Changed center Serving... Changing impact

I recently cut my center serving and had to have it replaced. I just started shooting it again and I am hitting about 5 inches low. I am assuming that the serving is thicker than my older worn serving and slowing the arrow down?

Also I have paper tuned in the past but find it easier if I shoot a broadhead then fieldpoints and adjust until they come together. If i'm grouping broadhead and field points together is there still a need to papertune?

 

I'm guessing your nock point has changed. Your serving is not slowing that arrow down. You need to make sure your nock point is leveled.

 

Thanks I will try moving it down a bit more and see if it effects my broadhead flight. I felt it was where it was before, the archery shop told me sometimes reserving can change impact and that could of just got in my head... Hopefully get more shooting in and figure it out tomorrow.

 

I can't think of any negative impact reserving your string would have. Somebody with some custom string experience jump in here.

 

jbadje, do yourself a huge favor and burn a 20 on a Bowvise Nok-Ez & String level combo. This will tell you real quick if your nock point has changed.

 

Reserving a string will not cause impact issues so long as your nock point was put back in the same place. The only thing serving can wreak havoc on is peep rotation if its not served in the correct direction.

 

Might want to check that nocks fit properly. If new serving was thicker.

 

Serving does seem thicker but I wanted to check my dloop again, I have a feeling it is a hair low.

 

Wouldn't your arrows be hitting higher if the nock point was lower than before?

 

I think his peep moved...
5" low at what yardage?

 

Serving weight can effect bow speed but we're only talking a couple fps here, not enough that you'd notice. The likely culprits have already been identified; remember that nock point effects both arrow position, anchor point and peep location which has a compound effect. Something that wasn't mentioned was nock pinch. Make sure that your loop is tied back in so that it pressures the nock the same as it used to at full draw. You also don't want a serving so thick that the nock is grabbing on to it real hard. You should be able to nock an arrow, tip the bow so that the arrow hangs tip down on the string without falling off and you should be able to sharply tap the string and have the arrow fall off.

 

I believe it was my nocking point, just went out and paper tuned it and the nock was a bit too high. Also I did notice my loop was pretty tight and may have been pinching the nock. I should have it shooting straight this weekend. Thanks for all the help!