12/30/2023 0 Comments Bear lights out arrow grains![]() You don’t want your nock to be too tight or too loose on the string. Usually, you’ll only hear that click when the nock fits perfectly. The large-groove nocks are meant for compound bows and for recurves with thicker strings.You want your nock to make an audible click when you seat the nock on the bowstring. The small-groove nocks are meant for the skinnier bowstrings, like you’d find on low-poundage recurve bows. The groove is the opening between the nock posts or ears. GROOVE SIZINGSome other nock references you need to be aware of are “small groove” and “large groove” sizings. You can simply press these nocks into place and tighten by hand, or you can lock them in place with a non-cyanoacrylate glue. They come in several sizes which correlate to shaft diameters. CONVENTIONAL NOCKSThese nocks are used on aluminum arrows with the cone-shaped back ends, called the swage. Easton’s X10 Overnock, for example, can be used with the company’s X10 aluminum/carbon shafts. They’re also used with shafts made of other materials. Overnocks are most commonly used with carbon arrows and they come in nearly two dozen sizes to fit a host of shafts. OVERNOCKSThe overnocks are those attached to an arrow by sliding the arrow inside the nock. Also, target archers believe the smaller, more fragile pin nocks tend to be more accurate and they minimize deflections of their own arrows, which could result in an arrow getting pushed into a lesser scoring ring. Pin nocks are popular among competition archers, who shoot expensive shafts they don’t want to get damaged. Any nock labeled as a “pin” nock will fit any pin insert, since all pins are a standard size. The pin bushings are meant to protect shafts from being damaged by other arrows. PIN NOCKSPin nocks are tiny nocks that fit onto an aluminum pin that’s installed into the nock end of the shaft. The lighted nocks help bowhunters recover game and/or their arrows in poor light. They then must find press-fit nocks that fit those bushings.Also, bowhunters use certain press-fit nocks with battery-powered lights inside that light up when an arrow is released. 246-inch inside diameter.Some archers will put aluminum Uni-bushings into the nock ends of their arrows in order to help protect the shafts from being damaged by other arrows. ![]() 244-inch inside diameter.GT nocks fit shafts with a. 234-inch inside diameter.S nocks ‑ also called Super Nocks ‑ fit shafts with a. 166-inch inside diameter.X and A nocks fit shafts with a. ![]() Aftermarket press-fit nocks bear the common sizes G, F, X, A, H, S and GT.G and F nocks fit shafts with a. Naturally, all arrow manufacturers make nocks to fit their arrows. You just stick them in, and pull them out, as needed.They are completely indexable, which means you can turn them to any position to align properly with your fletchings and to achieve rest and/or cable clearance for your fletchings.With press-fit nocks, it’s critical to know what shaft you’re shooting, since not all shafts have the same inside diameter. No glue is required with press-fit nocks. As the category name implies, to install a press-fit nock, you simply slide the nock post inside the arrow shaft, and press down until the shaft end contacts the actual nock. They’re also used with many aluminum shafts, too. PRESS-FIT NOCKSPress-fit nocks arguably are the most common nock today, as they are used with nearly all but the skinniest carbon shafts. Today, arrow nocks are much more sophisticated, but they still serve the same purpose. They had leaf-shaped flint heads held in place within a notch by wood pitch and sinew three trimmed feathers for fletchings and notches cut into the back end to receive the bowstring.So archers have been using nocks of some fashion for more than 5,000 years, because the Iceman is believed to have died 5,300 years ago. It was in 1991 that the “Iceman” was discovered by hikers high up in the Italian Alps near the border with Austria.Among the artifacts recovered alongside his mummified corpse were an unfinished longbow, a quiver and a handful of arrows, only two of which were ready to be shot. ![]()
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