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Offline DC

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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #15 on: September 02, 2017, 02:12:57 pm »
They are 70 grains. They are making a a bit of noise on release and I thought I remembered hearing that stiff arrows do that. So this morning I upped one to 110 gr but that lowered the spine too much and the arrow flew wonky. Maybe too much of a jump in weight but that's what I had in front of me. It seemed to help the noise but not every shot. I might try something like 90gr.

Offline Aaron H

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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #16 on: September 02, 2017, 03:14:21 pm »
What is draw weight of the bow?

Offline DC

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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #17 on: September 02, 2017, 06:57:36 pm »
37#@ 26". This is my "lighter bow to improve my form bow"

Offline bjrogg

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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #18 on: September 03, 2017, 06:52:23 am »
Nice arrows DC, I like those points to. I suspected you may have already tried it but shooting one bareshaft really takes the guesswork out of if spine is to heavy or light. Usually I just make fletching my last step and shoot them bareshaft before I fletch.
PS I like the bleach on the cock feathers, I may copy that idea
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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #19 on: September 03, 2017, 09:15:11 am »
Regular chlorine bleach won't work. I had to use hair dressers stuff. Do a couple of test pieces first. If you leave it on to long it can ruin the feather. These were done for about 5 min.

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Re: Making matched arrows
« Reply #20 on: September 03, 2017, 12:18:53 pm »
Thanks DC. I may play with some old arrows to start.
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