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Offline Pago

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Question for heavy bow shooters?
« on: February 16, 2016, 01:36:00 PM »
How do you go about procuring heavy spine/heavy weight arrows for your high poundage bows?  I need to reach 520g for my bows but it seems like the industry just isn't aligned with what I need, carbon or wood.  Discussion, thoughts, tips and tricks appreciated.
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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #1 on: February 16, 2016, 03:17:00 PM »
There are many carbons at 10gpi and more around, aluminum too and with the right wood an heavy arrow shouldn't be a problem me thinks.

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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #2 on: February 16, 2016, 07:18:00 PM »
If you're looking for a heavy wood arrow, try ash.
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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #3 on: February 16, 2016, 07:22:00 PM »
I use hickory and have gotten them over 850 grains in 11/32" diameter.

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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #4 on: February 16, 2016, 07:23:00 PM »
And that would be at 85 lb spine as I try to keep my arrows at around 10 grains per pound of draw weight.

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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #5 on: February 16, 2016, 09:31:00 PM »
I like to add nylon cord to my carbon shaft ups the weight a good bit.  You can also use very stiff shafts and heavy points to weaken the spine back down where you need it.

Offline Pago

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Re: Question for heavy bow shooters?
« Reply #6 on: February 17, 2016, 05:02:00 PM »
I have been looking at some of the 10 gpi carbon and even some of the FMJ at over 11 gpi. I see there are several weight systems out there on the market.  I have been shooting 300 and 340 spine arrows but they need more weight.  I am not up to speed on the wood arrow side of it, actually considering resurrecting some of my aluminum arrows I used to shoot with my compound.  Just seems like enough out of the average range most people shoot to find what I want easily.  I had a guy in an archery pro shop recently imply I was crazy for wanting 8 gpp for my recurve because it was a waste of energy and would cut down on my speed.  Never even considering efficiency or the impact on the bow of shooting light arrows. I feel sorry for the folks he is selling recurves to   :knothead:
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