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Grex Ing Item 48: The Archery Item
Entered by jdg00 on Wed Oct 26 14:52:52 UTC 1994:

How do you select the proper arrow weight, diameter, nock, spine stiffness,
and tip weight?  Yeah, I know Easton has a chart...but I can't figure out
which arrow to choose from the slection of possible arrows.

4 responses total.

#1 of 4 by steen1 on Thu Nov 17 11:47:29 1994:

There are two important factors to consider, what poundage your bow is and the
length you are drawing. You haven't really given enough information are you
talking about a compound bow, recurve, long bow or what?  It makes a big
difference  compound bows need arrows with a stiff spine, as opposed to a 30
pound trainer which can do with  soft aliminium arrows. Get back to me with
more info!!!

#2 of 4 by jdg00 on Thu Nov 17 17:20:54 1994:

Sorry.  Here's more info.  I'm using a compound bow, circle-type cams, no 
offset cam axles, 53 lb draw weight, 31.5" draw length, 125gr tip, no 
overdraw, mechanical release.

I'm using Easton XX75 series aluminum shafts.  I've been using 2117s, and
I wonder, how to tell if they're the "right" shafts?  What happens when
they're too stiff?  Not stiff enough?  Too large a diameter?  Too skinny?

I bought some 2216s earlier this fall, by accident, and I wonder if they're
appropriate for use.  What will the difference be?  I limit my range to a max
of 25 yards, in order to keep accuracy within 2-3 inches.

#3 of 4 by steen1 on Fri Nov 18 16:53:22 1994:

Thanks, compound archery ain't really popular over
here(Ireland), but I have some books and charts I'll
look up, this is a big subject, you can get huge manuals
on bow tuning and matching arrows(I'll fix you up
with a short list of titles). Spine is stiffness,yes,
but the length you cut the arrow to affects this as well,
I'm telnetting into grex and it's painfully slow, an
in depth description would take me forever.I'll
get back to you on the 21/11 with some appropriate
arrows/spines/weights ect.The XX75 is a neat
arrow on recurves, but I'll have to check up
for info on compounds.Hang in there!
Back in three days!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

#4 of 4 by jdg00 on Fri Nov 18 19:46:33 1994:

Terrific!  Thanks for the help!

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