I was thinking about buying some Beman Bowhunter shafts. I shoot a 55# longbow at a 28" draw. What shaft size would be best for me I thought a 300 but apparently those are bigger so should I get the 500 or 400?

I don't know much about carbons I just wanted some tough carbons to fart around with cause I'm sick of bending aluminums and these are relatively cheap. I'll still use woodys to hunt deer     .

Thanks
Bakes

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If ur bending alums you will be shattering carbons. If you spend the money on better carbons they will hold up better. I like Alaska grizzly stix, Arrow dynamics, and easton Full metal jackets. Wood is still cheaper in the long run, Although I have alum, carbon and wood..

blueline

the 400 should work at that weight.

300's will be way too stiff. Like JDC said, start with 400's.

As a side note, the ICS Bowhunters are excellent shafts. They're basically renamed ICS Ventures.

Yeah,400s would be best.The Bowhunters like the Ventures are good shafts at great prices.

blueline-what I meant was that I'm kinda rough on my arrows and I've never tried carbons but I hear they're tough.

Thanks guys
Bakes

Same question, so I thought I'd post it here too...

Have a RER XR on the way, planning on Beman MFX classic 400 shafts (48# @ 26").  Anyone suggest anything else that may work too?

Bakes I do exactly what you say!! Not all carbons are tough as nails..

Tim, at 48# and 26" draw I believe you'll find the 400's much too stiff unless you are drawing significantly farther than 26".

I find carbons very decieving. I shoot 54# longbow with bamboo cores, the bow is mighty fast. I can either shoot 3355 with 200gr or 4560 with 350 up front. these are 29.5 bop and I draw 27.75 - 28.00".  I say go lighter in spine.  

kirk

500's?

man that is what I would do. assuming you get all 48#@26".  plus the shafts won't have to be 30" long.

kirk

55#@28.  With a 125 grain point start witha 500 spine. The Easton ST Epic in a 500 would be a good starter to experiment with.

I was wondering what bow weights you guys are shooting. Most of these arrow weights I have been looking at arent close to 10 gpp unless your shooting 40 pounds. What am I missing? thx.

QuoteOriginally posted by blueline:
If ur bending alums you will be shattering carbons.....

I'm going to have to respectfully disagree with that.  I've hit several objects (steel target frame, chain-link fence post, etc.) with my carbon arrows with no damage at all.
In the past, I've shot Beman ICS Hunters and ICS Hawks.  I currently shoot Easton Lightspeeds.

Beman MFX classics, shot em quite a bit and broke most of what I own. Tough shaft I was just real abusive on em. However I find the Easton FMJ takes my abuse a whole lot better. May not be a wood grain look, but tough and easy removal from targets.

Bakes, if the longbow is not cut past center than the 400s will most likely be too stuff unless ya shoot lots of point weight and even if it is cut past center they may be too stiff. I shot the 400s cut to 29"s off of my 61-63# high performance recurves for years and I still needed 225 grains up front for perfect flight. I know they may work for Jason but he also has a 32" draw or something huge like that. Shawn Shawn

Shawn,

I shoot 340's with 125-grain heads and standard inserts. My suggestion about 400's was taking into account his shorter draw length.