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Spine consideration for war arrows

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Lloyd:
1000-1200 grains is a good finished weight.
Then there are the joys of 8.5" feathers.

If you get any good hardwood shoots that are long enough and heavy enough let me know. Maybe we can trade for bodkins or something.

Pat B:
Lloyd, I can definately get shoots long enough(up to or over 6') and they should be heavy enough. I will test some to see. My hunting arrows are 29" long and after removing lots of wood to correct the size and spine my finished arrows usually come out 600+grains with a 125grain point. I believe I could easily have 800grain arrows with no problem.
   I will do a bit of testing to see what I come up with and get back with the results.   Pat

sagitarius boemoru:
Pat, its not english, but there are some cossack arrows made out of hazle shots from Berestezcko battlefield (1610) - the idea is if you chose the right ones, they come tapered. I think hazel would be quite good as its heavy and its eay to find some shots which taper roughly from 1/2´´ to 3/8´´ in one arrowlenght.
It also does contain relativelly low ammount of marrow for a shot.

Jaro

Pat B:
The natural taper of shoots make them less spine sensative. On my average hunting arrow(that's what I know about) I can use a shaft that has 10# heavier spine weigh then what your bow normally shoots. I don't think I would have trouble finding sourwood shoots that tapered from 1/2" to 3/8" in 32". The hazle(coryalis[?]) that grows near here are small shrubs with few, if any straight shoots for arrows plus it grows in higher elevations along the Blue Ridge Parkway and illegal to cut.    Pat

SimonUK:
As kids we used poplar shoots as arrows. They were nice and straight. I've no idea how they'd stand up in a warbow though.

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