Trad Gang

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Title: Father & son New to trad
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 09, 2010, 12:07:00 PM
My son and I have put away our Wheel bows and picked up trad. bows:
My bow is an Appalachain archery Savage River take down recurve 58in, 52@27 (my draw is 271/2)
Arrows gold tip trad 3555 29in three 4in feathers 145grn field pts
Son's bow Appalachain archery Cedar Ridge long/flat bow 62in 54@28(not sure of his draw L. he's over 6ft 1) same arrows
both w flemish strings
WE both seem to get good to great arrow flight (I split an arrow at 15 yrds) but sure would like some suggestions to make the best setups  
we have several full length 3555s (301/2) and wish to use these arrows.  :archer2:
Title: Re: Father & son New to trad
Post by: Avid Archer on June 09, 2010, 04:25:00 PM
Goggle "Stu Millers dynamic spine calculator", its a great tool and easy to use.
Title: Re: Father & son New to trad
Post by: GRAYBEARD on June 13, 2010, 11:59:00 AM
YOU ARE USING MY FAVORITE ARROW. ON A TIP FROM A BOWYER FRIEND I INCREASED TIP WEIGHT TO 200G AND MY CONSISTENCY IMPROVED IMMEDIATELY. YOU MIGHT WANT TO TRY A PROGRESSION, 175, 200 ETC.
Title: Re: Father & son New to trad
Post by: Bldtrailer on June 13, 2010, 11:33:00 PM
We started to use 175s after checking with stu miller's program and wow things got alot better, might try 200s this week.   TANJ had a knock a block this last Sat. and my kid kicked my butt, there's a first time for evry thing!
Title: Re: Father & son New to trad
Post by: eric-thor on June 14, 2010, 12:50:00 AM
http://bowmaker.net/tuning.htm
this is a great resorce to set up your bows. take the time,, print this out and work through it .you wont be sorry .welcome to the fun side of archery . if you need help with anything drop me a pm and ill help in any way i can.   :archer2: