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Author Topic: Trad Only carbon or woodies?  (Read 317 times)

Offline Catskill Longbow

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Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« on: December 13, 2011, 10:02:00 PM »
OK so I got my new fiftyniner and now I'm stuck.  I love the tradition of wood and that's all I've been shoting from my K-Mag, but this new bow and D-97 string beg to shoot carbon.  How many of you guys shoot wood out of fast bows, and what have you seen on the chrony?
Thanks,
Ken

Offline Widow's Son

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2011, 10:25:00 PM »
I would love to shoot woodies out of my Black Widow but I would need something in a 70-75# spine. Kinda tough to find in POC. I plan on going with carbons when my XX75s give it up. The Beaman MFX wood grain is a good looking arrow.
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Offline KentuckyTJ

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #2 on: December 13, 2011, 10:27:00 PM »
Aint no reason to put mud tires on a corvette.
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Offline Widow's Son

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #3 on: December 13, 2011, 11:13:00 PM »
If I had a Corvette it would need mud tires on it. LOL  
Good point.
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Offline snag

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #4 on: December 13, 2011, 11:42:00 PM »
Wood all the way! Surewood shafts in spine weights all the way up to 90/95's in 11/32"...10" tail tapers to 5/16"....now that's my kind of ride!     :thumbsup:
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Offline Orion

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #5 on: December 13, 2011, 11:47:00 PM »
I shoot wood out of my ACSs.  They just go faster than they did with any other bow.  Have no idea of how much faster. I don't use a chronograph.

Offline Bjorn

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2011, 11:52:00 PM »
Like Orion, Adam and I shoot wood only outta' our ACS bows. All shaft materials fly the same speed if they weigh the same.

Offline Ragnarok Forge

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #7 on: December 14, 2011, 12:32:00 AM »
I love wood and shoot carbons.  A lot tougher, always straight, etc... Then again you can have both set up for the bow.  Have Snag make up some of his awesome woods for you.  He is a great guy and awesome at making arrows.
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Offline Larry m

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #8 on: December 14, 2011, 02:45:00 AM »
I shoot many different bows and use wood or carbon arrows depending on my set up at the time. A well made set of cedars with proper spine and matching weight, I find shoots easily as nice as any carbons I have used.

Offline Flying Dutchman

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #9 on: December 14, 2011, 03:37:00 AM »
I shoot wood only with my Cari-Bow Peregrine. With 9,5 gpp and a skinny SBD string it's above the 190 fps.
It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that string! [/i]                            :rolleyes:              
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Offline newell38

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #10 on: December 14, 2011, 10:36:00 AM »
Wood for me and I shoot nothing but high performance bows....some of the bows are 95lbs plus and I shoot a 28 inch arrow nock valley to bop and have never had trouble finding good cedar/doug fir/sitka spruce shafts....just gotta look.
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Endless loop strings, heavy bows, and wood and only wood arrows...my kind of archery!

Offline riverrat 2

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #11 on: December 14, 2011, 10:51:00 AM »
Shot wood at first. It is pretty and traditional.
I had straightness issues,and breakage issues. I
myself PERSONALLY,like carbon for what I found
lacking in wood. Traditional Only shafts are tough,straight,and have a darker wood color pattern than say Gold Tips. My .400 spined arrows
out of my 52# Centaurs weigh 9.1 GPI. I add 3GPI
tubes and .175 point weight. Out to 20 yrds they are flat shooting,hard hitting arrows. I have not
shot them through a chrono. yet.
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Offline getstonedprimitivebowhunt

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Re: Trad Only carbon or woodies?
« Reply #12 on: December 14, 2011, 05:24:00 PM »
...wood
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