Hello, New here. I've been target shooting on and off for a few years now and am trying to get more serious about it. I am currently using a longbow that's roughly rated at 30-35 lbs at 28" with some cheap 28" 5/16" wooden practice arrows that were recommended for it. I also have from a long time ago some 30" 11/32" wooden arrows that say "bow wt 45-50#" on them, I'm guessing this is referring to their spine weight?. My question is would using these larger and heavier weighted arrows damage my bow? Can I use 11/32" arrows if their spine is appropriate to the draw? Thanks, Oatsy
It won't do anything to your bow but I think that the larger diameter arrows are for compound bows. I could be wrong but I'm sure you could use them and nothing bad will happen.
No the 11/32 are not for compounds. You should never shoot wood shafts from a compound. They are fine for your longbow. Many traditional guys shoot heavier spines for the weight. If they don't seem to fly well you can cut them down a little or just up your point weight. I shot trad from 1999-2007 and I still have 9 bows. I shoot them for targets still.
I guess I should have read closer because I missed that. I thought he was talking about the large carbon shafts.
