I've been shooting carbon out of my longbows (pronghorn) for the past few years, I decided to shoot wood again, don't know why just got the feeling. I got 2 doz new wood arrows for christmas, they are 55-60 lb spine and my bow is 50Lb at 29, I shot a few bare shafts and they went ever which way some were nock high and straight in, some were just nock left. So shot a few fletched arrows and they fly great cut to 30 inches, shot a few with 145 grain tips and a few with 160 grain tips, couldn't really tell any difference, so I think I'll just shoot them as is and not worry about it, So what do ya think ????
Yes
Yeah, i'd shootem...
I say leave them fletched, or you can do half and leave half bareshaft and tune per O.L. Adcock....
My motto.. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.
stump
Tune with fletching on. It ain't rocket science. ..or is it? :campfire:
I've had much better luck tuning woodies with the fletching on. Your combination sounds about right to me. If they hit where you are looking and fly good, they are tuned. Wood is much more forgiving than carbon anyway. Fletch 'em and fling 'em!
Try a broad head with the feathered woody. If they fly good then your all set.
Alan
woods good. well any arrow that flys good off my bows are good arrows be they wood alum or carbon. just shoot em and if they hit the spot there good to go. :archer:
I agree, if they shoot with feathers on them, just do it. 55-60# is close to being on the weak side for your draw length and bow weight, but if they work, go with it.
One thing to keep in mind, you don't always get what you think you do when you buy arrows. I've seen arrows range by more than 20# in sets that are supposed to be grouped within 5#. Also, some builders don't pay attention to the orientation of the spine when they install the nocks. On cedars, a shaft nocked perpendicular to the grain, which is the correct way, will exhibit about 3# or more spine than the same shaft nocked parallel to the grain.
When arrows are spined, they should be spined perpendicular to the grain as well. With electronic spining, that doesn't always happen, and even when spined by hand, builders don't always take the time to do it right. But wood is very forgiving. As long as they're overspined, most wood arrows will shoot quite well out of most bows. But not if they're underspined, unless we're talking selfbows with no or very small sight windows. Good luck. Have fun.
I'm thinking along the same lines as The Whittler. Give them a try with your broadheads.
Steve
I've found that about 10# spine about bow weight is just about right. This is for tapered arrows.