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What hardware store lumbers are good for arrows?

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mullet:
Straight grained White Pine works great.

Strelets:
If you want the highest spine to weight ratio, use spruce or pine. This will give you a fast but fragile arrow that will very probably snap if it glances off a tree or target. If you want a robust arrow that will survive a lot of abuse, use ash.

aznboi3644:
I have made arrows with pretty much whatever 5/16” or 3/8” straight grained dowels they have.  I like 5/16” oak dowels.  They are very tough. I have a whole lot of I don’t know what but they fly well.  My 3/8” pine arrows fly well also.  I have some heavy 3/8” oak arrows waiting for testing. But I need to make a heavier bow for them or sand them down some.

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