When to start bare shaft tuning yourself.

[Jerry Tee]

The question of when to start tuning your bow has come up a few time mostly asked by improving archers who have changed limbs and arrows. The answer I post here is a guide.

Borrow a mismatched bare shaft from another archer. It does not matter if it is too stiff or too soft as long as the mismatch is not too far out. Shoot a group of three of your arrows and then shoot the mismatched bare shaft. When you can get a consistant result that agrees with what you know about the the borrowed bare shaft then you are ready to start bare shaft tuning your own bow.

[Kae]

Bear shaft?

[Tom]

Originally Posted by Kae

Bear shaft?

Sounds like it might be painful

PS Thread title has been edited for spelling

[geoffretired]

It's a good idea Jerry,it will work well for someone who suspects their arrows are a mismatch. It will show which way to go next ;stiffer or weaker.

[Jerry Tee]

Opps.......

[LineCutter]

Originally Posted by Tom

Thread title has been edited for spelling

We've discussed mental tuning for the archer, but I was intrigued by the implications of the thread title.

[King Custard]

never have been able to hear or read 'bare shaft' without chuckling!

[mk1]

well I was going to suggest waiting till the weather was warm enough!!

[King Custard]

while we're threatening to get another thread removed....
Does colder weather make bare shafts any stiffer?

serious question!

[Duss]

Bare shaft shooting shall become interesting as soon as one is able to release in a fairly consistent fashion.

Conversely, bare shaft shooting also is an indicator of the release quality and consistency.

I know of some shooters who would have been interested in shooting bare shafts only but have been prevented from doing so by regulations stipulating that in a competition one should use fletched shafts. They eventually have used very minimal fletches