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Arrow length question

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Pat B:
South American Natives have arrows that are 6' long or longer. My arrows are 30" for my 26" draw. So, length doesn't matter as much as how well they fly from your bow. And, one size doesn't fit all. Each bow should have arrows that shoot well from that bow although you may have other bows that will handle the same arrows.

Dante_F:
Thanks for the input guys I think I'll go with what you guys said and just try to make my arrows tuned to their own individual bow, that requires some more material and time but chances are its worth it. Thanks for the help!

archeryrob:
I assume you have a spine tester of some sort? Make the arrows without fletching and bare shaft test them per bow. Measure that spine and copy it per bow.  I shoot 26" arrows with a 55# bow and spine is 42# That is what bare shaft testing sowed me.

Strelets:

--- Quote ---I’m starting to feel like overly long stiff spines shafts are more forgiving to the bow you shoot them from. Though it does come at a cost of being heavy.
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I agree. I made some arrows from poplar, 1/2" at the pile and tapering to 3/8" at the nock, 32" in the shaft.  They weigh about 1050 grains. Their spine rating is probably way over 100 lb, but they fly very well (though very slowly) from bows of about 70 lb.

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