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Arrow Length vs Draw point
Steve Cover:
--- Quote from: Justin Snyder on February 08, 2010, 10:58:14 am ---How long is the arrow in the photo? That looks like the perfect length to me.
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I draw 30" to the back of the arrow head.
Do you have the same draw index point as I do?
Steve
Tsalagi:
My draw is 27", but I like my arrows longer for a couple reasons. First, a little longer makes in unlikely to draw a broadhead into a finger. Second, if the arrow breaks behind the point, I can re-taper, re-point, and re-use the arrow.
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: Steve Cover on February 09, 2010, 02:55:39 pm ---
--- Quote from: Justin Snyder on February 08, 2010, 10:58:14 am ---How long is the arrow in the photo? That looks like the perfect length to me.
--- End quote ---
I draw 30" to the back of the arrow head.
Do you have the same draw index point as I do?
Steve
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I draw to the corner of my mouth, that is 29 1/2" for me. If you buy shafts, they usually come around 31" and I always leave them full length. If I make my own shafts, I make them 32-33 for the extra weight.
Steve Cover:
--- Quote ---I draw to the corner of my mouth, that is 29 1/2" for me. If you buy shafts, they usually come around 31" and I always leave them full length. If I make my own shafts, I make them 32-33 for the extra weight.
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I just buy 100 Port Orford Cedar shafts (2 Boxes) at a time, and match them as close as I can for weight and Spline. The few that fall to each side of the bell curve are usually made into Flu Flus for Frisbee shooting or cut in half to cross bow bolts.
It usually takes me a few years to bust them all up... (My friends and I do a lot of stump shooting).
I have never been interested in a real heavy arrow, have also been apathetic about producing my own shafts. (Might be fun to try sometime, but it would only be for the fabricating pleasure, not out of a desire for extra weight.)
Are you going for the weight in a hunting arrow for greater penetration, or are you matching required weight for some type of competition?
Here is a picture of a deer a friend of mine shot last year with a simple home fletched cedar shaft.
I would classify the amount of penetration as adequate without the need for a heavier arrow. Washington State requires a minimum weight 437 Gr. Arrow with a Broadhead 1" or wider.
I believe that Curt's arrows are also in that weight range.
I'm enjoying the polite conversation. Wish it could have started sooner.
Take Care
half eye:
Hey Steve,
I'm just curious...did your friend shoot that white tail through the head on purpose? Thanks.
half eye
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