A few more questions

[melsdad]

How can I measure my draw length?

What type, and length of arrows do I need for a 50# Kodiak Hunter recurve? I plan on target shooting, and hunting.

[MJB]

Put a closepin on a arrow shaft, draw back and then measure. For arrows I'd say 2016.

[PAPALAPIN]

For hunting arrows, leave 1/2 to 1" over hang at full draw.  This is to prevent your broadheads from contacting the riser at full draw.

Never heard of the cloths pin method but I can see where that would work well.  Also, the width of the closepin would be about right for over hang.  Cut the arrows on the outsdie of the clothes pin,

Good one MJB

[melsdad]

Originally posted by MJB:
Put a closepin on a arrow shaft, draw back and then measure. For arrows I'd say 2016.

When you say 2016 is that for aluminum, or carbon?

[MJB]

Thanks Jack ! Aluminum ! Jack is correct cut the arrows on the outsdie of the clothes pin.

[bigiron]

I have used that clothes pin method to git rid of target panic or short draw also.

[Snakeeater]

melsdad,

Most aluminum shafts are sized with a four digit number, like 2016 or 2219. The first two digits are how many 64ths of an inch the shaft is in diameter. The second two digits are the thickness of the arrow shaft wall in thousandths of an inch. So a 2016 is 20/64 of an inch in diameter and the wall is 16/1000 of an inch thick. Wider shafts are normally stiffer and thicker walled shafts are normally stiffer.

Most carbons are described by how much they bend. A carbon arrow with a size of 500 will have .500 inches of deflection when it is placed on two points 26 inches apart and a two pound weight is suspended half way between the two points. A carbon arrow with a size of 340 will bend .340 inches and therefore is a stiffer shaft than the one that bends .500 inches.

Of course,  Easton decided to "simplify" things and has started to mark some of its aluminum arrows  using this deflection based system.

Snakeeater

[Migra Bill]

Larry-
That's interesting. I didn't know that. Thanx for the education.

[melsdad]

Snakeeater thanks for the arrow lesson. That cleared up a few questions for me, but I have one more. In a carbon arrow, what deflection rate would equal a 2016 aluminum arrow?