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bownarra:
when you play around with the long arrows you quickly realize that it was to pretty much take spine out of the equation.
If you leave arrows at least 10" longer than your draw you will wish you never bothered buying that expensive spine tester on your bench.
100% - longer arrows are WAY more forgiving. There is a solid reason most 'native' arrows are super long.  sure it adds a bit of weight but making spine more or less irrelavent is the reason.
Can you imagine how many shafts would be junk if you had to spine every shoot.....long arrows only need to be 'stiff enough'.

GlisGlis:
zooming the bow it looks hollow
that's the first one I see in a "historic" picture


--- Quote ---If you leave arrows at least 10" longer than your draw you will wish you never bothered buying that expensive spine tester on your bench.
100% - longer arrows are WAY more forgiving.
--- End quote ---

+1
it is also more forgiving if the arrow is a little bit crooked

Aksel:
primitive arrows where looong. Spine gets less important with long arrows, especially on close hunting distances. Ryan Gill has some nice videos on the subject where he shots arrows spined between 40-70lbs on 15yrds and also hunt boars with really long arrows.

BowEd:
Longer arrows work well.
I've seen shows in the amazon by natives using very long arrows.Extreme amount of mass goes with those arrows for penetration.

gutpile:
those are relatively short arrows compared to South American tribes that typically shoot arrows up to and over 4ft long foreshafted with bone or fire hardened tips.. gut

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