I have beeen shooting aluminum arrows. I want to go to carbons. I have a new pronghorn 3 piece longbow that is 53# and at my draw I am pulling 50#'s. Can you please give me some ideas on carbons you like and what spine I will need. Also please give me some ideas on aproximate weight I will need up front and what length I should start with while bare shafting. Would really appreciate some help so I can narrow my search and purchase some carbons.
Around here there are a lot of Pronghorn shooters. Those shooting carbon seem to prefer the Carbon Express arrows.. Not sure what spine or model, tapers I think. I like the Black Hawk Carbonwoods.. A few are shooting the trad model from Beman.. As far as size I would guess you will need the 4000 in the carbonwoods.. But you will just have to try a few to see for sure. 50 lbs seems to be the breaking point from the lower spine [3000] to the higher. Wish you were closer cause I have a lot of different arrows and spines you could try..
I shoot the Beman ICS 500 woodgrain cut to 29" with a 100 grain brass insert and 125 grain point from a 54" PH drawn 28. They work great.
I shoot Gold Tips. 55-75s full length. I adjust spine with tip weight. 175s.
Prarrie Dog
Im have 3 Pronghorns all in that weight range they all shoot Gold Tip 55/75 with 100gr inserts, UNCUT Full length and 125 gr heads. work for all the bows
If you want a shorter staff, allow me to suggest that you consider the Vapor 2000 or the GT 35/55 with 200-250 grains up front. I draw 27" and most of the time shoot bows that are 47# at my draw. Both of these shafts consistently shoot the best at my draw weight/length.
I strongly recommend that you get a couple of test shafts and bare shaft tune with your preferred point weight...recognizing that high FOC is preferred. In addition, be sure to tune your bare shaft slightly weak (4"-6"). Since fletchings have a stiffening effect on arrow spine, assuming you tune for a weak shaft, you should be spot on when feathers are applied.
Claudia
I shoot gold tips 55-75's through my pronghorn. I add 100 gr. of screw on weight to the rear of my inserts. My arrows are cut to 28.5", and I shoot 58lbs.@27". Once I played with the brace height a bit these shafts really fly great.