ok..looking to shoot some fir shafts this season being that many on here say they are very good shafts and one of the best woods. the bow is a 62" big jim 3 pc longbow 54@28. it is shooting a 30" 35/55 gt with 200 up fron fairly well..may need to keep them full length (3/4" longer) cause they are going a smidge stiff and with feathers it may go further stif.....anyways....what fir shaft spine should i go with the will equal the gold tips..what length and what point weight? i am not good with the wood stuff yet.
How long is your draw?
Killdeer
TJ,
I just bought a dozen Douglas Firs from Mike Harbison(Bayou Traditional Archery). He matched them up to the 2218s with 175 points, which was the standard for the last set of wood arrows that I bought from Troy Breeding years ago. Mike gave me a listing of the grain weight of each arrow, both field tip and broad head. The average weight in my dozen is 647 grains. I had him mount 160 tree sharks on the arrows. I had planned to use them for Turkey season next year but now I'm tempted to try to shoot a deer with one. Give Mike a call. You can find his information on the Acadian Woods Bow site.
Fountain, I find it pretty much guesswork trying to translate carbon spines to wood. It works much better for me to just work from the bow and arrow specs. From the bow we'll need to know the draw weight at your draw (or what your draw is) and how deep the shelf is cut. From the arrow, the BOP length you want to shoot and point weight.
IMO, fir is the best shooting of the arrow woods. I believe you will like it. Rick
27.5-28 on draw length..never really checked.
i just purchased 5 60-65 29" firs from a fellow tg'er here, so i guess i am going to start with them and see where it arries me...my luck they will be too dern stiff
if this is any help, I shoot 56#@28" and my draw length is 27-7/8". I tried some 80-85# fir shafts because I wanted to shoot 200gr. Grizzley's. Long story short, even with full length shafts, to stiff. Put the 200gr, grizzleys on my 70-75# cedars cut at 29" BOP, flew as pretty as you please. That is with a cut to center recurve. Now I wish I hadn't fletched up all two dozen. But, like Fletcher said, you just have to find what works with your rig.
buy test kits.every one is different.even same draw length same # bow.every thing makes a difference.the way you release makes a differece.you just have to experiment.thats part of the fun.i may be wrong.theres alot more experianced people on this site,but personally.i always had to try to find the right combo on my own.i have found what shoots for one guy don't work for another.even though they have same bow same draw length same everything.
Nobody can help you without knowing what your draw length is. That info and the pt weight you want to shoot plus how close to center shot your bow is and any arrowsmith can tell you what you need.
Bowmania
I too vote for getting a test pack for bareshafting..............65/70, 70/75, 75/80; 2 shafts of each wt.