What are the best pin nocks for Gold Tip XXX's

jim p · May 17, 2010

I had two arrows that were hitting about 1/2" low and 1/2" left. I also had one arrow that was hitting 2" high. I rotated the nock 180 degrees on the arrow that was hitting 2" high and it is now hitting about 1/2" high. So by rotating the nock I was able to change the impact of the arrow. Note I did not rotate the arrow just the nock.

The nocks on the arrows are the gold tip nock. So I am wanting to know if there are better nocks. Maybe some nocks which are so uniform that they don't need to be rotated to get the arrows to hit together.

I came up with the above number not by being able to shoot that good but by knowing where the sight was when the bow fired and then observing where the arrow hit. I have spent about 4 hours today shooting and this is my best determination of what is happening. I started aiming off the X by aiming at the 10 ring at 6 o'clock with one arrow and aiming at the 10 ring at 2 o'clock with the other two arrows and I was getting a better X count than normal. Those vegas X's are pretty small.

So is there a nock out there that will solve my problem?

Bnbfishin · May 17, 2010

Don't know if it will solve your problem. I use McKinney nocks. They fit nicer on the string than the GT nocks I had on my Triple X's.

jim p · May 17, 2010

Thanks for the suggestion. Do you know if one color McKinney nock is better than the other colors. I ask this because I have been told that GT flo green nocks can be brittle.

Bnbfishin · May 17, 2010

Not that I am aware of. I have used the yellow and the white ones with zero issues.

J-Daddy · May 17, 2010

I shoot the Bohning pin nocks, I dont know if they are more precise than others but they seem to be a little tougher than some of the others.

Takeum · May 17, 2010

Maybe it's NOT the nocks your having the problem with,, but the way your installing the inserts.. I use plastic wrap to install mine without any glue. At least on the backside of the arrows...

rattlinman · May 17, 2010

I'm using the Easton pin knocks on my 30X's and they seem to fit better and more consistent. I got a hold of some Goldtip knocks that weren't drilled/molded straight and had the same problem your having. You could roll the un-fletched shaft and watch the knock wobble. Haven't found a bad Easton yet.

Kstigall · May 17, 2010

I use the Eaton "G" pin nocks. But I think it's ridiculous they are so much more expensive than other pin nocks.

hoyttech13 · May 17, 2010

ask the pro

hey jim p i have gone through what you are going through allready no matter what brand pin nock you have you need to tune your nocks to your shafts which need to be tuned to your bow. and this all can be achieved by bareshaft paper tunning your arrows not your bow. if you have any questions just get on goldtip website and email tim guillingham he will mail you back right away and aswer any questions you have he got me shooting bullet holes and i now have the perfectly tuned arrow

jim p · May 17, 2010

Thanks again for the help.

I can see that it will be best to tune each nock and arrow. But is it typical to change the impact of an arrow by 1 1/2" at 20 yards just by rotating a nock 180 degrees? I would like to have some nocks that would shoot tight groups and only change the impact point by maybe 1/2" at 20 yards.

The first thing that I did was bare shaft tune. Now I am thinking that if the nocks were all fouled up that I need to go back and bare shaft tune again after I get the nocks squared away. I may have to go through several cycles before I can know that the nocks are tuned and the bow is bare shaft tuned.

If I have to, I will just write on the arrow where it has to be aimed to get an X.

What are the best pin nocks for Gold Tip XXX's

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