lost newbie...need arrow / bow advice

[2crazy2run]

I'm new to archery and dont understand the slang. I love the longbows and have a 60# martin savannah finally headed to me. I like the stiff carbon arrows and dont care for the clinking aluminum shafts or inconsistent wood shafts. I hunt small hogs.....cause they taste better...and deer. I've been told I need heavy 500g shafts and 125 grain broadheads with feather fletches because of the wood bow?!? If someone could bring me up to speed and give me a bit of an arrow vocabulary I would be grateful. Thanks!! I want to set up to assemble my own arrow combos to experiment with.....any advice on equipment?!

[lpcjon2]

First you will need to match your carbons to the bow. Then you can play around with point weight and arrow length. Find your draw length with a trad bow it most likely will not be the same as a compound draw length. And the carbon boys will be along with plenty of advice on arrows.

 And I shoot wood only and the only inconsistance is the way they are misrepresented.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

welcome  

[Stump73]

Welcome! This is great bunch of people who like to help out. They have really helped me.

[broketooth]

i shoot my carbons full length. my carbons are beman classic 500. i use the full 75 grain hidden insert, a 5 grain aluminum screw in adapter and a 125 grain magnus1 2 blade broadhead. i also use 5 1/2" shield cut fletching. im also shooting this arrow combination from a 56" 52#@28 draw recurve. i cronoed this once at a local tournament. i get 179 fps. i have also killed a doe with this combo and get full penetration. however your bow pulls a full 8# heavier than mine. i dont know your draw length or your previous archery experience. are coming from shooting a wheel bow, if so you may be overbowed. it is different, and i do agree with others have said ,it may change your draw length. do you have someone in your area that also shoots trad that is willing to help you transition?any how , welcome aboard.i would also look into masters of the bare bow volume 1 do some research here. and good luck. rv

[2crazy2run]

Didnt mean to offend you about wood arrows....I'm a custom woodworker of 22yrs. I know wood....if its straight today wait til the humidity gets up or the temp change. I love wood but she can be a cantankerous b----!

[2crazy2run]

Thanks broketooth.

[CAT22]

Good to have you! Well your not gonna find 500gr carbon shafts on every corner. U need to pick a shaft that is spined closest to you bow, like a GT 5575 or CX4560 to name a couple. U might get 270gr out of a 5575 shaft, but u'll make up for it in point weight gettin 'er to fly well. Im shootin 4560's with 350gr up front with best results out of a 50lb bow. Check out bowmaker.net then the tuning page there and u'll have most of the info U need. Good luck!

[Patrick55]

Glad you are here. Shoot wood to start. Then go from there.

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by 2crazy2run:
I'm new to archery and dont understand the slang. I love the longbows and have a 60# martin savannah finally headed to me. I like the stiff carbon arrows and dont care for the clinking aluminum shafts or inconsistent wood shafts. I hunt small hogs.....cause they taste better...and deer. I've been told I need heavy 500g shafts and 125 grain broadheads with feather fletches because of the wood bow?!? If someone could bring me up to speed and give me a bit of an arrow vocabulary I would be grateful. Thanks!! I want to set up to assemble my own arrow combos to experiment with.....any advice on equipment?!

welcome to trad, pilgrim.  

you have MUCH to learn/understand.

for the very most part, starting your trad adventure with a 60# longbow is a major mistake.

read the 'trad archery for bowhunters' article in my sig line ...

[Rob DiStefano]

ALSO - please do not make more than one post on the same topic theme.  your other two posts that ask the same questions have been removed.

[2crazy2run]

Thanks Rob....my first instinct as a macho athlete, was to be offended ....but I appreciate your writing down that tutorial advice and wil heed it. Thanks and God bess!