My 1st Osage Selfbow

[nlester]

Well, the bow ended up being around 43-44lbs @ 28.  It was 62 in length, but I reduced it down to 60 which added an extra 4-5#.  It shoots good, and I shoot it well, so I'm pretty tickled right now.  The only arrows I have are carbon GT 5575 that I used out of my recurve...honestly, they fly pretty decent out of it, but I'm sure there are better choices out there for me.  What arrows do you folks recommend for me to try?

[nlester]

Could someone give me some suggestions on arrows?  No woods please...too pricey for me

[Art B]

I like carbons myself. They fly good and hit hard. But I don't shoot anything but wood so I'm not going to be much help there. Stay with the carbons, tune 'em well, and enjoy your new bow.......Art

[nlester]

I like woods and used to shoot them all the time until they got so expensive.  There is a tutorial on how to make a $0.92 arrow on here.  Dowel rods from woodcrafter.com.  My bow is roughly around 45lb.  I was wondering if those dowels would work.  I'd love to make my own arrows to go with the bow, and then ultimately kill a deer.  What an accomplishment that would be!!!

[Art B]

Dowels work fine. Look for nice straight grained ones. Poplar, red or white oak are the most  common ones I've used. Dowels from China and Brazil will work also. Depends on how heavy your like your arrows. Just beware, if you make some up, and they don't fly good or stay straight, there's nothing wrong with them. Means you'll have to put them back for next year cause the woods not seasoned enough for arrows yet......Art

[Stiks-n-Strings]

Check out the nocking point Nathan. You can get a dozen shafts from Mike for about 35$. He's a sponsor here.

[nlester]

I'll check them out.  Thanks man.  A friend of mine owns an archery shop and he let me take several different carbon trad arrows home and shoot them.  My GT 5575's still shot as good if not better than arrows that should be spined for my bow.  I don't get it.

[okie64]

When I first got into trad shooting I shot gt5575's and they shot great from the 50# bow I was shootin at that time. Killed my first trad deer with one of them. The shot was a complete pass-thru on a small buck at 20 yards. Carbon arrows are pretty forgiving as far as spine goes.