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jayman448:
if i understand the concept of archers paradox, shooting a heavy spined arrow should send them off to the left (as i am a right handed shooter). however when i shoot my 60# arrows from my 45# bow they tend to scatter. i know its not me as i can consistently shoot my matched flu flu and hit whatever i want. can someone explain this to me?

Pappy:
They will go off to the right , right out of the bow but will do all kinds of crazy stuff after they clear the bow, same with to light splined arrows.  :)
 Pappy

aaron:
I think pappys got it backward. An arrow thats a little stiff would go left. An arrow thats very stiff will be very unpredictable. Only when you shoot proper arrows will you know if its you or the arrows

PEARL DRUMS:
If you cant get the correct spine, leave them full length and add weight until it impacts straight and accurately.

Flu flu arrows will all fly nice, even 20-30# too heavy. They drag the back down so quickly that you will never see it. My flu flu arrows are 65-70 spine and they shoot from my 45-50# bows great.

nclonghunter:
Just my 2 cents....Not sure why you are shooting 60# shafts out of 45# bow unless you are trying to get a heavy arrow or just experimenting. The lack of bending or paradox on an extreme over spine arrow would make the arrow have more contact with the bow during the shot. It will not bend around the bow as it should. Any bow hand movement will cause the arrows to fly differently to extremes. If you are after heavy arrows then you need to put a lot of weight on the tip to change the spine. Not sure how much is needed but a few hundred grains I would suspect. Always fun to test new combinations. Dr. Ashby has some great info on heavy FOC. Good Luck

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