Best bang for the buck in shafting????

[msmith2]

I have started shooting wood arrows that I dipped and fletched. They POC and I really like them. What is best bang for the buck with solid wood arrows? (straightness and limited variance) I am wondering about wood type as well as where to buy them??

Thanks!

[58WINTERS]

Fir:  Surewood Shafts
POC:  Wapiti Archery
Sitka Spruce:  Hildebrand
Quality wood shafting is not cheap but these companys offer the best IMO.  
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[Stumpkiller]

I have almost entirely switched over to Douglas Fir/Surewoods and all my recent purchases have been that (Surewood or Braveheart).  The grain and straightness is heads above recent P.O. Cedar.  They weigh a bit nore, however (and some see that as an advantage).  But I still have a LOT of P.O. Cedar shafts to use up as well.

Someday I plan to order up some carbons - they appear durable - but I haven't figured out the inserts and adapters yet.  With wood: pick a head and glue it on.  I can handle that.

[joe skipp]

I'm very happy with the Doug Fir from Surewood Steve. Most tapered raw shafts will run around $45 per doz, cut your length with nock and point taper finished.

I'm also impressed with Compressed Ramin from Twig Archery. Reminds me of the old Forgewoods I shot back in the 70's.

Not a big fan of POC and hard to find quality Barrel tapered Ash.

[Flying Dutchman]

Times two on Sitka Spruce from Hildebrand

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by 58WINTERS:
Fir:  Surewood Shafts
POC:  Wapiti Archery
Sitka Spruce:  Hildebrand
Quality wood shafting is not cheap but these companys offer the best IMO.  
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there may surely be other good ones, but those woods and makers are top shelf and all i use - particularly doug fir for heavier mass weight arrows and sitka spruce for lighter ones.      

[Jim Wright]

I have found that the Douglas Fir from Surewood Shafts is day in and day out going to be absolutely top quality, every single shaft straight and consistent.

[Bjorn]

x2 what Jim Wright said. It is like cedar 50 years ago.

[NY Yankee]

Allegheney Mountain Arrow Woods sells some really nice hardwood shafting. I get hickory shaft from him and they have been very good quality.

[Paul Shirek]

I agree with 58Winters. All three of these are about the best in the type of shafting listed. You will have to pick which type is best for you.

[steadman]

Surewoods, call Steve and let him know the weight you want, they can isually find it. Class act  

[Mike Vines]

Douglas fir all the way for me.  I did get ahold of some Hemloc shafts from Surewood and they seem to have the same characteristics as douglas fir, just not the higher weight.  I have made some up, but have not shot any.  I plan on donating them to the PBS banquet in Cincinnati this March.

BUT, like I mentioned, I only shoot douglas fir.  There are a few suppliers that are sponsors here on TG that sell either the raw shafts or completed arrows.

A few years ago, I did a pretty extensive research on the best arrow shaft for ME, and hands down, the douglas fir shafts that came from Surewood beat out all the others.  YMMV

[overbo]

Nothing compares to the vintage compressed cedars I found from Sweetlands. EVERY shaft spined the same, weight w/in 5grs, and the wood grain consistency is exceptional. They are a lot tougher than all the soft wood shafts and their mass weight gives me the 10grs per pound I like.

If you run across some? Do yourself a favor and pick them up.

[bigbadjon]

I recommend POC from RMSG. This is the only source I know of for spine matched wood shafts. Especially as you drop in draw weight the industry standard 6# variance just isn't acceptable.

[bigbadjon]

I recommend POC from RMSG. This is the only source I know of for spine matched wood shafts. Especially as you drop in draw weight the industry standard 6# variance just isn't acceptable.