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Title: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: moleman on December 08, 2011, 10:52:00 AM
Hey gang i could sure use your input.I recently aquired an old 50's Ben Pearson Colt recurve 60" 40# @28 and has no shelf cut into the riser,just a small shelf intigrated in with the grip wrap.Ive tried several over spine shafts with not much luck,do i need to go under spine?
Title: Re: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: moleman on December 08, 2011, 10:55:00 AM
Sorry guys its a pony not a colt,all the other info is correct.
Title: Re: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: Bladepeek on December 08, 2011, 11:35:00 AM
I'm just speculating here, but I'll bet if you measure the distance from center to the outside surface of the bow where the arrow rests and plug that into Stu's calculator the answer will come out pretty soft spined.
Title: Re: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: The Whittler on December 08, 2011, 09:01:00 PM
I would try 1816 or 1916. My money is on the 1816. Good luck.
Title: Re: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: SELFBOW19953 on December 08, 2011, 09:56:00 PM
If you're shooting wood, I'd got with 125 gr points and 40-45# spine, cut to 29".  Work down in length from there.
Title: Re: 1950's pearson colt arrow help
Post by: moleman on December 08, 2011, 11:56:00 PM
Thanks for the info guys.My starting point was 50-55 cedars ,that was the lightest i had.Im gonna try to round up some 40-45s and go from there.Many thanks.  :thumbsup: