Looking for some info on what real folks actually use for wood arrows with their bows. This may be a recently flogged dead horse but danged if I don't like flogging!!
So here goes: I am looking for the following info:
1. Bow specs Maker, model, bow-type and length poundage rating and estimated actual poundage delivered (poundage at your draw length
2. Shaft Material
3. Shaft source (where'd ya get 'em)
4. Spine group of uncut shafts
5. estimated spine at desired arrow length
6. Finish (dipped, crested, sealer, etc.)
7. Point weight used
A bit of success stories backing up wood arrow durability wouldn't hurt if you care to add.
I am in research mode and looking for real-world stats.
Thank you my brudders and sisters of the bow,
My our arrows be directed as our hands and eyes intend
TomBow
TomBrissee
QuoteOriginally posted by TomBow:
Looking for some info on what real folks actually use for wood arrows with their bows. This may be a recently flogged dead horse but danged if I don't like flogging!!
So here goes: I am looking for the following info:
1. Bow specs Maker, model, bow-type and length poundage rating and estimated actual poundage delivered (poundage at your draw length
2. Shaft Material
3. Shaft source (where'd ya get 'em)
4. Spine group of uncut shafts
5. estimated spine at desired arrow length
6. Finish (dipped, crested, sealer, etc.)
7. Point weight used
A bit of success stories backing up wood arrow durability wouldn't hurt if you care to add.
I am in research mode and looking for real-world stats.
Thank you my brudders and sisters of the bow,
My our arrows be directed as our hands and eyes intend
TomBow
TomBrissee
#1 Blacktail Elite VL (TD recurve)...64", 60# @ 29"
#2 Douglas Fir
#3 Surewood Shafts
#4 70-75
#5 75?
#6 Stained...9" crown dip...simple crest...Minwax Polycrylic in semi-gloss...three 5.5" LW Swift cut fletch.
#7 125 gr. Wensel Woodsman
1) Blacktail Elite VL 62" 56#@28"
2) Douglas fir
3) Surewood Shafts
4) 75/80#
5) Same
6) Minwax stain, 9" crown-sprayed on, crest with water-based paint, 2-3 full dip sealed with Pro-fin, fletched with 4-4" RW shield cut feathers, helical.
7) 145gr. Eclipse or STOS heads.
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1) Liberty "Edge" R/D longbow, 62" 52#@28"
2) Douglas fir
3) Surewood Shafts
4) 60/65#
5) same
6) same as above
7) 125gr. Eclipse or STOS heads
Cari-Bow Slynx,49 pound 80-85 Surewood shafts with 210 grains up front with 5 1/2 inch shield cut right wing straight fletched
Selway "little magnum", R/D longbow, 44# at my draw.
Doug Fir shafts.
Got 'em from "Magnus" here on TG.
Shooting 45# shafts at 28.5" BOP.
These are stained and sealed, no crown dip, crested.
Shooting 125 grain fields, 130n grain judos, and 125 grain two blade broad heads.
I 've been shooting wood, mostly POC for about 50 years. Shoot everything from self-bows to A&H ACS hybrids -- 50#-58#@28inches, my draw length. I hunt with all of them, and for hunting, I mostly use Sweetland forgewoods, which haven't been made for about 40 years. I generally overspine so my shafts range from static spine of 60# to 85#. They range in weight from 550 grains to 725 grains, depending on what I'm hunting. I shoot about a half dozen broadheads -- Zwickey two-and four-blade Deltas, STOS, Abowyer single bevels, Woodsman's and older three-blade heads. I use Bohning lacquer to seal and crown dip my shafts. Killed a lot of critters with wood -- turkey, whitetail and mule deer, black bear, elk, moose, a bunch of smaller critters and a ton of fish. Long story short, wood is very versatile and will do anything you want it to do.
60" Sarrels Blueridge S/R LB 53# @29
Doug Fir
Surewood
70-75# cut 29.5 bop
same
Minwax stain wip-on poly 3 x 5.5 parabolic
125 Zwickey or 160 Stos
66" Howard Hill Big 5 54#@27"
Surewood 60/65 shafts cut 28" BOP
Minwax Walnut stain,no crown or cresting,4 applications of Minwax poly sealer
160 gr. Stos heads
Thanks for the responses. I am surprised to see 70-75 spine shafts for mid-50's to 60# bows. Any theories? Is this a heavier spine just works better issue? Was having a discussion the other day about stiffer shafts recovering from paradox more quickly, yielding better downrange flight. Opinions please. (mine are sometimes close to something that could be misconstrued as correct, by the way)
Here you go bro: http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=106905
Depends on whether the bow is center shot or not, high performance or not, and fast flite string, or not. My ACSs are high performance, cut past center with fast flite strings. They take spines 15-20# over marked draw weight. Others, not so much.
1- David Miller Old Tom String follow.55# @ 28". I draw 28"
2- Douglas Fir
3- Surewood
4- 58 pound spine
5- ?
6- Minwax Poly sealer,white crown,parabolic left wing 5 inch feathers.
7- 160 gr Grizzly left bevel
Thanks again all.
Flying Dutchman--THANK YOU, the build along really is detailed and I'll have to sit down and study it when I have more time. I am also visiting with a friend next week who has 50 years of woodie experience so that will be a real hands-on, nuts and bolts lesson.
Danged if I didn't open up a can of worms here but sometimes worms are the only bait that works!