hello,
recieved a splendid Mohawk from Vince a few days ago ... finding the good wooden arrows for it was very straightforward.
however when i go shooting with friends to have a few trick shots in the wood on the 3d range ... i have a lot of casualities (lots of moving trees here ^^).
Was thinking to use Aluminium arrows, Easton Legacy shafts precisely.
My Mohawk is 50@27 and i draw 27. cant decide if i should use 1916 or 2016 (it's for 3d so a 125 gr pile will be enough).
can someone gimme some advice please ?
I would go with the 1916's because of your draw, also my Mohawk is 50@28 and I use a 28.5" arrow, and I shoot 1916's.
Darren
Yooo Frankie, better than aluminum... Gold Tip 35/55 Traditionals then play with the weight up front. I did shoot aluminums out of alot of my bows 1916's should work with 125/ 145 grain points cut your arrows around 28/28 1/4"er. If you go to the 2016's just add more weight up front. My set up for my 3 MOHAWKS when I don't shoot wood is Gold Tip 35/55 Trads with 220 grains up front. My arrows are cut to 28"'s and I have a 27" draw like you. My Mohawks are 50#'s and one @ 49#'s. You can shoot alot of differant arrows out of a MOHAWK!
Bentpole I tried 35/55 and they were hard to get tuned. That's why I went with wood or aluminum. Darren
2016 is a great arrow for the money i have a doz. im small game hunting with right now cant bend em and cant lose em so they must be good
definitely take the time to tune up carbons - simply more durable than alums and you did want the durability factor to be high.
beman ics bowhunter 500
gold tip 35/55
also, be aware of the smaller diameter of the carbons as compared to woodies and even alums - that will change the tip offset when on the arrow shelf.
i find mohawks to be very easy to work with carbons.
Mohawks love heavy arrows , id shoot 2016s cut to 29 in. with 145 to 165 grains up front.
I have a Mohawk 60@28 and I draw 26", I shoot CE Heritage 150's at 30.5" with 165 grains up front and they fly like.....arrows.
I would say a 1916. By all means shoot aluminum if you want to. I find they just fly better and are more fogiving than carbons. Yea they might bend when you hit a tree or the fence, but you know what , you can straighten those out and use them to stump with.. Aluminum simply fly better from bows that are not cut past center. I know this from experience.
hi all,
thank you very much for all these aswers/advice (TG community is great!).
Will go for 1916 as mostly stated.
Thanks for the advice regarding carbons but will go on using Alu shafts.
best regards,
@++M
1916's are great shafts...plenty durable enough. Take a look at the Easton Platinums too. Nice dark-gray shaft and makes a pretty arrow.
I shoot 1916 Legacys from my Thunderhorn 47# @ 27" longbow. Perfect flight.
You might want to try Easton Blues too. Pretty much the same shaft but half the cost. The color shows up great in the leaves and grass.
I hunt with Legacys but use Blues for everything else.