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BowEd:
I usually shoot 145 grain broadheads.I like my shafts as narrow as possible.11/32" midway or less on most all of them with a full length taper.
Could be your rose shafts are of a different species.

Pat B:
One nice thing about shoot shafts is they are naturally weight forward lending them to better flight because of the natural taper. The natural taper also makes them more draw weight tolerable.

Trapper Rob:
Nice looking arrow's

BowEd:
Thanks fellas.They came to me green.I let them hang bundled tightly straightening them off and on for a couple of weeks.Then let them cure a good 6 months.When the bark is all shriveled up good they usually are close to dry.

BowEd:
After shooting these a bunch over time the bark began to crack and peel off.I removed all the bark except where the fletching is on with a pocket knife.The shaft does not bend and paradox there.
No spine reduction was noticed.It seems bark has no value there.It did reduce the mass weight though.
Still awfully thin shafts for the 48# spine that this privet has.They still mass weigh well into the 650 grain area even with 125 grained field tips.

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