I'm seeing my BH are hitting about 3-4" low at 30yds. My arrow at rest looks like i'm shooting "downhill" and I figure moving the rest up a 1/16 or so and trying to get things to match would help. My past experience of adjusting a rest has caused more problems than good. I'm close now. I don't want to live with it, but then again I don't want to mess things up real bad either.
I'm shooting a bear attack @ 28" 62lb, 100gr G5 Striker, 75/95 GT @ 27.5" I believe.
I'd ask a friend or a shop locally, but the shops treat me like crap because I didn't buy a Mathews off of them, and I don't have any knowledable friends to get me started. Basically learned everything from Bowsite.
Bow press and homemade draw board are valuable tools as well.
Also the arrow should go through the center (or at least close) to the berger button hole (the 2 holes the rest mounts to). By the pic it looks like the rest is too low now. Get the arrow in the correct spot on the riser then adjust D-loop to tune. Then you can move the rest to fine tune if needed. It is easier than moving the D-loop.
FWIW: I found the WB shoots best with the nock 1/8-3/16" high from level.
On a new string I'll get everything in the ballpark but won't tighten down to full torque. Put 30, 40, 50 arrows through it and THEN do your precision set up.
1/8" nock high has usually been good to me as well. Gives plenty of room for adjustment up and down.... if your rest adjusts that is.... I tie nocksets inside my d-loop, moving all that... I'd just go buy a rest that had vertical.
As said above, any tuning work should be preceded by going over the bow and making sure everything is in factory specs, timing, etc. first.
Like X - man said its pretty hard to be overspined with a compound and a release. Besides shooting low is not a spine issue typically.
1) It was the basic biscuit and I'm going to change that out. I don't want to have to move the nock point every time I need to make an adjustment. Will get replaced this week
2) I was able to adjust the nock point down and the groups did close to about 1.5" low. So going in the right direction. Again not doing more until I replace the rest.
3) I must have been nuts on the arrow shaft length. They are 29.25 each. I do not feel that I am over spined but then again I wouldn't know how to know that for sure. These shoot much more consistently than the 55/75s I had been shooting.
I'll be looking at some rests tonight.
I've only really shot a biscuit and I like the capture for hunting and of course the no moving parts. Accuracy has not been an issue either (other than I need a rest thats adjustable now)
Should I look at going drop away? I see many offer full capture, but of course that is a moving part that could fail. ( I won't shoot mechanical BH for this very reason)
I want to be 100% confident in myself and my equipment when I draw and arrow on an animal.
But the elevation adjustment is a necessity IMO.
I can't believe the difference it has made to have the arrow actually coming off the bow properly. 1 evening and about an hour and I've done more to improve than I did in the previous 2 months.
As recommended I started with the arrow covering the berger holes and worked from there. A few minor adjustments and I'm almost set. I think in the next week or so I'll have it as good as I'm going to get.
