carbon vs wood with a light bow?

[kasey]

Which would be the best choice.the bow is 60"40@28 I pull 29 1/2.the carbons ar gt 5575 the wood is surewood douglas fir

[Austin]

I feel the carbons will be much more forgiving and easier to tune. Those carbons may be too stiff without a lot of weight up front.
Austin

[lpcjon2]

At your draw you are around 43-45# and DF are cheep enuf and would a good choice to have and shoot, as well as weaker spine carbon.Try both.

[trad_in_cali]

I shoot 500 spine out of my 40# Titan, and making now 600 spine carbons out of my Tomahawk 40# longbow (different degrees of cut to center). 55/75 are way too stiff for that weight, they'll behave badly. You may get away with long 35/55s with weight upfront.
Marco

[kasey]

Im saying I have both.the 5575 shoot great out of the bow.I got 2you dozen of the wood shafts in trade new un cut and didn't know if they would be better

[lpcjon2]

My thoughts are if you have 2 dozen then do a dozen up and see if you like them,plenty of guys use wood at that poundage. At worst you could sell them if you dont like them or stump shoot with them. They will fly good out of your bow if you tune it well.

[kasey]

It was the co for sure wood that sent me the shafts for that bow set up.they are spined at 50-55 weight is 360- 370 and full length. What length and point weight would be best. I have never made woodies before

[Ragnarok Forge]

Better for what?   Target or hunting?  You need to know what you want to get an kind of clear answer.

[Ray Borbon]

Fir shafts work quite well out of any bow I have. To me there is no advantage to the composition of the shaft itself with regards to wood versus carbon if both are spined to match the setup and the overall arrow is tuned properly. The real differences between carbon and wood is going to be a trade-off with regards to applying weight up front being made easier with carbon shafts as well as being able to get thinner shafts on the carbon. Wood shafts are inherently much quieter when shot.

[kasey]

I want them for hunting.if the raw shaft is 11/32 do I get the same size knock and taper tool

[Bjorn]

I only shoot wood and the only reason to shoot wood is love! If you have to ask, shoot the other material.  

[lpcjon2]

Originally posted by kasey:
I want them for hunting.if the raw shaft is 11/32 do I get the same size knock and taper tool

Yes

[SS Snuffer]

5575 are waay to stiff!!

[kasey]

Ok back to the wood what would be a good point weight

[lpcjon2]

What is the spine rating for the DF you have ?

[Troy Breeding]

If you ever want to try for high FOC you would be better off with carbon. The results of high FOC out weigh just plain overall weight everytime.

Troy

[kasey]

50-55

[lpcjon2]

Cut to 28" You could start with a 160gn head and go up.

[kasey]

I draw 291/2

[lpcjon2]

My bad lost my head for a moment. At full length start with a 135 ( Zwickey) or 160 (Snuffer)grn head.