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hi everyone awhile back i bought a samick sage recurve w/ 60# limbs too heavy to start so i bought 50# limbs and shooting beman 400 helical feathers 28" i shoot high and to the left [ ishoot r/h] aim lower shoot low aim @the bullseye high to the left [shooting 10 yds, 20 yds mostly 10] driving me CRAZY any sugestions would be greatly appeciated

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A 400 spine arrow 28" long is way over spined for a 50# draw - and you are probably drawing to 27 if the arrows are 28.

Means you are shooting 47lbs tops. This will cause a left hit and it will be high if you are canting the bow much. You can try loading the point wght, get full length .400's or best get a .500 spine and start with it long.

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It is extremely important to check your brace height, nocking point and arrow weight... each of these things can throw an arrow off a mile if not adjusted properly. Also make sure of your bow cant.. you don't want your bow canted too much or not enough. Sometimes it is something you're doing technique wise that causes what you discribe... especially if you're doing it consistantly.

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My first Question would be are you floating the bow in your hand or gripping...I can't speak to your arrow weight...for I was using a 45# recurve with 2115 Lt Eastman /100gr muzzy when I shot recurve...but do know that when I neglected to float the bow between my thumb and index finger...gripping it even lightly ...It would torque my shot left and high

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Growalot makes a good point. I also do this when I grip the bow. I find if you just relax your thumb even take it right off the grip if you can you shoot better. I actually open up my hand so it i can't really torque the bow. This is what works for us. Form is important is shooting traditional but consistancy is more important.

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thank you everyone i shot today much better growalot hit it on the head it was me torqing the bow went slow and everything and found out that was the prblem i sot my friends arrows 2016 easton i think bare shaft feather all fly perfect might switch what do you guys think my arrows fly perfect too though.

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When i got serious into hunting with a recurve i read somewhere that you first need to concentrate on technique and consistency of draw, anchor and release...before i even went to the range i was practicing drawing, anchoring, and releasing into a target 5 yards away no caring where the arrow went...sometimes with my eyes closed just to get that muscle memory...with me its all about concentration and thinking about what i am doing...if im in a bad mood or have something on my mind my days at the range suck...also try changing your draw hand from split to 3 under (if that is the case) going to 3 under really helped me get much better accuracy.

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  On 8/9/2012 at 10:53 AM, agross said:

When i got serious into hunting with a recurve i read somewhere that you first need to concentrate on technique and consistency of draw, anchor and release...before i even went to the range i was practicing drawing, anchoring, and releasing into a target 5 yards away no caring where the arrow went...sometimes with my eyes closed just to get that muscle memory...with me its all about concentration and thinking about what i am doing...if im in a bad mood or have something on my mind my days at the range suck...also try changing your draw hand from split to 3 under (if that is the case) going to 3 under really helped me get much better accuracy.

All that can help.

But without a setup that is reasonably tuned and matched, it's a long road to reasonable proficiency.

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what happen yesterday sight wasnt up ? when to the met game game last nite shot alittile after work shot perfect but i feel the arrows are bit heavy so ill buy some 2016s it'll be cheaper and more fun then the met game - $40.00 tix one steak sand $ 13.00 two bttles water- $9.00 . shooting bullseyes w/ recurve priceless, stck to archery oh by the way they lost

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A great place to look for traditional archery equipment is 3Rivers Archery. Also i think that they have sample packs of arrows (like a 6 pack of arrows of varying weights so you dont have to buy a full 1/2 dozen and then find out that they are not perfect for your bow)

Also i would give carbon arrows a look. Since i started with my recurve i only shoot carbon. THey are a lot tougher than alluminum especially on those shots where you miss the target but a foot or so.

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i found out today why im shotting to the right my bow arm i push my shoulderin to my cheek iwas doing that w/ my compuond too baad habit ihad to break i lowered my arm and bent my elbow hit bulls form is ever thing arrows seemed to fly good i want ask if 400s are good for the 60# limbs i want to hunt w/ it also is 50# limbs good to hunt w/ for deer

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