Fletching degrees?

[oldfarmsblueman]

Got my 3" feathers yesterday .Still waiting
for grayling jig.I'm going to start with 4 3' feathers.
How do you figure out what degree from 0-6 is
best .
Also my 4" feathers are one inch from the nock,and
my blazers are 3/4 from the nock .Is there a reason.
And will it make a difference.
I shot an arrow with no fletchings to see how it would
fly.At 20 it was better than I thought

[BT]

With 4 fletch you should fletch at zero offset.
If you have an unruly broadhead you could go up to 1 degree and that could help but you are going to slow the arrow faster and create more noise in flight.

The set back isn't going to make a difference in relation to performance

[royden]

May 20, 2008 11:13:48 GMT -5 oldfarmsblueman said:

Also my 4" feathers are one inch from the nock,and
my blazers are 3/4 from the nock .Is there a reason.


I shot an arrow with no fletchings to see how it would
fly.At 20 it was better than I thought

the amount of setback may have to do with the shape of your feather ... feathers are typically slightly taller ... you will have less face contact if the feather is held farther up the shaft.

How did your bare shaft fly?

[oldfarmsblueman]

This is one 2"blazer-one beat up 4" feather and one shaft!
At 20 yds.Shaft seems to go high and gets more penitration
I'm sure it is going faster

[royden]

It don't get much better than that for a bare shaft. You can tweek your rest a tiny bit to try and get closer but at this point I don't think it would be worth it. good shootin'

[SPIKER]

That's awesome for a bare shaft...your bow is tuned well...lets see some broadhead flight out of it....ditto on the good shooting...