POC and Heavier Bows.....

[slayer1]

I am trying to figure out what spine wood arrow to get for my 65lb @ 28 longbow. I remember reading somewhere that I would need a heavier spine than 60/65 or 65/70. I am actually drawing the bow about 29" so its more like 68lbs. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[flatbowMB]

How long are your shafts?

How long is your draw length?

What weight of field point/broadheads do you intend to use?

How heavy do you want the finished arrow to be?  How efficient is the design of your bow (D shape? heavily R/D ?)?

What arrow velocity would be acceptable to you?

[JC]

To add to flatbow's...what is the centershot?

To me, woods are like all the other arrow materials: there will be some trial and error for each individual archer because there are simply too many variables.

[sagebrush]

To give you a starting point: if you are using 30 inch long arrows with a 125 grain broadhead, I would start with 80-85 and go from there. Gary

[flatbowMB]

Oops!  I missed where you'd mentioned draw length.  I'll mention my POC setup and it might help. First off, I have 2 longbows - one is a high efficiency bow that is 74# @ 28" and the other is an extremely high efficiency bow that is 61# @ 28".  My drqw length is righ at 28" and shooting the same arrow, the 2 bows fling any give arrow at virtually the same speed.  What I'm finding that a POC shaft cut to 29" with a 190 grain field point flies very nicely from both of these bows.  Finished weight comes in around 610-620 grains.  I'm getting an arrow velocity around 165 fps.

EDIT:  I forgot to mention that my shafts are spined at 85-90 (though I could also get away with 80-85s)

[McGeeM]

I use 65-70 tapered cedar shafts for both my recurve and longbows that pull 65#. I also use 160gr Snuffers

[Dave Lay]

just for a comparison, I shoot 62@27 with a 28 in POC and a 135 gr head and use 80-85 cedars.. out of a longbow not quite cut to center using fast flite string