I have been collecting older AFC/Beman and the Cabelas SST super skinny shafts for years. I love the way they shoot and penetrate. They are a fairly heavy shaft and tough as nails. I usually shot the 220 or 2200 style. I have also been buying some 230 and 2300 size. They are stiffer so I have not shot them.
I had a bunch of 2300 that I thought were going to be too stiff for me because some of them were pretty short. So i listed them for sale on here for 30 shafts and components for $100. I didnt get a single response.
I recently bought a used Habu that is a few lbs heavier than I usually shoot and it is also cut 1/8 past center. Which is further than the bows I have been building and shooting.
I tried shooting a few bareshafts with them and kept cutting off length as I went. When I bareshaft I simply shoot a single shaft and read the flight results and how it hits the target. I know I want a 250 gn head so I start long knowing it will be weak and trim after a few shots of showing weak. It usually takes a few days to nail down what length I need as it is hard to maintain focus and good crisp releases and you sometimes get whacky results.
It takes awhile but the results are worth it in the end. I fletched up some arrows yesterday and did 11 out of the 12 I cut. I decided to leave one bare to see how it grouped with the fletched shafts, and to confirm if I cut them the right length.?
These are my first 2 groups of 3 fletched and the one bare. Only 17 yards in basement but I'm happy, also happy no one bought these shafts before I realized they were gonna work for me. They ended up 561 gns
Topic: Thank you for not buying my arrows! Bareshafting results (Read 473 times)
