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Old 21-09-06, 05:57 PM
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In the Red
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Setup
Riser: too early
Limbs: Osage Longbow
Sight: instinctive
Stabilisers: nah
Button: nope
Bow String: yes, important
Arrows: wood, mmm wood

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Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Northumberland
Posts: 302
Hi there, trial and error! I start off with the nocking point slightly above horizontal and then gradually move it up the bowstring, as I shoot, until the fletchings stop taking pieces out of my knuckle and it does end up about 3/8", maybe a bit more above horizontal
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