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Old 03-07-07, 11:13 PM
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Originally Posted by Mistake View Post
Ok...

I know (as most archers do) that the heavier the pile you have in the arrow, the softer the arrow will act.

I was wondering if there is a direct colloralation between the pile weight and the softness of the spine (eg: a 100 gain pile will take the arrow spine down a group) or is it total guess work?
depends what you are trying to do with your heavier pile. If your bare shaft is too far left of your group when you are tuning, then a heavier pile will make your arrows whippyer and bring the bare shaft back to the group.
All in all its really down to trial and error!
I always think that if you can shoot a bare shaft at 70m (after tuning at 30m) and get it somewhere near your fletched arrows, your tuning isnt too bad .
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