For the past several years I have shot either Beman or Easton carbons from all of my bows. Having dropped in bow weight over the last couple of years I found that I needed to drop from my 400 and 500 spine carbons to a 600 spine shaft. I looked a bit and couldn't find the 6.5 Easton Bowhunter shaft in a 600. I spoke with big Jim at Cloverdale last month and he suggested I try his Dark Timber shafts. I bought a dozen while at Cloverdale and tuned them to my new to me Centaur longbow. They fly great and look pretty darn good too! I've always shot a plain black shaft but the woodgrain on these looks good to me. I took some time today to weigh the finished arrows. I prefer a finished arrow weight of around 500-525 grains out of a 40ish# bow. Fletch with 3-4" parabolic cut feathers the five arrows in my quiver weigh in at 506, 506, 506.5, 507 and 507 grains. I was pleasantly surprised at how close these finished out. The next batch will be a touch heavier as I will add a 6" yellow wrap. Thanks to Big Jim for a quality product and also good luck on the bear hunt!
Topic: Shout out to Big Jim! (Read 2218 times)
