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Short Draw Length
Pat B:
The standard spine weight is also calculated with a 125gr point attached. Anything above that will decrease spine weight but I don't know the values of that weight change. Pat
benjamin:
I like short arrows because I use a short draw and always have compound guys who want to shoot my stuff. They think 44'' wood bows pull 32'' just like theirs. Saves me from HAVING to make a new one every week. When I shoot alone though, long arrows are easier to spine and find in the woods. Plus if you break a few inches off (tree, rock...) they're still usable.
uwe:
--- Quote from: Pat B on July 08, 2008, 12:09:12 pm ---All of my arrows are 29" for my 26" draw. There is no problems that I have noticed with longer arrows. You can reduce spine weight without having to use weaker arrows and I like the added weight I get from longer arrows. I believe I answered your post on TradGang also. ;) Pat
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I think this is the idea of the South American Native arrows. They have arroas in overlegth, so the spine is unimportant.
uwe:
--- Quote from: Hillbilly on July 08, 2008, 12:44:18 pm ---This arrow is 50" long, and shoots good with my 26" draw. I usually make most of my arrows about 2" longer than my draw, but I know people who make all their arrows about 6" over their draw.
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But wouldn`t it be difficult for a short selfbow made for lets say 23" draw? You have a longer draw and you have longer arrows. A little more on a highly stressed bows and it could be firewood?!
In this way you should make a coloured mark on the shaft.
Hillbilly:
Uwe, I draw about 26" whether the arrow is 26" or 126" long. Middle finger anchored in the corner of my mouth.
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