Q for the Shurewood shaft shooter

[ChiefStingingArrow]

For those of you who shoot shurewood shafts does it make a difference in shooting premiums over hunter grade? Can you tell a difference in the way one shoots better or last longer love the other? Thanks for your input.

[meathead]

The only difference I see is it takes a little more straightening before applying finish.  Both grades are very good and I have been happy with both.

[newhouse114]

I just bought two dozen of the premiums, sorted out a full dozen that are as straigh as my aluminums

[snag]

Just like their website says the "premiums" have grain running full length with at least 5 growth rings. The "hunters" may have a slight grain run off and has at least 3 rings. What I have seen is their hunters make great arrows. Probably will shoot better than some other wood shaft makers. Buy a dozen of each and try a comparison for yourself. Everyone can use a couple dozen arrows!

(Surewood....not SHurewood)

The biggest difference in use is that it is 25% cheaper to shoot at pheasants with the Hunter grade.

[M60gunner]

I bought 50 of the hunters back when. I had to straighten some of them. No big deal to me. A few had little pin knots which agian no big deal. I also bought a couple doz. tapered premiums. Those are the best. I decided those are for hunting only. My hunter supply is getting low. The rocks here are not friendly to arrows.

[mikolay87]

The premiums have a lot more growth rings and no grain runoff. My hunters had some run off and a lot less growth rings in the shaft. Both make nice arrows but the premiums are exactly that

[Jim Wright]

No hunter grade experience but I have had a few dozen premiums and have found them to be excellent, now and then one needs a slight bit of hand straightening but they stay straight and shoot great.

[durp]

to answer your question for me it's no and no...both are better than i am !

[A Lex]

I shoot all wood. Surewoods for most everything, apart from using Forester hardwood shafts for buffalo.

Used both the premiums and the hunters. Both excellent shafts. Use the premium with my 75# longbow, and been more than happy with the hunters with my 55# longbow.

Like durp said "both are better than I am"

And like snag said, "Buy a dozen of each and try a comparison for yourself".

The premiums have as close to perfect grain as one could want, and the hunters are just that, not quite as good as the premiums.

Both really good though, really depends on just how good you want, but you simply cannot go wrong with Surewoods.

Best
Lex

[Ari_Bonn]

I bought a dozen of both. 80-85 spine and the rings are extremely tight on both talking like 10 per shaft but I'm asuming that is because of the spine.

If you look very closely there is a small cosmetic difference but they both shoot just as well IMO.

Same spine and weight tolerances.

[Surewood Steve]

Whether you buy Premiums or Hunters you are doing your part for the environment by reducing your carbon foot print.

[snag]

[monterey]

Originally posted by Surewood Steve:
Whether you buy Premiums or Hunters you are doing your part for the environment by reducing your carbon foot print.

I don't know if you meant that to be funny, but it cracked me up.  

[slowbowjoe]

I usually go with the premiums because I do a lot of stumping', and feel like they're a little tougher. As far as shooting in general, I don't think I could tell the difference.

Latest findings from the Antartica says that we can go can go back to the natural carbon cycle.  Besides when you toss a broken wood arrow on the fire, burning wood makes potash, potash is needed for rain, CO2 is what plants need to grow and make oxygen, so we can breathe, the carbon cycle.

[ChiefStingingArrow]

Thanks Guys! great response!

[Shadowhnter]

I like the premium better, but the hunters fly. Try the back tapered shafts in premiums....awesome woods.

[michaelschwister]

Recommend you get the premium with the #2 option of back taper. I am finicky about arrows (Many carbons shafts are not spine consistant enough for me, but Surewoods are......)

[DesertDude]

I always got mine from Snag  premium shafts all the way