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Author Topic: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?  (Read 373 times)

Offline bowhunter15

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80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« on: November 17, 2015, 12:25:00 AM »
Looking to buy some bamboo shafts to finish into arrows. When I plugged the info for the 60# bow (cut to center) at 28" draw it puts the recommended dynamic spine range at about 64-70#. Plugging in the info for tapered bamboo arrows, with assumptions on GPI and end diameters based on seller claims, with a 125gr point and 2" dowel in the tip, it's telling me I should get 80-85# static spine shafts at 29.5". Of course you cut them long and tune to account for form variations, but does that seem right to you guys? Or does 80-85# seem high? Most recommendations I see for wood shooters is to add 5# to the bows weight to get close.

I want to only have to order once, because they ship from overseas, meaning it'll be weeks of waiting and higher volumes of shafts.

Offline jrstegner

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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2015, 02:04:00 AM »
Sounds about right to me.

Offline longstiks

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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2015, 04:53:00 AM »
I shoot #60 @ "30 and use 75-80 bamboo. I shoot a"33 or close to it arrow with a 145gr. tip and my bow isn't cut to center. It seems to me that the bamboo take about #10 more spine for some reason.
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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2015, 08:30:00 AM »
For a cut to center bow 80/85's don't sound out of line at all. Of course you'll be fine tuning them to length.
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Offline Doc Nock

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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2015, 09:12:00 AM »
I had a RC bow scaling in at only 54# that was cut 3/16" past...PAST center and had to go 80# to get them to fly!

Center cut on riser has a huge influence on spine, it seems...

Had a test kit once, that shot weak out of my 3/16" riser at 54# and also from another 3/16" at 50# of a friends.  Along comes a guy with a 65# LB, that was cut IBO Legal at 1/8" SHY of center... and those same arrows shot STIFF out of his bow..same draw length, etc.

10-15# more draw weight and his 1/8" shy of center riser threw them stiff, ours much lower but cut well past center = weak.  

Seems riser cut is a big issue...?
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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #5 on: November 17, 2015, 09:18:00 AM »
Many factors come into play.  How the riser is cut, your release, the stiffness of the shaft in question (with decided upon weight up front), and how thick that shaft is to name a few.  A 5/16" shaft may allow certain latitudes that you can't get with a 3/8" shaft.
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Offline bowhunter15

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Re: 80-85# Spine for 60# bow?
« Reply #6 on: November 17, 2015, 09:33:00 AM »
Awesome, thanks for the replies!

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