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Heavyweight arrow shafts
bumppo:
Can anyone trade/barter with me a test set of heavy spine arrow shafts, around 80lb spine to 120lb spine, 33" long, sort of like the test sets 3Rivers Archery sells? I'd even settle for one 100lb spine 33" shaft... something to use as a benchmark for calibrating my spine tester and to use in building my own arrows. Whatever I can trade from here in Alaska I'd be glad to do......
I've been building my own 3/8" poplar arrows at 33" and thought I was on the right track until I built my spine tester. The tester shows a spine of around 40lbs?? This goes along with the problem of all my arrows shooting far to the left (I shoot right handed) which I thought indicated too heavy a spine (my longbow is 80lbs).... just adds to my confusion.
Cromm:
Hello,
We cannot sale on this site only trade. Unless someone PM's you and you do the saling off broad........
Thanks for your time
nidrinr:
Build your own. You don't have to build it to advanced, as long as the arrow rest on each side and the same weight is used you pretty much have what you need..
bumppo:
I've built a spine tester according to plans I've found on this site, I want to use an arrow of know spine to check the thing.
I've checked it with 28" arrows in the 60lb spine range and it seems OK, just wanted to make sure at 33" and 110lb it was still in the ball park.
bow-toxo:
--- Quote from: bumppo on July 28, 2010, 11:19:47 pm ---I've been building my own 3/8" poplar arrows at 33" and thought I was on the right track until I built my spine tester. The tester shows a spine of around 40lbs?? This goes along with the problem of all my arrows shooting far to the left (I shoot right handed) which I thought indicated too heavy a spine (my longbow is 80lbs).... just adds to my confusion.
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You might want to try a denser wood than light weight poplar, such as birch or ash.
Erik
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