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Wood Arrow Problems?
D. Tiller:
Problem is the three river arrows. I dont think they check each arrow for spine when they arrive at the plant but just batch check them like one in twelve or so. I have a person I buy POC from that is very reputable and been in the archery buisness for over 4 generations. PM me and I will give you their adress on the net. Good folk too!
David T
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: D. Tiller on July 27, 2007, 09:38:40 pm ---Problem is the three river arrows. I dont think they check each arrow for spine when they arrive at the plant but just batch check them like one in twelve or so. I have a person I buy POC from that is very reputable and been in the archery buisness for over 4 generations. PM me and I will give you their adress on the net. Good folk too!
David T
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Well now, tell us how you really feel. I have gotten shafts from them and not had a problem. It was probably one of your reputable people that matched them and sold them to 3 Rivers. You can have problems no matter where you get them.
Tradrick, you have gotten some excellent advice to try to fix the problem. You can test the spine by putting them in a clamp and hanging something heavy from the end. Do the good shooters first and mark how far they bend. Then try the others and see if they bend the same distance. The difference will be small, so make sure you mark it precise. Justin
tradrick:
Thanks for all the great tips.I'm sure I can get them flying better with all of the advice.Like the lineing your nock up with your arrows grain.I had never heard that before.Its the little things along the way that you learn that will make a world of difference.Thanks tradrick
George Tsoukalas:
Arrow nocks at right angles to grain. Arrows not milled parallel to then back of the tree often have little "points" going in one direction on 1 side of the arrow and the other direction on the other side of the arrow. For safety these should point toward your hand when the arrow is in shooting position so if the arrow breaks on release it will break up and away from your hand. tradrick, to get at the root of your problem knowing the poundage of your bow and the drawlength would help us. Also, what is the brace height of your bow? If it is too low arrows will "spray" all over and on release the arrows will hit the side of the bow. Same if the spine is too high. Jawge
tradrick:
Thanks Jawge,the bow is 53#@28''and I draw right around 271/2''.The bow shoots best when braced at 61/2''.I whent to a shoot over the weekend and spoke with a vendor that is well known for his arrow smith skills.Had him look at my arrows and sure enough all of them except one had the nock turned the wrong way plus they were still to long.He showed me how to follow the grain run out and place the nock accordingly.Once we fixed that problem and cut them down to 281/2''to back of point they flew like darts.The shafts are spined 40/45 and have 3 4''feathers.I have some 5''banna cut feathers I'm going to try to stabilize a broadhead tipped arrow.I shot my selfbow in the shoot after I got the right arrow combination and scored as good with it as I did my laminated longbow.Learning this stuff is a addiction I don't think they make a rehab for lol.tradrick
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