of their arrow has the opposite effect. Something as
simple as going to a smaller vane can make your arrow
act weaker and adding the weight of a lighted nock will
make your arrow stiffer. You can blame it on my OCD,
but I am not willing to sacrifice arrow flight for glitter.
Nock Out Lighted Nocks are different. The first thing
that sets them apart from the others is that they are
a universal fit nock. They fit the five most popular nock
sizes: G, X, H and S/GT. What? How? Every three
pack of Nock Outs also comes with bushings to adapt
them to X, H, S/GT and for G no bushing is required.
The second immediate stand out is the stainless steel
locking activation collar. With the cost of a three pack
of lighted nocks being around thirty bucks, summer
practice gets expensive. When practicing with the Nock
Out, all you have to do is rotate the collar 45 degrees
and the light stays off. No need to waste your batteries
during summer practice sessions. Now previously, I
have always experienced failure prior to actually killing
a battery, so I have a Nock Out that we have been
shooting in the active position for weeks. With well
over two hundred shots on this nock, it is performing
flawlessly. This nock is also easy to shut off. No more
knife tip or biting the nock to shut it off, just simply
pull straight back gently until you
hear the click. Nock Out nocks are
also waterproof. Which means a
little blood won’t cost you ten to
twelve dollars. The batteries are
not replaceable, but they claim an
expected battery life of 24 hours,
so you should get plenty of use
out of one nock.
an external battery housing which adds about a half
inch to the overall length of the arrow. This weakens
the arrow slightly. Remember what I said about adding
weight to the back of the arrow? The added weight
of the lighted nock stiffens the arrow. I didn’t notice
a change in my point of impact, so I went back and
shot through the paper. The added length balances
out the added weight and the spine of the arrow never
changes. I don’t know if this design was luck or genius,
but it works with every set-up I tried it on. If your bow
is properly tuned, it seems it will stay tuned with the
Nock Out.
I think I have finally got a lighted nock that I will hunt
with. I can’t wait for the season. Check out Clean-Shot
Archery’s website for more info:
www.Clean-Shot.com
They also offer other innovative products and I know
for sure that there is a bowfishing nock in the works.
Be sure to be on the lookout for them. Nock Out
Lighted Nocks should be available everywhere, but if
you are having trouble finding them, Clean-Shot sell
them online.
The most important thing to
me is probably the arrow flight.
In the process of making a
universal nock, Nock Out uses
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