Nocking Point

[Marcus26]

Rearding tuning thin vs fat arrows. Don't bother.
Tune your arrows up with your thin arrows, because that is more important for long range shooting, then just shoot the others.
With a good modern compound there is little nock travel and that is what gives you the up-down spread if you get your nocking point wrong.
With a bow with straight and level travel like a Mathews you can get away with alot of variation in nock height.
You also need to watch for how level your nock travel is. A bow that has a downwards moving nocking point will require a higher nocking point than one that is level.
Finally you must also take into consideration your arrow diametre vs your rest diamtre. A thin shaft like an X10 on a wide blade needs a higher nocking point.

I tune by bows up for outdoor use and just leave it for my 2315's indoor. They always group well indoors. I even shoot Fatboys for 3D out to 50m and they also group well.

[jadlem]

Originally Posted by Jerry Tee

I was always taught that the button hole was the center of the bow and all the tuning I have done on my Pro Eagle bears this out. I use a button and flipper rest, tiller of the bow is zero and the nocking point is at zero as well As for nock travel I know it is level That is one of the things you can count on with an Oneida.

Wish this was the case, have been reliably informed by a hoyt pro shooter that their compounds shoot better with the rest and nocking point closer to the shelf!

Thought this was strange till I tried it myself and was shocked by the results!

Since then I set up a compound bow to get the fastest arrow speed then tweak the setup accordingly to get the fine adjustment and tuning sorted, I have set up a couple of bows in the past according to convention and had problems with sight marks on long distance rounds. Since setting up with the most performance out of the bow this has not been an issue.

With compounds there is the simple remedy to the above and simply plump for a 60lbs bow and some ACEs but I used to shoot 45lbs and could only afford ACCs!

If you can borrow a chronograph try this yourself!