I took a look at my arrow bin yesterday and it's getting rather thin. I've been shooting like crazy for something like 10 months now and I've broken many of my carbon shafts. Yes I know it's stupidly easy to just buy more shafts and put together a dozen in an afternoon but I'd like to try something more traditional. Ergo- Cedar shafting.
I've read/watched Youtube/etc on how to straighten them, stain them, seal them, crest them if desired, fletch etc. Other than being much more time consuming than carbons it seems pretty straight forward. I read folks saying "there's nothing like shooting cedar". Sounds nice so I want to try it.
My question is this and it stems from having chosen the wrong carbon shafts initially. I went off the 3rivers Arrow Chart to figure out which shafts to start with and it's a tad confusing. Looking to go 190 grains up front with a 45lb recurve, 29" DL, arrow cut to 31.5 (yes I know that's long but if you watch me draw you'll know why I like them that long) points to an 85-90 spine arrow. That seems like it'd be too stiff. Heck with the above plugged in for my 60lb bow I'd have to get a 95-100 spine. I'm going with the adage of shoot the heaviest bow you can comfortably with the heaviest arrow you can shoot accurately. So I guess what I'm asking is with the above information do I go with the listed shafts on the 3rivers chart or is there a differing recommendation from you folks that shoot cedar on a regular basis?
Keep in mind that with my new tech school starting in a month and a 90% chance that Uncle Sam will send me out of state for the first three years I'll probably not start messing with cedar for at least six months. I do however believe in starting the research early.
As always advice is appreciated.
Richard.
I've read/watched Youtube/etc on how to straighten them, stain them, seal them, crest them if desired, fletch etc. Other than being much more time consuming than carbons it seems pretty straight forward. I read folks saying "there's nothing like shooting cedar". Sounds nice so I want to try it.
My question is this and it stems from having chosen the wrong carbon shafts initially. I went off the 3rivers Arrow Chart to figure out which shafts to start with and it's a tad confusing. Looking to go 190 grains up front with a 45lb recurve, 29" DL, arrow cut to 31.5 (yes I know that's long but if you watch me draw you'll know why I like them that long) points to an 85-90 spine arrow. That seems like it'd be too stiff. Heck with the above plugged in for my 60lb bow I'd have to get a 95-100 spine. I'm going with the adage of shoot the heaviest bow you can comfortably with the heaviest arrow you can shoot accurately. So I guess what I'm asking is with the above information do I go with the listed shafts on the 3rivers chart or is there a differing recommendation from you folks that shoot cedar on a regular basis?
Keep in mind that with my new tech school starting in a month and a 90% chance that Uncle Sam will send me out of state for the first three years I'll probably not start messing with cedar for at least six months. I do however believe in starting the research early.
As always advice is appreciated.
Richard.
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