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rcoulas
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Tapered Shafts
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November 30, 2012, 09:26:00 AM »
I have been reading about tapered shafts and would like to try some out. I see there are quite a few jigs that can be bought or made to do the job. I like to do things myself so I will make them. I currently shoot a Bear Montana long bow with 11/32 cedars. What I would like to know is if I will need to go to a larger shaft with the same spine or if the spine needs to start stiffer due to the tapper. My bow is 50# and I'm using 50-55# shafts.
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snakewood3
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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November 30, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
Start with a stiffer spine and taper down to 5/16".
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Bjorn
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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November 30, 2012, 12:29:00 PM »
If you are talking about tapering the fletching area 9-10 inches it will have a minimal effect on spine, about 2#. The bending occurs primarily in the middle.
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cedar
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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November 30, 2012, 12:55:00 PM »
Use the same spine group as your parallels, you won't notice a difference with a 5 lb spine group.
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snakewood3
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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November 30, 2012, 01:00:00 PM »
I usually taper 16 inches and it does affect spine a bit more. I do these long tapers to get some really sweet shooting arrows off my self bows. For the shorter, more common tapers, Bjorn and John are certainly correct.
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arrow flynn
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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December 06, 2012, 10:39:00 PM »
Most of the competitors for the world longbow use parallels for myself tapers dont shoot any better. And they cost more talk to paul jalon at elite arrows.
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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December 06, 2012, 11:49:00 PM »
They don't cost more if you do it yourself .... I have always had very good results with tapered shafts. I would think that shooting 50-55's out of a 50# bow is a bit on the light side. i usually start at least 10#'s heavier than my draw weight, especially if you are going to shoot broad heads.
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LEWIS VADEN
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Re: Tapered Shafts
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December 07, 2012, 08:07:00 AM »
Nothing but tapered, barreled, or breasted for me. Any of these shoot much better than parallel for me.
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