okay back to this bow,, question here is for you guys that shoot this bow.. for the life of me I cannot get a arrow to fly good from it.
I have shelfless selfbows, regular selfbows, longbows, recurves, and I have no problem finding an arrow to fly from them but ever since I bought this Welchman bow I could never get an arrow shaft to fly good from it and it allways ends up forgotten under my bed and I grab another bow..
these bows do have a shelf but the riser is thick around 1 1/4" and the arrow has to get around it. this bow is 57@27 and I've tried everything from 45/50 to 65/70 spine arrows..
people have told me they need to be cut a few inches longer or very very stiff and cut short so the back of the bow is right at BOP on the arrow, only 23/64's or compressed 11/32.
is there a certain basic set-up for the ELB--> a starting point on finding the right shaft that you guys out there who shoot one use, do they like heavy points/light points-ect..
thanks for any opinions.
My guess is you need to try lighter spined shafts. Remember, if your draw is only 27" then the effective spine of any shaft you try is 5# more so those 45-50's were really acting like 50-55#. My experience has been 10-20# under bow weight for spine from this type of bow.
Definitely go with 11/32 dia. but preferred would be 5/16". I would think 35-39 should work well, maybe 40-44. That is if using 125 grain points. If using 160 grain points(my preferred weight) then 40-44# spine should work.
What Kelly said. Tapered shafts should help some too.
Kelly's right on target, my experience has also been 15-20# under spine for that type of bow. I like a tapered shaft also, however at this point the spine needs adjusting first.
Bob
Taj, you are welcome to bring it up and I'll help you tune it. Jawge
George if I ever get the chance to come I'll have you take a look and see what ya think..
lower spine though I didn't think of that with this much weight.. thank you for the posts.. T
Another factor is handle shape. I have three bows from Jerry; one from 2001 and two others from 2003 and 2004. the earlier bow has a round handle, which is not a problem for me, but Jerry has some customers who had a problem with the bow shifting in their hand because of the round shape, so he went to more of a Hill shaped grip. Does this apply to your bow? If it does just grip the bow with firmer hand.