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Dry Fire or de-rail a bow
NEVER EVER DRY FIRE A BOW . Dry firing (or sometimes known as “dry loosing”) means that the bow string is released after being placed under tension without an arrow being in place (nocked) or an arrow being incorrectly shot. In most cases, this occurs completely by accident—often as a result of: Incorrect nocking of the arrow.
Bare Shaft Tuning
Bare Shaft Tuning Redback Archery Supplies recommends bare shaft tuning for any setup shot with a finger release. In order to use this method you will need two fletched arrows and two bare shafts. Follow the illustrations below to fine tune your setup. This diagram depicts optimal tuning for the bare shaft tuning method. Bare shafts and fletched arrows should have very similar impact points. Stiff Arrow Possible Corrections: Use a longer shaft Use a lighter spined shaft Add weight to the insert using a weight system, or by adding a heavier weight point Weak Arrow Possible Corrections:...