Whenever I work on getting my osprey shooting straight I've always just messed with the rest, assuming that when you guys say nock high I can just adjust the rest a bit below the nock and I'd achieve this. Are you guys actually saying I need to adjust where my nock point is on the string? I've been smashing fish pretty well all year but I don't think I've ever had complete bulletholes.
Move the nock or move the rest?
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I always mount my rest down as low as possible and against the riser to prevent it from moving, then I do all my vertical adjustments with my nock point. Just open the nock slightly so it will turn on the string but not slide up and down and you can thread the nock point up and down the string incrementally by just twisting the nock point until you get the arrow flying good and flat then clamp the nock pt. down and it is set.
Most bows I have seen always seem to have the nock pt. much too low and do not be afraid to move it really high, in fact start out really high then work your way down to avoid getting inconsistent readings from the arrow slamming into the rest. Good luck
Most bows I have seen always seem to have the nock pt. much too low and do not be afraid to move it really high, in fact start out really high then work your way down to avoid getting inconsistent readings from the arrow slamming into the rest. Good luck
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Another thing, I'm seeing the new craze of rests that are just a trough for the arrow and seem to fit perfectly on the riser. Is there no adjusting the rest? Cuz I've got quick draws on my bows and theyre the main reason I went back to using safety slides the reload was just so much quicker and with the quickdraw I can see a lot of room for error when it comes to tttb and accidentally leaving the string where it'll get caught somewhere on the rest.
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Mark and Bryan are spot on. Getting the rest low goes back to the days of instinctive shooting long bows and such.
Gets the arrow as close to the top of your fist as possible. Then the instinctive part is easier because it's more like
pointing your finger. Also, like Mark mentions, the tighter your rest is to the riser the less likely it is to be "knocked" around.
Gets the arrow as close to the top of your fist as possible. Then the instinctive part is easier because it's more like
pointing your finger. Also, like Mark mentions, the tighter your rest is to the riser the less likely it is to be "knocked" around.
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so I should get some kinda shelf rest to go right on my riser? help with consistency AND being able to tttb?
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