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Speaking strictly for myself, I think if a bow is cut 3/16" past center, it will shoot a variety of differently spined arrows and point weights very easily and never be picky.
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Thats the difference between a well designed bow from an ok designed bow.
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A bow that is real particular about arrows will be particular slight variations of from, grip draw length and release etc. I dump bows like that.
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I had a 42@28" 66" BW target bow that shot Bear 308s,I think that was a 2016, with commanding authority and shot them faster at any draw than a 52 pound longbow I had, which would really not shoot them at all, what really got me was when even another 60 pound longbow would not shoot the 308 unless I hung 200 grains on the end. The BW target bow shot the ones with 200 grains up front just as well and faster than the 60 pound longbow. This was a bow from the late 60s early 70s beautiful Brazilian rosewood riser. At 29" draw it put those 308s with 125 field points, according to a chrono at a shoot, out at 202 fps. This bow also zipped target arrows out at unreal speeds as well, it just did not seem to care what was in it. I wish my Bear takedowns and my longbows could that, the only reason I did not hunt with it and that target style was that I could not get deer to stand still where I was pointing the bow, I shot indoor 290s consistently with it, so it was an accurate bow.
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Longstick gave the correct answer,. If the centershot is a true centershot or close, the shelf shaped right and the bow is tillered and timed correctly the bow will handle a wide variety of spines and weights well. If the bow is cut to center or before center. a little out of sync and tiller it can be tuned but it is way more finiky. Many trad bows are cut before center. the owners pride themselves in spending days and months getting the exact arrow to shoot out of those bows. Its part of the game for them and part of the fun. However Peter Keyheys, Longstick 64 gave the right answer in my opinion. Its how the bow is built and designed.
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I would lean towards the design factor, Frm my experience,w/ heavy amount of preload,bows are more sensative to shooting form and finger pressure on the string.It seems to me there is a couple ways to check a bow of this design. W/ a recurve,one can take a unstrung bow and lay it on a flat surface to see how far the tips set past the riser.Also, I'll try to twist the tip of the limb as well.I know this makes a super smooth and fast shooting bow but they can be sensative as well. W/ longbows and I truely beleive people have the most problem w/,the bows w/ alot of r&d can be very challenging to shoot consistant.Again,I'm full aware of the speed and draw cycle benefits,along w/ shortening the legnth of the bow but there are some trade offs that don't work well w/ us shooting form challenged shooters. When I see those big swooping limbs and when strung the one limb will collaspe w/ pressure on the other.That tells me that one needs to be well practiced when compared to shooting a longbow of more moderate design. Fast bows are nice but untamed bows aren't.
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