Another arrow shaft question

[Eric Krewson]

My friend Donnie called this morning, his new Martin hunter came in the mail and he wanted some advice on what to shoot out of it. Like I said earlier I am a wood arrow guy and he is looking for the right aluminum shaft size to try.
His bow is 45#28 and he draws 29".

He had been shooting some 2016s out of and old Pearson bow he had( killed two deer with it this year, his first year as a trad shooter)but they show an underspined bare shaft flight. I was thinking 2018 might be what he needs but thought I would check with you guys with a similar bow and draw length to see what works for you.

Another question, do the new Martins come with a fast flight string? If I remember right they are compatible but I didn't know if they come with one.

[Jeff Strubberg]

2018 with a 145 grain head should be just about right.  Or 125 grain heads and start around 31" of shaft length.


Pretty sure the martin bows are all dacron.

[SCATTERSHOT]

If he already has the 2016's, just build out the arrowplate a bit with a leather lace or something, should dial those arrows right in.

[DarkeGreen]

I would think 2018's would be darn near perfect with a 125 gr head. I bought a couple to try and they really shoot nice from my bow. I'm pulling a little more weight (55lbs) but cut the shafts to 29". I would thing if he is pulling 29" and cuts them to 30" it would be just about right. I used 2018 a long time ago with my first bow and really enjoyed using them. I've shot them in bows ranging from 45# to 60# all with 125 gr heads and they performed pretty darn good across the board.

[MAC]

All of the Martin bows come with fast flyte string now. But I always change them to a good fast flyte string, dont think much of theirs.

[Eric Krewson]

We did some bare shaft testing today. A 2018 was underspined, 2213 was underspined, a 2219 flew like a dart without feathers but weighed a little more than we wanted( will weigh almost 700gr with a 160 gr point). I sent Donnie out to find some 2117s to try or a gold tip 55-75. I had a number of different shafts but not what we needed to complete the test.