Killdeer & Flat’s…thanks, I guess I picked a spot, doesn’t always happen that way.
A.S. …I added the Bowjax first and then the whiskers…might take one or the other off. Might try a leather rest w/a spacer and drop back to a 150 grain point.
Mysticguido…brace height, just got the string settled I could start to play with that.
Snag…I sometimes wonder if I’m being to critical, other times I know I should be more. Paint…don’t need no stinking paint, custom arrow wraps from Onestringer. I haven’t dipped an arrow in lacquer since I was 13 and that was over 20 years ago. Still haven’t forgotten how much I hate dipping arrows. They do look great when someone with skill is driving the paintbrush. I like the wraps…shot plain old bare shafts aluminum for years and in ‘06 I started shooting carbons from my compound, I wrapped and blazed them. I like the wraps since they’re easy to put on and remove. I don’t like carbons with glue directly on the shaft…they just don’t stick well unless you use the Instant Gel type and then your stuck literally with what you have and it can ruin an arrow when you take them off. So last year when I took the training wheels off and picked up a longbow I shot carbons because they are tuff and I needed something tuff. I have a garbage can with at least 3 holes in it a chipped brick on the garage; a chipped paver brick around my tree out back and never broke one carbon arrow…knock on wood.
Ironhide…Gander Mt. has them for $12.99 this was after I filled up with my $60, but it’s cheaper than new arrow shafts. They also sell a straight "booster" that doesn't have any taper, same price.
I’m going to add brass washers to the 145/150’s and increase by 5 until they’re straight…it’s that perfectionist in me when it comes to all types of shooting. I can play around quite a bit with different combinations that don’t cost much but new shafts are expensive.
I think an easy thing would be to go after the brace height or rest padding…followed up by point weight and then ultimately new arrows of a different spine. I really want to shoot 150 grain heads because I just found some new Thunderhead 2 blade 150 grain heads from the late 80’s early 90’s. I have a dozen new ones and 3-4 old ones for practice.
Might try 2113’s or 2016’s.
Thanks all for the help,
Josh