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Title: First recurve..Arrow questions...
Post by: blind one on October 29, 2008, 09:26:00 AM
I'm new to traditional and am curious if I have picked the correct arrow. I have a Pearson cougar 64",40# @ 28". I draw 29" so I figure I'll be drawing around 42#.I made up some 1918's.They are 30.5" long. I put 4" feathers with as much right helical as I could with my blitz.The feathers are an 1.75" from the end of the nock. Is this ok? They weigh right at 500 grains with a 125 grain tip.I have about 300 aluminum arrows so If I need to use a different size its no problem. Any help would be greatly appreciated..Thank Roy
Title: Re: First recurve..Arrow questions...
Post by: JRY309 on October 29, 2008, 09:56:00 AM
How are the arrows flying bare,they may be alittle stiff for a 40-43# bow.I put my feathers as far back as I can but allow room to grab the string without touching the feathers.
Title: Re: First recurve..Arrow questions...
Post by: blind one on October 29, 2008, 05:00:00 PM
They have some wobble, but this could be setup. I'm shooting off the shelf and dont know exactly where to put my nock. I'm learning by trial and error. I looked at the charts posted on here and decided to try these arrows...Thanks for the reply.
Title: Re: First recurve..Arrow questions...
Post by: TomMcDonald on October 29, 2008, 05:06:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by blind one:
They have some wobble, but this could be setup. I'm shooting off the shelf and dont know exactly where to put my nock. I'm learning by trial and error. I looked at the charts posted on here and decided to try these arrows...Thanks for the reply.
Study this.
http://bowmaker.net/index2.htm
Title: Re: First recurve..Arrow questions...
Post by: blind one on October 30, 2008, 09:54:00 AM
Thank you for the link Tom. I was way off. I'll start from scratch and see what happens..Roy