Hunting Arrows for Traditional bow

[Valley1320]

So got a question that hopefully some of yall can give me some input on. My uncle who builds flat bows made me one for Christma, and I need to get some arrows for it. What should I get? Can I use my same black eagle rampage 300 spine arrows I already have for my compound and just put feathers on them and make sure they are cut to length for this bow, so i dont slice my fingers off?

 

[mevertsen]

300 spine are going to be way too stiff.

Call 3 Rivers Archery and give them your specs.

For targets, you'll be looking at a 29" 600 spine.

I like the Gold Tip Traditional line.

Or you'll bee looking good at 35-40 spine wood arrows with 125 heads at 29 inches.

 

[wytex]

Nice bow!
Its' telling me tapered wooden arrow shafts. Doug fir to be exact, lol.
Good luck.

 

[Nick87]

I'm no help but that's a cool gift.

 

[BOHNTR]

That bow deserves to be shot with a quality port orford cedar shaft! I would contact Kustom King Arrows and give them your specs (poundage, draw length, etc.) and they'll send you a arrows that will fly incredible out of it.

 

[Gerald Martin]

Cool bow. Every bow that is shot off of the shelf and isn’t center shot will require an arrow matched to the specific shooter of the bow to be accurate. It can be a frustrating pursuit for accuracy if you are trying to figure it out on your own.

When I shot a recurve I went down the rabbit hole of bare shaft tuning and it was amazing how accurate my bow shot when I got the shaft spine matched to my draw length and the bow. It was also amazing how much incorrect spine affected my accuracy when it wasn’t right.

If you really want to have fun shooting it, I would highly recommend making the time and energy investment into understanding bare shaft tuning.


There’s lots of videos on YouTube that explain bare shaft tuning for a traditional bow. Make sure you are watching a traditional bow rather than a compound bow tuning. The physics are the same but the methods of adjustment are different.

 

[blackbeard]

Surewood shafts has been good to me. I've done a few handmade bows and they've always been more than helpful. I'm different and went with doug fir.