I just purchased my first recurve, I guess as you guys would say I took the first step in taking the training wheels off.    The bow I purchased is a new fred bear super kodiak 50lb, my draw length on my compound bow is 27". I have a dozen extra maxima 250s. My questions is will this arrow be to much spine for this bow? If not I was planning on getting some weight tubes for the arrow what weight would you recommend 3 or 5 gpi. If the arrows are the wrong spind what would you recommend a 150 in carbon express and 500 in easton. Thanks any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

No recommendations?

keep the arrows u have and buy some new ones full lenghht and bare shaft tune them with 200gr or 250gr points. but any trad bow should bareshaft tune!!
my suggestion any one else

The ones I have are full lenght.

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fletch 3 up and shoot them and try toget the bareshafts to group with the fletched shafts. read up on bareshaft tunning you won't regret it

Ok, I just wanted to make sure the spine was right before I cut them. I could probably sell the uncut and buy others if they were the wrong spine. Thanks Joey

Also, would the nock collars on that arrow affect shooting of the shelf?

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I would venture to say that the 250's are going to be a bit stiff for your setup without adding an awful lot of weight up front. I just got done building a set of arrows for a friend, and the 150's with a 50 grain brass insert and 125 grain tips flew pretty well cut at 29". The nock collars shouldn't hurt much, but I think you're going to be chasing your tail with a shaft in that range. Like everyone else said though, try a few shots bareshaft. That will tell you more than any of us can without seeing your setup.

....I would sell or trade for some 150's...those 250's will require leaving them pretty long and adding a ton of weight up front. Weight up front is a good thing, but you can get too heavy I believe....good luck!

I agree with Arco and Guru.  I think the 250's will be a little stiff.  If you draw 27" with a compound you will probably be around 26" with a traditional bow.  That should put you around 44# @ your draw length with that bow.  I bet you will be close with an Easton or Beman 500.  The Carbon Express 150's will require a little more weight up front but should also work for you.