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agd68:
What is the benifit to tapering arrow shafts? ???

Minuteman:
Tapering a shaft allows you to shoot a lighter weight arrow while still keeping a higher spine weight and that equals a faster arrow.
 It also helps the back end of the arrow clear the bow  better, the tail end being thinner theres less  there for the handle to disturb as it goes zippin by.
 A lot of natural material arrows are naturally tapered, cane and shoots (if not made parallel) have a big end and a small end, just put the big end up front and you have a naturally tapered weight forward shaft.
 

adb:
Barrell tapered shafts are suppossed to recover faster from the archer's paradox, making them better for non center shot bows. Because the tips are lighter, they will recover faster. A weight forward shaft will also fly better.

agd68:
Thanks for the info. Do you spine the shaft before or after tappering it?

JackCrafty:
They look cool. ;D

There's a lot of debate about this....and many people (including engineers and physicists) conclude that parallel shafts are the best shape for arrows.

IMO, the material that is most readily available (i.e., cheapest) is the material that is (and has always been) used for arrows.  IMO, the effect of arrow shape is relatively small compared to the effects of bow strength and the archer's skill.  It's one of those things that archers use to "fine tune" their equipment.  If you're close to your target (like you're supposed to be), the difference is negligible.

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