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birdpointlightstring32:
I have a 42 lb 69 inch slippery elm long bow. non center shot rigid handle non bendy handle bow. I have two arrows. One red oak 3/8 thirty two inch long 3 fletched six inch two inch high duck feather and no head or point. this one shoots amazing in my bear recurve  55lb bow but in my elm long bow it shoots farther to left the further I stand away. I mean two feet off at 15 yards. the second arrow is 5/16 I think that's right well its smaller in thickness. 36 inches long two fletched 5 inches long 1.5 inches high and with a 150 zwicky eskimo head. bends really easy almost too easy. well this arrow from my elm bow shoots dead center almost every shot. Is this because of the spine or what else could it be. ?

aaron:
Are you right handed? If so it sounds like a spine issue. The first arrow is way stiffer than the second. The first arrow shoots well out of your 55lb bow- that bow needs a stiff arrow because it has a strong pull and is almost centershot. That same arrow is too stiff for your other bow because of the easier pull and non centershot. The second arrow is much weaker in spine because of the head and it's longer length. This arrow is just right for the elm bow. congratulations, you have figured out what arrow goes with each bow and you can make more of the same.
 Consider this, though... the arrow with no head is not very "weight forward". It probably balances near the middle- an arrow flies a little better and goes in deeper if it has a weighted tip. So, if you want to put a tip on the first arrow, you'll need to shorten it up to compensate (put on a head, and cut off a little at a time until it flies right).
Does the second arrow shoot to the right out of the bear bow?
good luck

birdpointlightstring32:
would explode if shot out of bear recurve. lol... would like to know why books are saying a spine that is over strong will shot right when this over stiff 3/8 oak dowel shoots left.. I guess closer to sweet spot of spine that if near perfect it would shoot to the right but way over stiff and it just glides off side of bow without flexing at all and careens to the left instead???

aaron:
are you right handed? if so a stiff arrow will hit to the left of a correct arrow. The arrow will also sit crooked in the target- the nock end will be to the right of the point end- this is called "nock right". is that what your book is talking about?

If the book in question is the traditional bowyers bible- there is an error in that book - it says a stiff arrow will hit to the right

Don Case:

--- Quote from: aaron on May 02, 2014, 09:25:55 pm ---
If the book in question is the traditional bowyers bible- there is an error in that book - it says a stiff arrow will hit to the right

--- End quote ---

Yeah. you'd think that they would re-issue that volume for free, mines getting kind of dog-eared >:D >:D >:D

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