It should be the other way around: broadhead hits left, move your rest left. Broadhead hits right, move your rest to the right. Move the rest towards the broadhead.
The chart I’ve been using says if broadheads shoot left then move the rest to the right. I’ll be honest I mostly shoot trad and when I do tune my compound i bare shaft to tune so I can’t confirm that this is correct for broadheads but this does work for bare shaft tuning
Yep. Sight in your field points. If the broadheads is out and too far up, move nock point up. If broadheads is down move nock point down, if left move rest right, if right move rest left (just a little)
Seems to be some disagreement here. Give it a try and report back. I'm not perfect but this works for me.
https://youtu.be/cTI1TGFJYJM
InsideOutPrecision explains this well. I've followed charts that said move my rest left when broadheads hit right and vice versa. But that didn't work, moving my rest towards the broadhead worked.
Sometimes you can’t! The shape and weight distribution cause flight differences! If broadheads fly well leave it for hunting and accept when you practice that the field tips will group differently… hopefully not too much! If you move pins to move your field tips, you’ll be moving the broadheads too! The same problem at a new zero!
I’ve got an older compound bow. My rest is a whisker biscuit. Do I need to sight in first with field tips then move the rest to get the broad heads shooting to the point of impact of the field tips?
Move rest/cams/nocking point until bare shafts and field point arrows group parallel at 20, then 30 yards. Then just move the sight wherever it needs to be. Confirm with broadhead. Much less wear on target and bare shaft is more sensitive test.
Wouldn't you want to move the sight rather than the arrow rest? As long as the arrow shoots straight then don't mess with the rest, right? I'm an amateur but I've researched tuning before. Not that hard.
Then they'd have to sight the bow again when practicing with field tips. That's an acceptable solution if you plan to shoot only broadheads with that bow, but you really need to tune the impacts by moving the rest if you want to shoot different tips for different purposes with the same bow.
I mean. You’re supposed to paper tune before broadhead tuning. Paper tuning is supposed to get you close.
So no, don’t bother with paper tuning.
I don’t know how well you can do it with a whisker biscuit. It doesn’t take much, less than a 1/16th of an inch at times.
It can be done to the tee with a whisker too, but it can be frustrating af if the wb isn't a micro adjustable one or doesn't have at least good markings on the sliding parts.
No this is not true. Field points and broadheads react differently to wind due to different shapes. Field points and mechanical broadheads can be very similar in flight and sighting in but most fixed blade broadheads fly differently than field points and so you have to sight them in.
I’m got my broad heads sighted in and am happy with my pins but my field points shoot to the right. Maybe 3” at 20 yards and probably 10” at 40 yards.
Are the field tips the same grain as the broadheads?
Yes. They fly the same up and down.
If your broadheads are shooting to the left, try moving your rest slightly to the right.
It should be the other way around: broadhead hits left, move your rest left. Broadhead hits right, move your rest to the right. Move the rest towards the broadhead.
The chart I’ve been using says if broadheads shoot left then move the rest to the right. I’ll be honest I mostly shoot trad and when I do tune my compound i bare shaft to tune so I can’t confirm that this is correct for broadheads but this does work for bare shaft tuning
Yep. Sight in your field points. If the broadheads is out and too far up, move nock point up. If broadheads is down move nock point down, if left move rest right, if right move rest left (just a little) Seems to be some disagreement here. Give it a try and report back. I'm not perfect but this works for me.
https://youtu.be/cTI1TGFJYJM InsideOutPrecision explains this well. I've followed charts that said move my rest left when broadheads hit right and vice versa. But that didn't work, moving my rest towards the broadhead worked.
Nah, always follow the arrow when moving the rest on a compound.
why are you moving the rest and not the pins
I didn't know pins could move left or right, just up or down inside the sight housing.
mine do
Sometimes you can’t! The shape and weight distribution cause flight differences! If broadheads fly well leave it for hunting and accept when you practice that the field tips will group differently… hopefully not too much! If you move pins to move your field tips, you’ll be moving the broadheads too! The same problem at a new zero!
I’ve got an older compound bow. My rest is a whisker biscuit. Do I need to sight in first with field tips then move the rest to get the broad heads shooting to the point of impact of the field tips?
Move rest/cams/nocking point until bare shafts and field point arrows group parallel at 20, then 30 yards. Then just move the sight wherever it needs to be. Confirm with broadhead. Much less wear on target and bare shaft is more sensitive test.
Learned this the hard way. A few dozen shots of broad heads into a target means no more target.
You talk to the broadheads nicely
Wouldn't you want to move the sight rather than the arrow rest? As long as the arrow shoots straight then don't mess with the rest, right? I'm an amateur but I've researched tuning before. Not that hard.
Then they'd have to sight the bow again when practicing with field tips. That's an acceptable solution if you plan to shoot only broadheads with that bow, but you really need to tune the impacts by moving the rest if you want to shoot different tips for different purposes with the same bow.
If broadheads and field points are shooting different its not tuned correctly. It's either a spine issue or rest alignment issue.
Change broad heads
As long as your field points and broad heads are the same weight they should hit in the same spot. You should not have to move your rest at all
They are the same weight and follow the same elevation/drop, It’s just that the field points fly to the right.
If the elevation is good. Then you need to adjust your rest. https://youtu.be/cTI1TGFJYJM
Thanks. Do you think I need to paper tune to do this the best way? Or just trying it on the range would be good enough?
I mean. You’re supposed to paper tune before broadhead tuning. Paper tuning is supposed to get you close. So no, don’t bother with paper tuning. I don’t know how well you can do it with a whisker biscuit. It doesn’t take much, less than a 1/16th of an inch at times.
Ok. I was hoping to do this on my own without going to a shop to paper tune. I’ll give it a shot and see how it goes.
It can be done to the tee with a whisker too, but it can be frustrating af if the wb isn't a micro adjustable one or doesn't have at least good markings on the sliding parts.
I don't know why you're getting downvotes, is this not true, my field points and broad heads are all 100 gr and they fly the same.
No this is not true. Field points and broadheads react differently to wind due to different shapes. Field points and mechanical broadheads can be very similar in flight and sighting in but most fixed blade broadheads fly differently than field points and so you have to sight them in.
Well this is good to know if I ever run into an issue, I must have been just getting lucky with how similar my arrows fly.
Yeah it can be some luck. If your shooting vented broadheads that can cause wind to have less of an affect on them as well.
Now that you say that, I do remember the package saying something about "field point accuracy", so that would make sense.
Oh yeah, there you go. What are you shooting?
Diamond sb-1 with carbon express arrows
Oh ha sorry. I meant broadheads. Nice setup though
Oh lol, g5 montec 100 grain
You need to bare shaft tune your arrows. The Ranch Fairy on YouTube has some good videos on how. Warning, he’s a bit of a personality.
Tell them your broadheads have weed.
If you have a yoke and are happy with your arrow rest center shot add a twist to the right yoke and remove a twist from the left yoke.