Surewood Shafts!

[snag]

I just picked up a doz. of these fir shafts to try out. Looking at them I can't wait to make some arrows! Straight grain, good weight at 450grs., good wood! I think I may have found my new source of wood....

[Yolla Bolly]

Where did you find em?

[Dave Pagel]

Snag,

I am putting my final coat of SPAR on my first set from them too.  So far so good.  Do you know if they offer tapered shafts?  I didn't see it on the website.

Dave

[snag]

I bought them from one of the owners of the business. You can do a search for Surewood Shafts and find their website.

I don't think they offer tapered shafts Dave. I didn't find them on their site anyway. When that Spar dries let me know what you think! It will be late next week that I will be able to finish some arrows. I'd like to know what you think.

[killinstuff]

I just made 2dz before Thanksgiving and I like them alot. My raw shafts were 450gr too and I thought they should have been a little heavier being that they were Douglas fir but I didn't tell them what I wanted weight wise either so my fault. Still ended up with arrows weighing 605gr.

[dino]

Dave,
I got some fir by way of Ted at Raptor that are tapered.  The taper is excellent. dino

[SlowBowinMO]

The Surewood shafts are the best shafts we have found, and that's why we carry them.    

   Surewood Shafts at Braveheart Archery

[snag]

Killinstuff, that is the final weight I would like to see out of these...600grs. What weight tip did you end up with. I like shooting 160gr. tips with woodies.

SlowBowinMO, I need to get out more often! LOL  If I would look around a bit I would have found someone like you to get these from.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

They're deadly bits of gear, alright!

[portugeejn]

I got a few dozen, have been using them for a while now and have been very happy with them.  I use 125 grain field points or broadheads and they usually weigh 500 or so.  I cut them 28" to the back of the point, 3 fletch 5" shield.

They seem to be pretty tough.  Since I started trad archery a few years ago, I've made a couple dozen POC, a dozen Sitka Spruce, and and 3 dozen Doug Fir and I've broken 6 cedar shafts, 1 spruce shaft, and no Doug fir shafts.  

RonP

[B M A]

I have been selling & shooting Surewood Shafts for the last couple years.  Love em.  Top quality & tough.
I offered tapered shafts if you are interested.

Brock

[killinstuff]

Snag same here, 605gr with a 160gr STOS BH and field tips. Cut to 28 1/2". They take stain just as well as sitka spruce does also. Best to use a taper grinder on these too.

[Dave Pagel]

Snag,

I just finished my Surewood arrows.  They came out very well.  I am very happy with the straightness, the way they took stain, the consistent weight and the overall weight.  I am shooting these out of a 52# Pronghorn takedown and the finished 29 inch BOP, 55-60 spine arrow came out at 540 grains with a 135 grain broadhead.  The first six out of the fletching jigs are within 3 grains of each other.

Dave

[snag]

Sounds like you got a really good match for your 52#er Dave.

Hi Ron! It's good to hear they are pretty tough. Switching to another type of wood and not having any experience with it it's nice to get some feedback on how it performs.

[Bjorn]

Sounds like a good alternative to the ever diminishing supply of cedar!