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Arrow Selection Question.

Discussion in 'Traditional Archery' started by Muzzy Man, Oct 19, 2012.

  1. Muzzy Man

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    Okay, I just started shooting a 45#Bearcat takedown recurve that I have always used for bowfishing.

    That's 45# at 28 inches; correct?
    I draw 30"; am I correct in assuming my actual draw weight is probably going to be somewhere in the 50s?
    If so, where is a good chart for selecting arrows and what weight should I consider "my" draw weight?

    Any thoughts?
     
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    If you want to use a tip weight around 200 grains (maybe 150 with your DL), maybe a 200/150 grain point and the weight of the insert, you could look at a 400 spine. If the shaft was going to be 30" I would lean more to the 150. Whatever you do get the shafts cut maybe a bit longer than you might think you need. Much easier to lighten the tip or cut the shaft than it is to make the shaft grow :).
     
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    Thanks... I was shooting some feathered 2219s and doing fairly well...terrible with the feathered 300 Carbons... too stiff. What's odd is the 2219s fly way, way better with a BH than with the FT. I guess the extra blade helps stabilize the front which is certainly diffferent than compound shooting. I am shooting about 6-8 inch groups out to about 30... Not that I'd shoot that far but thats still not quite as good as I think I need to be shooting, so I decided the responsible thing, to avoid a bad hit, is to not go until I can pull it in a bit tighter.

    I may go grab some 31" 400s and feather them up this afternoon.
     
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    Sweet site... awesome looking bows. Big Jim looks like a pretty tough customer.
     
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    At 50lbs them 2219's should be way to stiff unless you have them loaded with weight on the front of the arrow. As for aluminum's I'd bet 2117's could possibly work out for ya.
     
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    Yes, Thanks, I think so too. I notice they fly better the further I pull them back... Of course I can only go so far before the back of my ear becomes my anchor(That would hurt). They are pretty heavy as well and I am getting a huge arc... but I am really hitting surprisingly well. At either rate, I should get my Hoyt back this week though I am really enjoying the simplicity of traditional shooting and at twenty I made a partial Robin Hood. (Tore up the back of an arrow without centering the tube.)
     
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