Just bought a legacy PSE long bow 50#@28"my draw is 46#@ 27" what is some of your suggestions for arrows, I bought a 28" 30 to 50 pound thunderstorm at walmart just to try. The carbon express website says it's a 499 spine can these be made to shot out of this bow?
Randy,
You will prob need to leave it the full "28 and use a fairly heavy tip. I would guess somewhere between 150 and 200grns maybe more. You could also experiment with sideplate thickness if point weight does not work.
Just for comparison, I shoot "28 CE150 with a 50grn insert and 175grn heads out of a pronounced r/d longbow. It is 58lbs at my draw of "27. Good luck!
If you are looking for quality arrows for a great price than I recommend getting the Easton Legacy series shafts. I would figure you at about a 2016 cut to 29" with 150 grain points.
Thought I would update on my tunning, ordered some test points, put new 5" feathers and 175 gr. point on the arrow mentioned above,had my wife to watch arrow flight as I shot she said it flew straight with no wobble to it. The thing I was trying to find out was if I these arrows were close to what I need. I will do more paper test but can it be this simple or was this just blind luck?
Paper tunning didn't go as well as I thought it would had to go to 250 gr. up front to get the arrow to shoot straight at 9 ft If I go to a 29" arrow instead of a 28" how much should that weaken spine?I would like to get front weight down to 225 gr.
try these sites:
http://www.centenaryarchers.gil.com.au/basic1.htm
http://www.bowmaker.net/index2.htm
They cover paper and bare shaft tuning (paper tuning never worked for me with my recurves)
QuoteOriginally posted by R.L.Boone:
Paper tunning didn't go as well as I thought it would had to go to 250 gr. up front to get the arrow to shoot straight at 9 ft If I go to a 29" arrow instead of a 28" how much should that weaken spine?I would like to get front weight down to 225 gr.
A rough rule of thumb is 1" of shaft length equals app. 5# of spine,equals app. 25 grs of point weight.At least that is a starting point but every setup is different.You just have to tune and see what works for you.