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Why has this happened?

katiesmom

katiesmom

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The picture is of the shelf on my left handed Sage recurve. You can see that all the fur is gone on the rear outside portion. I just noticed it.

I haven't changed my arrows and really am not sure how it got that way aside from something the arrow is doing.

Any suggestions greatly appreciated.

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HuumanCreed said:
If this is a left handed bow...is the grain of the hair is the opposite direction? Just from the picture, the hair should be going the other way so they are being pushed down.
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The hair is going from back to front, left to right. It's hard to see.
 
After you adjust the brace height put lip stick on the feathers then shoot. The lipstick will transfer and show any contact is made with the riser. That will let you know if it was the brace height before you put on a new shelf rug.
 
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I see it now. Looking down. Looks to me like you’re nock low and the largest part of the bottom hen feather is scraping that area as it goes over the rest. I’d raise your nock point up an 1/16” to an 1/8”
 
woodsdog2 said:
I see it now. Looking down. Looks to me like you’re nock low and the largest part of the bottom hen feather is scraping that area as it goes over the rest. I’d raise your nock point up an 1/16” to an 1/8”
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If her brace height is so low (from string stretch?) then the nock point would have creeped high.
Brace height should be corrected back within range before adjustments are made to nock height.
@katiesmom, have you ever played with turning your cock feather to 12 o'clock, or 9 o'clock (9 for left hand shooter)?
I'm getting better clearance with both of those positions rather than the old standard that always said to shoot with the cock feather out.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
If her brace height is so low (from string stretch?) then the nock point would have creeped high.
Brace height should be corrected back within range before adjustments are made to nock height.
@katiesmom, have you ever played with turning your cock feather to 12 o'clock, or 9 o'clock (9 for left hand shooter)?
I'm getting better clearance with both of those positions rather than the old standard that always said to shoot with the cock feather out.
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I didn’t realize her string stretched didn’t read all the comments. But for sure the correct BH and tiller should be set before adjusting nock set height.
 
I have shot cock feather toward riser forever and while feathers get some wear it doesn't affect flight. If the arrow is spined correctly it should flex away from the riser for it first oscillation as stickbows flex in the horizontal plane and compounds flex in the vertical plane. If you are hitting left that would indicate an overspined shaft and excess wear on shelf plate would support this also.
 
Allegheny Tom said:
If her brace height is so low (from string stretch?) then the nock point would have creeped high.
Brace height should be corrected back within range before adjustments are made to nock height.
@katiesmom, have you ever played with turning your cock feather to 12 o'clock, or 9 o'clock (9 for left hand shooter)?
I'm getting better clearance with both of those positions rather than the old standard that always said to shoot with the cock feather out.
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No I haven't but I will.
 
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