all arrows tuned.?

Chapbutler · January 17, 2014, 04:12:00 PM

Just wondering the following_

Say you purchase a dozen arrows. You work on one and dial it inwhere you want it. Do you then cut and build the other 11? Or can you confidently cut and build the other 11 to the tuned arrow specs.

Just wanted to hear from the experts. Thanks in advance.

Orion · January 17, 2014, 04:15:00 PM

I have a spine tester and grain scale so I weigh before I cut. But unless I find big discrepancies, which are unlikely with aluminum and carbon in terms of weight ( carbon can sometimes vary in spine a bit), I cut the rest to match the one or two I've tuned.

reddogge · January 17, 2014, 04:50:00 PM

I'm having a hard time understanding the question. You tune one arrow by bare shaft, etc., fletch it, shoot it, shoot a broadhead on it and if all goes well cut and build the other 11 the same specs.

McDave · January 17, 2014, 05:48:00 PM

Generally, aluminum arrows will weigh and spine the same within close tolerances. Sometimes there may be a carbon arrow that is out of tolerance, so it doesn't hurt to weigh them to check. Wood arrows, of course, may be all over the block, so you definitely have to weigh and spine them. Once you get a group that weighs and spines within whatever tolerances you want, then you should only have to tune one and the rest should be okay.

January 17, 2014, 06:38:00 PM

I also have a spine tester and only shoot Gold Tip carbon arrows. There is quite a large spine spread in the shafts. I usually buy 2 or 3 dozen shafts at a time, run them all through the spine tester, and then put them in groups of 10/1000 off an inch deflection. I have not found that I have to retune for each group, but doing it this way keeps all the arrows I am shooting at any given time in very close tolerances.

Bisch

January 17, 2014, 06:41:00 PM

Sorry, double post!

Bisch

all arrows tuned.?

Chapbutler

Orion

reddogge

McDave