Author Topic: carbon vs wood with a light bow? (Read 709 times)

kasey · « **on:** January 31, 2012, 11:56:00 AM »

Which would be the best choice.the bow is 60"40@28 I pull 29 1/2.the carbons ar gt 5575 the wood is surewood douglas fir

Austin · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:02:00 PM »

I feel the carbons will be much more forgiving and easier to tune. Those carbons may be too stiff without a lot of weight up front.
Austin

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:09:00 PM »

At your draw you are around 43-45# and DF are cheep enuf and would a good choice to have and shoot, as well as weaker spine carbon.Try both.

trad_in_cali · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:16:00 PM »

I shoot 500 spine out of my 40# Titan, and making now 600 spine carbons out of my Tomahawk 40# longbow (different degrees of cut to center). 55/75 are way too stiff for that weight, they'll behave badly. You may get away with long 35/55s with weight upfront.
Marco

kasey · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:16:00 PM »

Im saying I have both.the 5575 shoot great out of the bow.I got 2you dozen of the wood shafts in trade new un cut and didn't know if they would be better

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:23:00 PM »

My thoughts are if you have 2 dozen then do a dozen up and see if you like them,plenty of guys use wood at that poundage. At worst you could sell them if you dont like them or stump shoot with them. They will fly good out of your bow if you tune it well.

kasey · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:28:00 PM »

It was the co for sure wood that sent me the shafts for that bow set up.they are spined at 50-55 weight is 360- 370 and full length. What length and point weight would be best. I have never made woodies before

Ragnarok Forge · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:29:00 PM »

Better for what? Target or hunting? You need to know what you want to get an kind of clear answer.

Ray Borbon · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:30:00 PM »

Fir shafts work quite well out of any bow I have. To me there is no advantage to the composition of the shaft itself with regards to wood versus carbon if both are spined to match the setup and the overall arrow is tuned properly. The real differences between carbon and wood is going to be a trade-off with regards to applying weight up front being made easier with carbon shafts as well as being able to get thinner shafts on the carbon. Wood shafts are inherently much quieter when shot.

kasey · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:41:00 PM »

I want them for hunting.if the raw shaft is 11/32 do I get the same size knock and taper tool

Bjorn · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2012, 12:42:00 PM »

I only shoot wood and the only reason to shoot wood is love! If you have to ask, shoot the other material.

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:09:00 PM »

Quote

Originally posted by kasey:
I want them for hunting.if the raw shaft is 11/32 do I get the same size knock and taper tool

Yes

SS Snuffer · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2012, 01:27:00 PM »

5575 are waay to stiff!!

kasey · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:05:00 PM »

Ok back to the wood what would be a good point weight

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:09:00 PM »

What is the spine rating for the DF you have ?

Troy Breeding · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2012, 02:37:00 PM »

If you ever want to try for high FOC you would be better off with carbon. The results of high FOC out weigh just plain overall weight everytime.

Troy

kasey · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:02:00 PM »

50-55

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:18:00 PM »

Cut to 28" You could start with a 160gn head and go up.

kasey · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:20:00 PM »

I draw 291/2

lpcjon2 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2012, 03:31:00 PM »

My bad lost my head for a moment. At full length start with a 135 ( Zwickey) or 160 (Snuffer)grn head.


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