Cedar Arrow Spine

[Snome]

A while back I decided I was going to make my own arrows. I started collecting up things I would eventually need, and the first thing I bought was three dozen port orford shafts, spined 45-50. I thought that since I'd be shooting them out of a 45lb Bear Montana longbow and a 45lb Kodiak Hunter recurve they would work.

I draw to 28" and I was planning on having these be 29" with 125 grain points.

Will these work or will they be too underspined for these bows? If they will be too weak, which spine would be a good starting point?

Thanks in advance!

[Surewood Steve]

The 45-50 spine shafts will probably work for the long bow but on the recurve you may have to go up to 50-55 to get them to work well.  Recurves are usually center shot and can handle a heavier spine shaft.

[Orion]

Agreed.  Also if you have low stretch strings on your bows, may need to bump up spine another 5# or so.

[Blackhawk]

The real proof is in the testing, but I've found that most of my bows work better with a slightly underspined shaft than one a bit overspinded.