Wilderlife
WKR
Hi all,
Very new to traditional archery and I've just gone through the very frustrated but satisfying process of arrow tuning. I have been shooting trad since about March this year, but have just been fluffing about with it. I was always scared to tune my arrows as I didn't think I was a good enough shot to make the most of it but a few people watched me shoot and suggested I take the next step.
Shooting a Black Widow PCH - 54# @ 28 inches. Some of the issues I had with my bareshafts was that my draw length is only short (27 inches MAX but probably closer to 26.5 inches) so I wasn't sure exactly how much I could cut an arrow down before it became too short and I needed to step up. I'm sure I could have a longer 340 spine arrow and do OK with it, but as it stands, I've settled on the following.
Gold Tip Hunter arrow
400 spine
Cut to 27.5 inches
100gn GT brass insert
130gn Outback Broadheads Stealth head.
I'll also use 3 AAE trad vanes.
Part of my frustration with the tuning process was being new to cutting arrows and gluing things, so I made some mistakes and wrecked some arrows, but I think I'm mostly dialed in now. Even if the arrows aren't 100% perfect, the learning process was valuable and they fly much better than my original fletched shafts did, and they are also a lot heavier. They've got a higher FOC but I wasn't really chasing that and I haven't measured it, but they'll be very close to 500gns total, which is where I need to be.
I'll shot plenty of pigs, goats, and fallow deer with them in the coming years. This arrow setup should perform well, but I will keep working on my form relentlessly.
Thanks for reading.
Very new to traditional archery and I've just gone through the very frustrated but satisfying process of arrow tuning. I have been shooting trad since about March this year, but have just been fluffing about with it. I was always scared to tune my arrows as I didn't think I was a good enough shot to make the most of it but a few people watched me shoot and suggested I take the next step.
Shooting a Black Widow PCH - 54# @ 28 inches. Some of the issues I had with my bareshafts was that my draw length is only short (27 inches MAX but probably closer to 26.5 inches) so I wasn't sure exactly how much I could cut an arrow down before it became too short and I needed to step up. I'm sure I could have a longer 340 spine arrow and do OK with it, but as it stands, I've settled on the following.
Gold Tip Hunter arrow
400 spine
Cut to 27.5 inches
100gn GT brass insert
130gn Outback Broadheads Stealth head.
I'll also use 3 AAE trad vanes.
Part of my frustration with the tuning process was being new to cutting arrows and gluing things, so I made some mistakes and wrecked some arrows, but I think I'm mostly dialed in now. Even if the arrows aren't 100% perfect, the learning process was valuable and they fly much better than my original fletched shafts did, and they are also a lot heavier. They've got a higher FOC but I wasn't really chasing that and I haven't measured it, but they'll be very close to 500gns total, which is where I need to be.
I'll shot plenty of pigs, goats, and fallow deer with them in the coming years. This arrow setup should perform well, but I will keep working on my form relentlessly.
Thanks for reading.