belleserene
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I shoot a 42' (@31") composite Turkish-style bow with a thumb ring. (If you don't know about the different dynamics of thumb release, this question's not for you.)
I make my own arrows and I'm looking to get some decent bamboo shafts and make up some arrows. The informed sources about Asiatic archery and bamboo arrows say that (because of bamboo's different resonant frequency/ something else; no-one really seems to know why) you want to choose arrows of about 20lb higher spine for bamboo than you would with wood.
So I'd be looking at 55-60lb or 60-65lb bamboo shafts. (I'm buying 33" and cutting them to 32" or 31")
Question for anyone experienced in shooting bamboo: is this right, and what results have you had from what spine of bamboo shafts?
And what about the arrow weight?: bamboo shafts seem to weigh about 550 grains, so all up I'd be looking at about 700 grains. That's about 17 gpp (grains per pound) on my bow - wouldn't that be really slow?!
I make my own arrows and I'm looking to get some decent bamboo shafts and make up some arrows. The informed sources about Asiatic archery and bamboo arrows say that (because of bamboo's different resonant frequency/ something else; no-one really seems to know why) you want to choose arrows of about 20lb higher spine for bamboo than you would with wood.
So I'd be looking at 55-60lb or 60-65lb bamboo shafts. (I'm buying 33" and cutting them to 32" or 31")
Question for anyone experienced in shooting bamboo: is this right, and what results have you had from what spine of bamboo shafts?
And what about the arrow weight?: bamboo shafts seem to weigh about 550 grains, so all up I'd be looking at about 700 grains. That's about 17 gpp (grains per pound) on my bow - wouldn't that be really slow?!