Abstract: An arrow with a reduced diameter nock comprising a cylindrical arrow shaft in a tubular configuration having a pointed end and a fetching end and an exterior diameter and an interior diameter. Fetching extends outwardly from the arrow shaft adjacent to the fetching end. A cylindrical bore extends into the arrow shaft at the fetching end, the bore having an internal diameter. A nock has a cylindrical forward end with an exterior diameter to frictionally fit into the bore of the arrow shaft, and has a rearward end of a diameter essentially equal to that of the exterior diameter of the arrow shaft, the inboard end being formed with a deep hole for an acute angle bowstring.