Simple question

[swampthing]

Would it be advantageous to get a bow with a weight that is in between spine values for wood arrows?  ie: a 52-53# bow  so that you would be in the middle of the 5# spine range on select wood shafts.
52#-53# @28" bow, 29" arrow 55-60#'s shafts
47-48# @28" bow,  29" arrow 50-55#'s
Or is it better to go in 5# increments so that one will be at the bottom of the spine group?
55# @28" bow, 29" arrow 60-65#'s

[wingnut]

The weight of the bow and the spine value have very little to do with each other.  A bows design has a lot more too do with the matching of spine groups on arrows.

An example is what I was doing this evening with my wife Connie.  We were tuning some 3 rivers trad only shafts .600 to her 40 @ 28 Orion recurve.  When we were done I put the finished arrow in the spine calculator and found that it was just under 50# and she draws only 26 1/2 inches.

So a bow that is pulling less then 40# are her draw tunes perfectly at 49.8 # spine.

What bow are you looking at and what weight.

Send me an email and I'll send a copy of Stu's spine calculator to help clear up the fog.

Mike

[Grey Taylor]

My suspicion is that this is over complicating the simple.
I don't know anyone who can shoot well enough to tell the difference.

Guy

[Rob DiStefano]

fwiw, you would want to concentrate on using a hunting stickbow with as much holding weight at your draw length that you can consistently handle for accuracy and under actual hunting conditions.  

getting an arrow to fly well outta that bow is the easy part, and you don't need to get overly hung up on matching spine weight ... you wanna strive for good arrow flight, and lots depends on the arrow's spex .... oh yes, and your shooting form.

[Doug in MN]

Mike hit the spot, give Stu's spine calculator a spin, has to be one of the most usefull, if not the all time most usefull tools for finding the proper spine arrow for a given bow.

I have used this many times with a lot of different bows and have not missed yet.

You can pick light arrows, heavy arrows or middle of the road arrows for weight. But if you follow the guide and hit the plus or minus 2# spine point you are good to go. Maybe a bit of brace height adjustment but that has been it.

DD