Draw Weight, Draw Length, material,spine, length,grain

[RamiusEng]

I have been reading a few posts, watching folks at the local club, and have talked to a couple of bow makers.  I notice there definitely is definitely some different ways of thinking about arrows.  What I am thinking maybe we can post some basics about our rigs and get a feeling for what setups people generally end up with.   Here are mine:

55#@28.5" Sitka, 65-70, 29.5" B.O.P, 495 grain
55#@28.5, CE Maxima 3D select Carbon, 250 size, 29.5" B.O.P, 510 grain

[Whip]

Robertson recurve, 57# @ 29".  Gold Tip Traditionals cut to 30" BOP with 275 grains up front, total arrow weight 660grains.

[Danny Rowan]

Blacktail td recurves, 62# and 61#@28",O.L. Adcock ACS CX td longbow 60#@28". 29" Alaskan forgewood arrows total arrow weight over 800gr spine 70/75 and 75/80.

Danny

[Larry247]

Black Widow PMA-11 51@28" 58", 55-75 GT 450-460grn @ 31.5". and I've got a SA on it's way from NY that'll hopefully shoot some 55-75's at 29" somewhere around the same wieght.OH! it's 46@28" 56" bow.

[Curveman]

Border Black Douglas Swift recurve. 55/75 GT's cut at 29." 545gr all the weights up front. 175gr field tips with 70gr of weight. Wensels for hunting.

[Bjorn]

ACS CX 49#@28. Cedar, 600 grains (incl 145 gr point) 70-75# cut to 29".

[RamiusEng]

Bjorn that is an interesting set up.  Would you say that the reason you can use the 70-75# spine is because you have the 145 grain up front?

[eagle24]

My true draw length is 29"

41#@28" ACS-CX; 31" BEMAN MFX 500 w/125 stinger (460 grains)

45#@28" ACS-CX; 31" Carbon Express Heritage 150 w/125 stinger (500 grains)

45#@28" Harrelson bamboo/carbon R/D longbow; 31" BEMAN MFX 500 w/125 stinger (460 grains)

[Grant Young]

70# @ 29"-Bear "B" riser #1 limbs, XX75 2317 29 3/4", green razorhead (with bleeder) 630 grns. Use the same arrow on my secondary bows as well, lightest 65#, heaviest 76#. Works okay, heavy enough and pretty flat out to 35 yds.    Grant

[hockeyref]

Leon Stewart 64" longbow & Howatt Hunter both measured ~67# @ 31". I want 9-12 grains per pound for my arrows.....~600 - 800 grain finished weight depending on the shaft and point.

Cedar, Ash, Maple, Douglas fir spined 75-80, full length (32") just taper and add feathers, nock & point (thinking about footing the shafts for another inch or two of length as I really need 32" nock to BOP).

[brackshooter]

Rose Oak King Panther, 67# @31", Easton Epic 300s, full length, with 280 grains up front, snuffer 160 with 100 grain adaptor filled with #9 bird shot and glued in, total arrow weight of 670 grains, thinking about adding 3/16" rope to up the weight to about 800 grains, have one that I did that to and it flies great, we will see.

brack

[Bjorn]

"Bjorn that is an interesting set up. Would you say that the reason you can use the 70-75# spine is because you have the 145 grain up front?"

Ray, The tip weight helps a bit..but mainly it is the fact that the bow is higher performance, and the riser is cut past center.