Could I be under spined?

rmekus

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I am shooting a RPM 360 left handed. Bow is set at 63# draw length is 26.5. I am shooting 400/5575 gold tips at 26.5 length and 100gr field tips at 285fps. Groups well at 10 and 20 yards grouping is poor at 30 then tightens up at 40? Watching my arrow flight vs a partners at 40yd my arrows appear to oscillate longer and harder then his?
 
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Potentially, it may be worth giving a shot but 285 isn't overly fast and you should be ok according to the manufacturer's charts. I shoot GT Velocity 400s at 70 Lbs and 27" and don't have problems with them, out of a 2006 Old Glory. What fletchings are you using? How does it paper tune at different distances? There's a good thread going on arrow spine that has me rethinking my 400s right now, it's worth reading.
 
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2" helix blazers. It shoots bullet holes in paper at 10yds have not tried at greater distances. Just strange that it is tight at 20 and 40 and funky at 30. Maybe my eyes are crappy at that yardage lol
 
first of all... I dont think you are anywhere near underspined. I have shot those arrows much longer with much higher draw weight with no tuning problems...

Second... why in the world would you paper tune at 10 yards? Move up to 5 feet, paper tune, move back, broadhead tune... you should be good to go. All you learn when paper tuning at 10 yards is the obvious... fletching works. You need to know what the arrow is doing when leaving the bow, not once the blazers have done their job. You will certainly learn even less be shooting through paper further back.

Honestly I have seen very few accuracy issues with field points with an underspined arrow, the problems comes when trying to shoot a broadhead. I know of nothing that will cause an arrow to be accurate at 20 and 40 and not at 30 (physics). I think that is mostly mental. the amount of "oscillation" in an arrow is very little, most likely not something you would notice from a bow that is slightly out of tune... many times different colored fletching combos will cause an arrow to look like it has different flight.

Joe
 
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