure everything is lined up. Think of things this way...every component on the head has a tolerance when made...maybe +- .003...same for the inserts...maybe +- .003...same for arrow shafts...vanes/feathers...nocks. I don't know all the tolerances but you could be like .020 out of round depending on heads/inserts. Since they fly good with field points...I'd try (if they are fixed heads) changing some of broadheads to different arrows...spin test to see if they spin true or off. If they spin true they should fly true...if they still don't...then may need to take your bow and have checked. I used to shoot thunderheads...might only find 1 or 2 outta a pack of 6 that spun true. I'd use the others for practice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craig mack Posted March 14, 2008 Report Share Posted March 14, 2008 I had a similar problem in the past. I ended up useing a little bit longer arrow than what I was useing. Go to your pro shop and paper tune it first and then see if they will let you shoot a bunch of different size arrows and see what flys best. It took me about 2 hours to figure mine out. Good luck Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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