how to choose arrow weight feathers, spine

[bowisbest]

Hi All,
New member here and also new recurve owner.  Wanted to ask everyones suggestions on how to best choose a carbon arrow spine weight....I am looking at the CX Heritage.  Need specs on how to also choose head weight, i would like my finished arrow weight to be 600+grains.  I am shooting a Black Widow 58", 52 lbs @ 27 inches recurve, shooting off the shelf.  Is there a formula for optimum head weight for best arrow flight?  Any suggestions would be appreciated to help guide me through the process of choosing an arrow and how to tune for optimum flight.  Thanks everyone!
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[rastaman]

Welcome to tradgang!

Here is a link to tuning your bow & arrows...
 http://www.acsbows.com/bowtuning.html

And here is a link to find the optimum arrow for your bow.  Download the instructions too.
 http://heilakka.com/stumiller/

Others will jump in to help shortly!

[Mike Vines]

welcome aboard the site.  You will find tons of information, by just using the search feature under the adds up top.

[magnus]

Welcome. Pull up a log and join the campfire  

[trick00]

Just for comparisons sake, I shoot a 62" recurve 51#@28" and after bareshaft tuning ended up with 350gr up front of a  29" 55/75 Gold tip, which is real close to a CX 250, for a total arrow weight of 650gr. I also used Stus calculator to get close before I bareshaft tuned. Alot of trial and error is also to be expected.

[bowisbest]

Thanks for the replies everyone!  I am going to start the process of putting together the optimum arrow for the bow.  Should be fun!