User manual MARTIN ARCHERY MARTIN COMPOUND 2001

[. . . ] We are confident that you will experience many years of enjoyment from your new Martin bow. Each bow that leaves our door is handmade one at a time as they have been for fifty years. We take great pride in every product we produce and we strive to offer you the most complete line of professional accessories available. We also like to hear stories of your successes while using our products. [. . . ] Start at about ten to fifteen yards and shoot three fletched arrows into your target. After you get the shafts to impact with the fletched shafts, you may want to try shooting them at a longer distance for a finer indication of arrow flight. A high nock set will cause porpoising If the bare shafts impact below the fletched arrows, your nock point is too high. Move your nocking point down in small increments until the bare shaft strikes with the fletched shafts. If the bare shafts impact above your fletched arrows, your nock point is too low. Lower your nock point in small increments until your fletched arrows and your bare shaft impact together. Repeat the above steps from a longer distance to make sure you have completely corrected the nock point. Shooting from a longer distance will make minor disturbances more apparent. Low nocking point High nocking point 13 Fishtailing Fishtailing relates to the arrow rest adjustment and the stiffness of your arrow. Just as before, start at about ten to fifteen yards and shoot three fletched arrows into your target. After you get the shafts to impact with the fletched shafts, you may want to try shooting them at a longer distance for a finer indication of arrow flight. If your unfletched shafts impact to the left of your fletched shafts, your arrow is too stiff. There are several things that you can do to correct this problem; you can select a weaker arrow, 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 unfletched shafts impact to the right of your fletched shafts, your arrow is too limber. There are several methods you can try that will correct this problem; you can select a stiffer arrow, 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 fletched shafts. Keep in mind that if you continue and complete the super fine tuning methods in this manual, it is not uncommon for your bare shaft impact to change. Your bow will be shooting its best and 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. Stiff Arrow- bare shafts fly to left. Limber Arrow-bare shafts fly to right. Left handed shooters should follow instructions in reverse. 14 PAPER TUNING Paper tuning will work for all styles of shooting. As you are going through these steps keep in mind that paper tuning is not chiseled in stone as the law of archery. Many shooters find that their setup groups best when achieving less than perfect tuning results. [. . . ] The strength of all Martin bows, regardless of what cable system you are using, allows the use of all of the low stretch materials in use today. S-4, Spectra FastFlight, and 450 Premium among others are all good materials, and they can be used on all martin bows with out voiding your warranty. 21 WARRANTY Whether your new bow is for hunting, 3-D, or for target shooting, you have made the right decision in choosing a Martin!Over forty years of archery experience are built into every Martin bow. You can be confident that your new bow is designed to provide years of faithful service, and Martin will always be around to back it with our rock solid warranty. [. . . ]