Archery Paper Tuning Stand

Paper tuning a bow a step by step guide paper tuning a bow is when an archer shoots an arrow through a piece of paper in order to study the rip it creates.

Archery paper tuning stand.

The rip is a snapshot of the arrow s flight at that distance around 8 feet and depending on results lets the archer know what he has to do to perfect his arrow flight. Bowmarbowhunting bowmar archery paper tuning your bow is so critical for long range accuracy and field point accuracy out of you. Place your target backstop 4 6 feet beyond the paper so the arrow can pass all the way through the paper before it hits the target. This will also give you an indication if your arrow is properly spined for the bow.

All you have to do is set it on a stand holding the paper at roughly chest height. I designed this paper tuning stand around an 18 wide x 180 long masking paper roll purchased at lowes hardware total project cost about 30 including the first roll of paper. The first stage in tuning for correct arrow flight is to shoot the arrow through thin paper at a distance of 6 to 8 feet. This will give you an idea of how to adjust your nocking point or arrow rest.

Now that you ve got your paper tuning frame placed in front of the target stand about five to 10 feet away from the paper aligning yourself and the bow so that arrows pass through the paper and are safely captured by the block target.