What Shaft?????

[Wolfie2nd]

I just bought a 62" black widow 40# @ 28. My draw is 27 so that puts me @ 28. I'm looking to use 125gr for the business end Looking for shaft recommendations.. The easton chart has always been wrong shaft choice.. Any ideas??????  

[Rick Richard]

Anything in 600 spine I would think

[Arwin]

Ad Tradlites are wicked from low draw bows.    

[SlowBowinMO]

You'll be down to about 37# at 27 inches, a .600 might work but with a 125 grain point I believe a .700 would be a better match.

[Stinger]

I've got a one piece Leon Stewart Slammer that is about 38# at my 27" draw and I have found that 1535 GT Trads with 50gr brass inserts fly pretty well.  You also might try woodies.  My 50-55# woodies fly even better and hit with authority.

[joe skipp]

For carbon, I'll second Arwin. They spine out 35/55, add some weight to the front, cut them 29" and enjoy.

[Shawn Leonard]

Agree with Tim, .700 spine with only a 125 grain head and cut it to 28"s. If you go to a .600 spine cut to 28"s than you will need a lot more point weight. I dare say 225 grains. Shawn

[njloco]

If you had made it to the Cabin fever shoot or I had seen you there, you could have tried my Gt 1535's and not have to guess. Why don't you see if you can try those Tradlites, they sound pretty good, I think .700 spine won't be stiff enough, but ya never know.

[Wolfie2nd]

No carbon for me.. I'm a big fan of the aluminum..
@njloco did you shoot with my buddy mike at the cabin fever shoot??
Back to shaft size..
I think I'm going to start with tuning a 2016 with some heavy weight forward gear...

[Stinger]

As I said previously my setup is close to yours.  I tried some 2016's that I had laying around that were cut to 29 1/2 and I put 195 gr up front and they were still too stiff.  It might work with full length shafts and more weight. Stu's calculator shows that 30in and 225 gr up front will get you a dynamic spine of 41#.

[Wolfie2nd]

Yeah I was kinda figuring that I'm just trying to stay away from the 1916s. And I absolutely hate carbon

[Shawn Leonard]

Can I ask why you hate carbon? If you shoot a lot, ecsp. stump shooting and roving, carbon will outlast aluminum 6-8 to 1. The savings is incredible. Shawn

[Wolfie2nd]

Well when it comes to stripping off feathers I always managed to nic the shaft and also I like to be able to turn the insert to match my BHs. An that's a pain as well with carbons..
Oh and top of the list is that their super expensive.

[xtrema312]

Originally posted by Wolfie2nd:
Well when it comes to stripping off feathers I always managed to nic the shaft and also I like to be able to turn the insert to match my BHs. An that's a pain as well with carbons..
Oh and top of the list is that their super expensive.

Get a feather stripper.  I get some nicks with a knife, but nothing too serious to worry about. Use hot glue; it is easy to adjust point with it.  Get some blems from big jim when in stock.  They are like $49 a dozen for 1535 GT trad.

[Wolfie2nd]

I might look into the blems... That sounds feasible.

[MCS]

1916s Wolf.

[njloco]

Yes, I shot with Mike, he's a good guy and a very good shooter.

I only shoot GT 1535 Blems, how can Carbons be expensive, the only time I break one is with a Robinhood, and even then you can sometimes salvage the arrow, occasionally I might lose one but it usually shows up in the arrow bucket.

Come with Mike and I'll bring the arrows, O.K. I just put 2+2 together, you guys work together ?

[Wolfie2nd]

Yeah we work together.. I've still got 4 more weeks till Widow ships it...
I'm going to figure it out on my own with aluminum arras.. Sometimes I manage to scoop up aluminum shafts for 30$ a doz..
And to put it bluntly I'm just not into carbons and refuse to shoot em.. everything else set aside.. I've been shooting aluminum out of my recurvs for 15 years now and they haven't failed me yet..
Thanks for the offer though.. Once I get it all tuned maybe we can all meet up at BK and do some shooting..
Good to hear from ya again..
Hear your a vegan hunter now??? How's that work out???

[Shawn Leonard]

In the end carbons come out way cheaper. I have shot the Muzzy Stump Shoot with guys shooting aluminums and after one round, I may have gone through 2 carbon arrows and mostly cause I lost one and the aluminum guy go thru over a half dozen or more. I have carbons that I have shot for 12 years from the same dozen, aluminums never hold up for me at all. Shawn

[njloco]

Shawn, your beating a dead      he loves his aluminum arrows, and they work for him, another 20-30 years they'll be like guys still shooting woodies ( just kidding woody shooters ).

Since I had the heart operation, I do eat a lot more greens but I'm allowed 6 ounces of animal protein a week, it's not that bad, I can eat as much as I want and not gain any weight.    

Yeah we can meet up at the range sometime and shoot.