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An arrows natural spin from bow

7.4K views 77 replies 40 participants last post by  reddogjack  
30 plus years ago , I saw this from a Canadian Coach visiting our club, worked with some of the local archers and a group of the Para Olympic archers.

His explanation was similar to what is being said here, to fletch in the same direction of the natural twist of the arrow coming out of the bow, he suggested a 1 in 6 twist, so otherwise one complete rotation for 6 arrow lenghts, weird how I can remember this :)

I do remember it was tough to get this much rotation,

I also think the amount of rotation/ drag/ or arrow stabilization due to fletching also should be considered in varying amounts depending on your application, so hunting, indoor spots or say shooting 70 meters..may require different different amouts of twist.