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Ok, I backed out to about 15yds and arrow still seemed weak. I did the 1/4" thing and still ended up coming down to 30" b.o.p. Arrow really straightened up in flight at this length. I shot it a few times to make sure at approx. 18yds. That's the max for my back yard. It flew great so, I glued the head on and shot 10 times. It was hitting almost dead center every shot. Arrow came out at 582gr. Don't mind the sound before the arrow hits. It's not my bow but, my 4yr old son hitting the table on our back porch. Click Photo.
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I apologize for the poor video but, was trying to show just how straight these shafts come if you use Douglas Fir. I did not have to straighten one shaft out of the whole dozen.
Our finished arrow at 30" b.o.p. 145grn field tip and 582 grains total.
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In case anyone's interested, I shot the same arrow out of my 68", 51# @ 29" HH Owl and got great flight also. I believe these will work.
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Oh yeah Gotta love those surewoods! They are deffinetly my favorite shaft. I will use others for small game and stumping but they are my only deer shaft! I just wish I live close by to them too! Lol. On your video. It might be my phone but that was the clearest video I've seen on that site! Thanks
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Great post, I have only made a couple of sets, this helped me out a bunch. Thanks!
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Great job you should have them move this to the How To section for others to use.Thanks for doing it.
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Looked very good in the second video (hard to tell in a hand-held). I like that little cut-off saw. I use an X-Acto razor saw in a little miter box.
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Thanks everyone! As soon as the rest of the materials come in from 3R's, I'll finish up.
Tim, as soon as everyone's had a chance to look it over, I will have the Mods move to the "How To" section.
Charlie, I tried to get the best shot I could but, the arrow really was flying pretty good at that point. I shot it out of two bows with the same specs and you couldn't tell the difference.
Like Spanky said, we'll know once I get the BH's on them.
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quote:Originally posted by Wannabe1: Bud B, I will weigh the shafts again upon completion of the arrows and post results. Do you want the total with or with out the tips on?
Magnus, I thought about another coat on the lighter ones to bring them a little closer to the others but, I was still in the 10gr range so, I opted not to. I turned the heat up in my shop room and put a little blower fan I have to help speed up drying time. First time I tried that and it worked pretty good.
Just trying to get an idea of how much it changes the weight. Eg. 1/2" length of Surewood equates to X weight average type of thing.
I like the post of going down 1/4" at a time.
And the second vid shot looked better. It would be nice to see a vid from over your shoulder or from just beside you to see the flight path.
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I got out my bigger tripod and this was what I got. Not the greatest camera person in the world so don't get critical on me. This is just to show how the arrow flies. I shot low on purpose as the center of my target is getting real thin and I keep shooting through it and into the plywood.
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