What is your arrow of choice?

[S.C. Hunter]

Let's do this different. Just want input on the arrow setup that works best for you. Please specify the bow and bow draw weight at your draw. Arrow spine and make as well as length, specs with regards to weight and inserts fletching wraps etc. Maybe we can get a idea of a starting point for a given draw length and bow weight for a arrow setup. I'm sure it won't fit all shooters but just curious how it will pan out. Thanks.

[Msbow]

CE Heritage 350 29 3/4 long. Three 5" left helical shield cut trueflight feathers. 8" arrow wraps.
Arrow weight 650 grs 50 gr brass inserts 190 gr treesharks
Carbon nock and tip collars 10 grs
58" Bodnik slick stick 50#@26

[dbd870]

Easton Legacy 1916's, 29.5", (3) 5" feathers right helical; 125gr Magnus Stingers. 462gr total.

Early 70's Bear Grizzly 58" & ~46# @28.5".

[njloco]

At present, 1535 GT trad 28 7\\8", 50gr brass insert,100gr screw on adaptor, 160gr grizzly right bevel, with 3 x 3" or 4 x 4" parabolic feathers, preferably footed with a 1 1\\2" 2117 aluminum arrow.

[Rock 'N Bow]

31" Goldtip Traditional 5575 with standard insert, 185gr Grizzly on a 75gr adapter, 1" of 2219 footing, and 5" shield cut feathers shot from a Fedora Xtreme longbow, 52#@29".

[MnFn]

Out of a Blacktail 60" VL Elite 53# @28"
29" Wilderness Surewood 75 spine, 3 -5" left wing turkey feathers with 180 grain Grizzley single bevel.

Or, a 29" CE Heritage 250 with 100 grain brass insert and 160 grain head (insert included) 3-5"left wing fletch.

Or a FMJ 400, 4X4 fletch with 75 grain insert appears to be workable but I have not shot it a lot yet.

[Trond]

Originally posted by njloco:
At present, 1535 GT trad 28 7\\8", 50gr brass insert,100gr screw on adaptor, 160gr grizzly right bevel, with 3 x 3" or 4 x 4" parabolic feathers, preferably footed with a 1 1\\2" 2117 aluminum arrow.

Always pondered the spine question. I put these numbers through Stu Millers calc and came out with a spine at 27.4! Isn't that a bit on the low side looking at the bows you shoot?
The reason I ask, is because my favourite arrows these days are 3555 GT Trad 32.5", 50gr alu insert, 125gr fieldpoint and 3x4" parabolic. These fly like darts from my 35# @28" Cayuga 66" longbow, drawn to 30"
I don't think I will ever fully understand spine...

[goingoldskool]

CE Heritage 250, 29.5" with 20 gr insert, 175 gr Tigershark, 3 5" shield cut right wing truflight feathers. Total weight 550 gr. 51# @28" Black Widow longbow drawn to 28.5".


God bless,

Rodd

[Sam McMichael]

I'm shooting wood (mostly cedar) from my 55# @28 HHA Cheetah. I only draw 25", so am not exactly sure what draw weight I am pulling. The arrows are 11/32 diameter and are 29" long with three 5"  LW feathers.  I use 125 gr points.

[britt]

45# at 29.5, Hill Country Harvest Master, GT 55-75, 31in., 175gr tip. BUT thinking about going back to woods after reading all the stuff about carbons.

[stagetek]

31" 2018 Legacy's. Three 5" right wing shield cut feathers, w/wraps and crest. 125gr. Magnus II's or Snuffers. Shot from 48-53# Bear T/D's or Predators.

[Terry Green]

Arrow Dynamics for over a decade....regular Trads...

Bows from 58 to 78 pounds...heads from 150 to 225 grains....mostly 175 grain heads

[Danny Rowan]

Arrow Dynamics Trads. 30.5" 100 gr brass insert and 300 gr heads, bows 55-60#

[OregonTom]

My best flying arrows so far are my Port Orford Cedar arrows.  They are 11/32  ,  30 inches,  and 55-60 spine.  On the tail they have Boehnig classic nocks and three 41/2 inch parabolic feathers hand tied in a helical.  Up front 125 grain field points or Zwickey eskimos.  A real plain jane arrow but they fly nice out of cut past center 45 pound bows.

[58WINTERS]

GT 35/55 XT Hunter or Expedition camo finish for the extra weight. 29 BOP left wing 5 or 5-1/2 3 fletch sheild or parabolic 1 inch 2115/2117 footing. std GT insert with low melt adhesive some with 9 inch wraps some without. I strip factory decals with lacquer thinner leaving only the camo finish. GT or Bohning Signature nocks. 250 up front yields 540 total arrow weight with 19% foc. HH Wesley Specials 68" 50@28 55@28 66" 52@27. 200gr up front also works well. Aluminum 2016's also work well. Surewood firs 50-55 with Zwickey Eskimo or No Mercy.
Allen Boice Liberty bows Classic and English in same poundages shoot these well with some 1916"s thrown in on one bow.
HH bows with B50 (playing with FF) Boice mostly FF
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[Hoyt]

Beman MFX Classic 400's 29-3/4" and 30-3/4" according to screw on or glue on Simmons Tree Shark broadheads. 50gr. brass Hit insert, 3, 3" Magnus Shield cut wild turkey feathers. No wraps and X nocks. 47 to 50lbs recurves.

[Recurve Amigo]

I like the beman center shots and gold tip traditionals in the 600 spine

[mec lineman]

I got 3 dozen beman mfx classic 500 before they stopped making. Shoot them 29.25  140-165 gr. Heads 75 gr. Insert out of my 52-55 lb bows

[smokin joe]

For my 52 @ 29" Bear TD with Rose Oak limbs (my go-to bow these days):

My deer and 3-D arrow is:

Trad Only 400 carbon shaft
29.5" BOP
glue in nock adaptor with Bohning Classic nock
9" Onestringer wrap
3 - 5" feathers
75 gr. brass glue-in-glue-on broadhead adaptor
carbon collar
125 gr field point (or 125 gr woodsman 3-blade)
This makes a 517 gr arrow that is very tough and sturdy, and it flies like a laser beam. The spine calculator says this arrow should fly at 193 fps, and by the looks of things when I shoot I have no reason to doubt that.

A single length of .095 weed whacker line inside adds 50 gr for a 567 gr arrow; 2 lengths make a 617 arrow, etc.

This has been a very reliable formula for me for this bow.

My other bows have other arrow formulas, naturally.
 

[olddogrib]

Centershot of the bow, the amount that the riser is cut past the centerline will explain a lot of wht appear to be anomalies. Unfortunately, unless your bowyer tells you, most owners have no clue.  Individual form is a big factor and I'm well off as often as not by Stu.