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Arrow recommendation for 55 pound longbow

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Mesophilic:
Have you played around with 3 Rivers spine calculator?  It's done pretty good for me.

I switched to carbon for my horsebow.  It's  50# at 28" and shooting off the knuckle. Shooting 600's cut to 29 inches with 200 grains of point weight spine perfectly for this bow and get me up to a hunting weight arrow.

Allynhirsch:
Thanks guys. I haven’t tried any 600 spine yet, especially with a heavier point. I will give it a whirl when I get back in town from work.

willie:
Hi Allyn

welcome to archery, and  )P( for starting primitive.

As for arrows, how about a little of both. Maybe some storebought arrows just to get started and not make the learning curve too steep at the beginning of your journey.  You can get proficient for hunting quicker. A real primitive kit, of course, has primitive arrows. I have read ethnological reports about primitive archers that put a lot more time into arrow building than bow building, so find out what was used by primitive archers in your neck of the woods and start collecting and drying what you need to build your own from scratch. Some guys consider knapping to be an enjoyable part of the journey also.

If you have a "primitive" wide handle on the hickory bow you are shooting now, and are trying to utilize the big box store kind of arrows, you may find the arrows will need to be tuned to the bow more so than if your handle were closer to centercut.  Carbons are a pain to cut if you want to tune by shortening. but you could play with point weight up or down to see where you need to go. In what way are you unhappy with the arrows you are now shooting?

Allynhirsch:
Hey Willie, thanks for the reply. I think that right now I am, like you said, looking for the best starting point with easily available arrows, so that I will have a better reference when progressing to more primitive arrows. I guess I’m not specifically unhappy with what I have, just not sure how appropriate a match the arrows are to the bow. I know a fair amount will come down to technique...

willie:

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yes, the technique for a modern bow with a shelf is to tune the bow to the arrow, presuming you made a reasonable choice of arrows. aluminum and carbon can usually be made to work.

 a self bow with a wide handle needs the arrow tuned to the bow, a bit more fiddly process, commercial wood arrows blanks are the easiest to make adjustments to if you buy them long enough and stiff enough to start.

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