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--- Quote from: WillS on August 10, 2013, 11:26:03 am ---Adam, what spine are you actually finding works best for your particular bow?  If you're shooting a 100# bow, are you getting best results with arrows spined at 100#, or are you just finding that weaker spines in general are performing better?

I've recently finished up a sheaf of EWBS Standards, which are ash spined 85-90#, so I'm curious how they'll come out of a bow around 110-120#.  If I'm honest, I was of the "spine just doesn't matter" opinion until your post, so I wonder if they'll be too weak.  Need to find time to let them rip asap.

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I'm not currently measuring spine on these heavy arrows. I have yet to come up with a way to do it consistently. I'm just finding that the oak shafts flex more when I bend them between my thumbs. The birch and ash shafts basically don't bend at all when I try and flex them by hand. They are noticeably stiffer and don't fly nearly as well.

We don't shoot many EWBS standard arrows. We're shooting mostly livery and a few 1/4# arrows. I currently shoot 90# and 100# bows. My buddy is shooting 120#. The stiffer arrows definitely cast the same out of his bow... not as well as the oak.

adb:

--- Quote from: Joec123able on August 10, 2013, 03:41:37 am ---It seems like most of the guys who shoot warbows shoot for distance more then any thing so maybe when there shooting 200+ yards spine isn't an issue when laser accuracy isn't important I don't know just my thoughts as a person whose never shot a warbow

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We shoot for cast, but we also shoot for accuracy. We set a mark at 200 yards, and compete for closest to the mark. So, accuracy IS important.

Del the cat:
Alan Blackham on his 'Back street bowyer' site has some slo mo video af an arrow leaving a warbow ...the damn thing was going sideways!
Yup spine does matter and IMO weaker is generally safer than too stiff.
Del

Yeomanbowman:
Adb,

Was the FOC similar with birch and oak arrows?  I find a good amount of FOC is beneficial for distance.  I once made 2 very dense birch arrows with very light Tudor bodkins so a lot of the weight was in the shaft and found them disappointing but the FOC was quite low. These were shot from a very fast 155lb yew bow.

adb:

--- Quote from: Yeomanbowman on August 10, 2013, 06:13:18 pm ---Adb,

Was the FOC similar with birch and oak arrows?  I find a good amount of FOC is beneficial for distance.  I once made 2 very dense birch arrows with very light Tudor bodkins so a lot of the weight was in the shaft and found them disappointing but the FOC was quite low. These were shot from a very fast 155lb yew bow.

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I make all my heavy arrows strongly FOC. 60/40... even 70/30. I usually use reasonably heavy heads... mostly no lighter than 20 grams. Shaft tapers are also bob-tailed, leaving them point heavy.

Have you had an experience with barrel tapered shafts?

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