Okay, I'm a little perplexed by all the different spine charts for wood arrows. Can someone with experience recommend a good spine to start out with?
My setup: 50# Bear Grizzly. My draw length is right at 28". I'd like to shoot a 29"-29.5" arrow, 125gr up front.
I might also be moving up to a 55# Bear in the near future, so a recommendation for that would be helpful as well.
60-65 with fast flight and 55-60 with dacron - my guess anyway, your ideal spine with fast flight would be around 62-63 lbs. If you go to the 55lb bow then 65-70 with fast flight, 60-65 without.
Yep. rr pretty much nailed it. Good luck.
I have 3 50# bows...2 FF and one Dacron string. Arrows 55-60# and are 29" to bop and they shoot equally well with all the bows using 125 grain points.
Pac'em, are these old Bears or new Bears? Might have to jump up in poundage if they are new Bears with FF string....65/70's, especially if you're thinking of shooting these out of the 55# Bear.
Yeah, I forgot to mention, I'm shooting B-50.
QuoteOriginally posted by snag:
Pac'em, are these old Bears or new Bears? Might have to jump up in poundage if they are new Bears with FF string....65/70's, especially if you're thinking of shooting these out of the 55# Bear.
No, my current Grizzly is a 70s model. If I buy another, it will probably be an older model as well.
I agree with snag, my general rule short of a real arrow test is
10# heavier on older recurves 15#+ on modern limb designs with carbon I have a zipper that shoots best 20# heavier
Also tapers arrows like snag makes will give you more latitude on poundage
I shoot a older bear (69) and it's 58 @28 and i shoot 65/70 with 125 up front . It has a b-50 on it and they shoot good .
I like to shoot 10 pounds over bow wieght .
I'm going to go with 60-65 and leave them a little long if I have too. I'll let you all know how they turn out. Thanks for your help!