Question for fellow Grizzlystik shooters...

[Benny Nganabbarru]

G'day All,

Could you please give your honest feedback / answer to this question:

Do you role the bent Grizzlystik shaft to find the strongest spine, as the directions say, and align the nock accordingly?

I tried that, but I must be too insensitive and / or impatient. So, I gave up on that right at the beginning, and just fletched them up. They fly magnificently, and I killed my first two feral pigs with them.

Thanks for your comments and time,

BK

[Greyfox54]

Hello Ben , I tried to do the same thing with some Safaris and ended up just fletching them up and they fly great , Inge Heier gave me great advice on how to do it but I'm too clubsy or else just have no perception for fine tuning , From shooting them I have found them to be almost indestructible . I'm taking them to Africa the end of the month , best of luck and congrats on the pigs , Fred

[Mike Bolin]

I ended up using my Adam's spine tester. Excellent shafts and very tough.

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

no clue! spent half a day tryin to find it!      i just fletched them all the same and said the hell with it! they shoot good, buy i aint spending $200 on arrows anymore, specially when ive already broke 3 Sitkas!    :mad:

[homerdave]

i put the inserts in and spun them in a tub of water...heaviest side always ended down.
they wouldn't fly for me, but i DID find the spine!

[Norwegian Bowhunter]

Hello Ben.
As Greyfox wrote i told him that by rolling the shafts on the top of a wide glas or vase the heaviest(stiff) side always are side that are down, best of luck!!
And i always mark the nock insert before i glue the nock with something sharp, so i can find the stiff side later if i have to replace the nock.The glue removes any pencil marks.

[COOCH]

I've searously been considering these shafts for an upcoming safari in 08. Are these things that finicky to tune? I've had nothing but headaches w/ carbons They have the weight I'm looking for still sceptical though.

[md126]

never rolled mine and they flew well but...... IMHO the GS's are not worth they $$$ or effort.

[vermonster13]

The Alaskans I love, the Sitkas are to fragile for the money.

[Grant Young]

I really wanted to like them but for now I'll stick with alums. It is most likely me-old dog, new trick problem- but the Alskans I have varied a great deal batch to batch and the Safaries have to be left too long to suit me. I'll probably list mine soon. I don't think my problem was related to finding the spine though. The six new ones I bought recently were very uniform all around. They were just weaker than my others. I wish I could find a heavy carbon that I was as accurate with as the aluminums but so far it has eluded me.              Grant

[Bjorn]

I finally found the spine using my spine tester; and went back to my woods!
Sorry you weren't happy with your purchase Dave!!

[BobCo 1965]

I maybe the oddball. I had no trouble finding mine.

Here was an e-mail with some additional info that I received from Ed:

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Bob,  You’ve got it.  Mark and place the cock feather on the  spine facing up.

Ed

 


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Hi Ed,

 

I started to put the arrows together and have a question about finding the spine as it pertains to the instructions. When rolling the shaft per the instructions, I can easily find where the shaft “jumps”. When it does this, is the spine of the arrow facing me (up), or does is it face down? The spine is where I place the cock feather (3 fletch) correct? Thanks,

Bob

[Bjorn]

I finally found the spine using my spine tester; and went back to my woods!
Sorry you weren't happy with your purchase Dave!!

[vermonster13]

Not your fault Bjorn. I wanted to try them and expected them to be like the Alaskans, they aren't.