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Any out there spinned for heavy bows?(upper 90s).I know I am shooting for the stars but gens if you have em and dont shoot them I promise I ll put them to good use.
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To my knowledge they are out of production. They were compressed cedar shafts, and in my limited experience with them, they were hard to keep straight; probably because of the manufacturing process. Several years ago, the owners took the equipment to Alaska, but never made any shafts that I recall.
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Yes they are out of production.That is why I respectfully request to whom may ever have a few heavy spined Sweetlands to find it in his heart and sell me a couple!
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I always used Sweetlands when they were in production, never had a problem with straightness, best arrow shaft ever made and heavy. The Alaskans were made with Alaskan Hemlock and they were good arrows but not as good as the Sweetlands, they were made using the original Sweetland machines which the new owners bought from the Sweetland estate and moved to Alaska, they only made them for a couple of years.
el greco, good luck in finding any in that heavy of a spine. I have two sets of 70/75 and no they are not for sale.
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Best wooden arrow I ever shot, Forgewood Battleshafts. Barrel tapered ash the next best until Silent Pond went out of business. I loved the small diameter and toughness of Forgewoods.
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When Sweetlands were being made bows were not cut past center, people were smaller-generally and 70/75 was stiff. I had a Sweetland chart once upon a time and it did show spines up to 100 but how many they actually sold is anybody's guess. Danny is right the Alaskan version of Sweetlands just was not the same stuff at all.
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I have a bunch of the alaskan forgewoods and if there is a better arrow that has good mass I'd like to know what it is.
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I've got a couple original Sweetland's left that Vern Struble put together for me and some of the Alaskan version that I got from Jack Harrison. I don't shoot them anymore and wouldn't part with the one's from Vern anyway.
Mine aren't that heavy spined.
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I had two dozen of the ones made after they went to Alaska. Great shafts. Killed a bunch of critters with them. Probably my favorite wood arrow. Wish I still had some.
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I have a couple dozen. Don't shoot them anymore but nostalgia makes me keep them. Some of the toughest shafts I ever shot.
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