Wilderlife
WKR
Hi all,
I got measured up for a custom longbow over the weekend and while I wait for it to get built, I have some questions I'd like to start working through.
The stats are as follows.
Between 60# and 65# @ 26.5 inches.
66 inches long.
Straight laid.
Shelf is not cut to centre; in fact, it'll be cut a little way off centre compared to my recurves.
So, I have a black Widow PCH with two sets of limbs. One set pulls about 52# at my draw length, and for that bow, my arrow setup is the following...
350 spine arrow.
30 inches long.
293gns up front.
3x 4 inch trad vanes.
I also have some limbs for this bow that pull around 63# at my draw length, and while I haven't tuned arrows for these limbs yet, I imagine I'll either need to cut my 350s right down, OR, go up to a 300 spine.
My question with the longbow comes from the fact that the bowyer has a shorter draw length like me, and at his shop over the weekend, the arrows I shot his bows with were cut to about 27 inches or so. The bows were all around that 58-62 pound range. They were wooden arrows, so it's tough to make an exact comparison between them and carbon.
I think that 350 spine arrows at full length will be a good place for me to start with this longbow, given the shelf will mean the arrow needs to be a little weaker as the arrow needs to paradox a lot more to get around the bow. Am I on the money with this? And, will having a 30 inch arrow out of a bow designed and tillered to shoot efficiently at 26.5 inches be a problem?
Cheers.
I got measured up for a custom longbow over the weekend and while I wait for it to get built, I have some questions I'd like to start working through.
The stats are as follows.
Between 60# and 65# @ 26.5 inches.
66 inches long.
Straight laid.
Shelf is not cut to centre; in fact, it'll be cut a little way off centre compared to my recurves.
So, I have a black Widow PCH with two sets of limbs. One set pulls about 52# at my draw length, and for that bow, my arrow setup is the following...
350 spine arrow.
30 inches long.
293gns up front.
3x 4 inch trad vanes.
I also have some limbs for this bow that pull around 63# at my draw length, and while I haven't tuned arrows for these limbs yet, I imagine I'll either need to cut my 350s right down, OR, go up to a 300 spine.
My question with the longbow comes from the fact that the bowyer has a shorter draw length like me, and at his shop over the weekend, the arrows I shot his bows with were cut to about 27 inches or so. The bows were all around that 58-62 pound range. They were wooden arrows, so it's tough to make an exact comparison between them and carbon.
I think that 350 spine arrows at full length will be a good place for me to start with this longbow, given the shelf will mean the arrow needs to be a little weaker as the arrow needs to paradox a lot more to get around the bow. Am I on the money with this? And, will having a 30 inch arrow out of a bow designed and tillered to shoot efficiently at 26.5 inches be a problem?
Cheers.