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colejack3:
Hi I made a hickory bow it shoots 123 fps. What arrows would be best for it. I would like to get either port otford cedar or sitka spruce shafts from 3 rivers. I dont know what the weight of the bow is because every archery shop I have been to registers a different wait for my bow. Also for the shafts that I need to get how heavy point should I put on there? I cant afford a test kit. So I hope you guys can help? Thanks

Thwackaddict:
how much of a difference in weight are they showing.It will get you in the ball park,if your goin to buy arrows from them get a draw weight from that shops scale and test shoot some with something close to that spine weight.The arrows will tell you!

JW_Halverson:
If ya gotta flip a coin between Port Orford Cedar or Sitka Spruce, remember that Sitka spruce exceeds POC in every category on engineering tables, including shear strength (shear forces are what cause arrows to shatter when they strike solid objects).  The main advantage of POC is that it smells sooooo good when it breaks.  The Spruce Goose was built from an airframe of Sitka Spruce, remember?

I get Sitka shafts from Hildebrand Arrow Shafts, they are the only manufacturer of the sitka shafts in the world at this time.  3Rivers doesn't sell their shafts grain matched, but Hildenbrand will do that for you. 

Figure on using 125 grain points, sitka and cedar shafts are generally pretty light and 125 grain is plenty enough to make them front heavy.  Thwackaddict asked what difference in weight the different shops had shown, average them out and pick the spine weight that matches the average.  When you get the shafts, paint on any special colors you want, seal them with shellac, lacquer, tung oil, poly-you're-insane, or whatever you choose.  Then fit on your points and the nocks and shoot them several times.  If you are right handed, the arrows should "kick" the nock end out to the left.  That's just fine.  Means you can cut off an inch of arrow shaft and refit your points.  Repeat as necessary until they fly straight off the bow, no wagging right or left.  You may ignore the up and down action of the arrow for now, because that has to do with where you are nocking the arrow on the string.  Once they come off the string straight, go ahead and fletch them out and they will fly dart straight with little wiggle waggle to slow them down.  TA-DAH!

Thwackaddict:
Very well said J.W. Very helpful!

colejack3:
I got a succesful arrow that shoots good from a dowel. It has no point on it. Once I put a point on is the spine going to be off?

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