Help on aluminum arrows...35lb recurve

[green valley gobbler]

Looking for some help on selecting an aluminum shaft.  Currently shooting Easton Game Getters 2016 cut at 29" with 100 grain tip out of a 35lb Wing Recurve. Getting decent flight but could be better.  Was thinking about trying 1916 or even 1816, any thoughts on which may be preferred more?  Is there much difference between 1916 and 2016?  thanks in advance!

[Bear Heart]

1716 blues

[Bud B.]

My son-in-law has a 35lb recurve cut past center and uses full length 1916s with good success. Just get some heavier points like 145 and 175 to help with tune. He uses 125s and arrow flight is spot on. I think yours cut at 29 might like the 175s. Not sure what the Wing cut at the shelf is though.

[damascusdave]

Spine for a 1916 is .623 and for a 2016 is .531...so the difference is about like going from a .600 spine carbon to a .500 spine carbon if that helps you get a picture...Easton lists the spine deflection for all of their aluminum arrows on their website...I find it a very handy resource...I shoot full length 1916's with 125 grain points out of my 35 pound Ben Pearson

DDave

[Shawn Leonard]

You could shoot that 1916 cut to 29"s with 175-200 grain point weight. If ya stay with 100 grain point that 1716 would be darn close. Shawn

[black velvet]

Why recommend a heavy spine shaft and all that weight to get good flight. I think a 35lb bow is more then likely going to be used for target shooting and not hunting. So why 500grs. or more producing a rainbow arc when a 1716 will shoot much flatter.

[Bud B.]

Originally posted by black velvet:
Why recommend a heavy spine shaft and all that weight to get good flight. I think a 35lb bow is more then likely going to be used for target shooting and not hunting. So why 500grs. or more producing a rainbow arc when a 1716 will shoot much flatter.

This may sound brash, but certainly not intended that way, but this is a bowhunting forum/website and most of us here approach things from that perspective. If the shooter wanted to take his setup out for squirrel, rabbit, coyote, or even, dare I say, deer, then 1916s would be the right choice for me. My son-in-law's 35lb bow, drawn to 29", shoots a 1916 rather flat to me and would easily take a deer within 15 yards with a well placed shot. 35lbs is not legal in my home state, but 1916s slam the target with a good thump when shot out of his bow and shot by him. He won't hunt deer with that bow, but I do believe he could if he wanted to.

Several point and spine combos would work well out of that bow. It just so happens that my experience was with 1916s out of a 35lb bow. I have not shot or owned anything smaller. If shooting only targets I too would want smaller arrows and a flatter trajectory.

[Bob Abeln]

I would opt for the 1816 and leave them 30" long with 125 or 145 grain tips.

[Blackhawk]

From that weight, I shoot 1913 with 125 up front...but not for hunting.