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bradsmith2010:
   Pat B,, you are right about that arrow,,,,
I have alot of arrows,, when I am shooting a bow, I might shoot 5 different arrows at first,,
well it becomes obvious quickly which ones are shooting the best, and there is usually one,, that will stand out,,
I will use that for my hunting set up,, even if it does not seem to fit a chart on what should shoot out of that bow,, I go with what is working,, or hitting most consistantly,,
   when I have been praciticing alot,, I can shoot a wider range of spine arrows, my release is better,,, when I have not been practicing,, seems like I cant find that arrow that was shooting so great,, :)
   

Knoll:

--- Quote from: Pat B on February 16, 2017, 12:02:56 pm ---IMO the arrow is the most important part of the set. Learn to build proper arrows and you will find your accuracy.

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I buy that.

Pappy:
Right Pat, there is just nothing like a well tuned arrow. A bow can be so so but if the arrow is right it will hit where you point it. Now pointing it where you want to hit may be a problem. ;) ;D ;D ;D I use to do a lot of stump shooting with my long time Friend Ronnie Poston, I would make a bad shot and miss my mark sometimes, I would look and say man what happened, he would always say heck it hit right where you pointed, and with that I would say ya I know but why was I pointing there. ;) :) We always got a good laugh out of that.  ??? Guess you had to be there. ;) ;D ;D
 Pappy

Danzn Bar:

--- Quote from: Knoll on February 16, 2017, 11:06:05 pm ---
--- Quote from: Pat B on February 16, 2017, 12:02:56 pm ---IMO the arrow is the most important part of the set. Learn to build proper arrows and you will find your accuracy.

--- End quote ---

I buy that.

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Yep I agree....
DBar

Strelets:
I agree with everyone who said that the arrow is more important than the bow. I find that heavy arrows with good big feathers are much more accurate at a fixed distance than lighter arrows. I tested arrows of 580, 740 and 1000 grains, shot at a 6-inch diameter circle at 10 metres (11 yards) from a 76” English longbow of 70 lb at 27”, with the following results.

580 grain, 16% FOC,  low cut 4” feathers :      35% hits on 6” target at 11 yards.
580 grain, 16% FOC,  high cut 5.5” feathers:   50% hits on 6” target at 11 yards.
740 grain, 15% FOC,  high cut 5.5” feathers:   70% hits on 6” target at 11 yards.
1000 grain, 16% FOC, high cut 5.5” feathers:   77% hits on 6” target at 11 yards.

All of the arrows had similar weight forward of centre (FOC), flew well on a bare shaft test and were apparently well matched to the bow. A previous comment on this site was that “You need to be a good archer to shoot a light arrow”. Well, I am obviously not good enough, so I shoot arrows of at least 740 grains.

The arrows were all of 3/8” diameter and 28” in the shaft, of yellow poplar, ash and maple for the lightest to heaviest shafts.  In addition to being more forgiving of mistakes by the archer, the heavier shafts also appear to be more forgiving of spine mismatches.  Ash shafts anything from 70 to 95 lb spine rating will fly well from this bow, whereas lighter poplar shafts will “clack” and wobble if the spine is not right.

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