Owner manual

Lefthandedshootersshouldfollowinstructionsinreverse.
StiffArrow.
Bareshaftsytoleft.
LimberArrow
Bareshaftsytoright.
17
Fine Tuning Your Compound Bow
Fishtailing
 Fishtailing relates to the arrow rest adjustment and the stiffness of your
arrow.Justasbefore,startatabouttentofteenyardsandshootthreeetchedarrowsinto
yourtarget.Usingthesameaimingpoint,followthemupwithabareshaft.Afteryouget
theshaftstoimpactwiththeetchedshafts,youmaywanttotryshootingthematalonger
distanceforanerindicationofarrowight.
 Ifyourunetchedshaftsimpacttotheleftofyouretchedshafts,yourarrowistoostiff.
There are two things that you can do to correct this problem; you can select a weaker
arrow, or you can decrease the cushion plunger tension. Increasing the peak weight of
yourboworincreasingyourpointweightwillalsomakeyourarrowactabitmorelimber.
 Ifyourunetchedshaftsimpacttotherightofyouretchedshafts,yourarrowistoolimber.
Therearetwomethodsyoucantrythatwillcorrectthisproblem;youcanselectastiffer
arrow,oryoucanincreasethecushionplungertension.Decreasingthepeakweightofyour
bowordecreasingyourpointweightwillalsomakeyourarrowactabitmorestiff.
 To further fine tune your setup, step back to twenty or thirty yards and repeat
the above procedures. Small flight disturbances will show up better as you get
farther from the target. Your Martin bow is essentially tuned when your bare shafts hit
togetherwithyouretchedshafts.Keepinmindthatifyoucontinueandcompletethesuper
netuningmethodsinthismanual,itisnotuncommonforyourbareshaftimpacttochange.
Evenwithyourbowshootingitsbest,itiscommonforaperfectlytunedbowtoshootabare
shaftabitlowandrightorlowandleft.Perfectarrowgroupsarethegoalwhencompleting
theseexercises.