| From: JusPassin
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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My gold tip 35-55 shafts spine .46
Now when I am looking to buy more seems their either spined .40 or .50
What happened?
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| From: bigdog21
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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made in Mexico ? poor quality control ? cheap carbons? you get what you pay for.? :)
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| From: George D. Stout
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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How are you spining them? You need to have them on a 28" span, with a 1.94# weight. And what are you calling .46? Is that deflection? You should be looking for deflection numbers, not bow weight numbers.
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| From: JusPassin
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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No, I've been doing this awhile. The 35 55's I have spine the same at .46 deflection. The ones advertised on Lancaster are .40 or .50. I since found some 35-55 at Kustom King so ordered them.
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| From: Rocky
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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600 spine 52lbs.
500 spine 63lbs.
400 spine 73lbs.
Never checked 340s
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| From: strshotx
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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With carbons I tuned every set I get even if I buy the same ones I've bought.If you want a more consistent spine buy aluminum arrows.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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Carbon arrows just aren't as consistent spine wise as aluminum. Never have been.
That's why Byron Ferguson has a huge pile of them in a back quiver in the corner of his shop. Those are the ones he wont use, and he spines every arrow he shoots.
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| From: StikBow
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| Date: 30-Sep-17 |
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Carbons have a stiffer side too. Spin them on you spine tester and mark the weak and stiff sides. I know a guy who floats them in the tub to determine it.. I do not shoot well enough to do that. Aluminum s are far more consistent
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| From: Squirrel Hunter
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| Date: 11-Oct-17 |
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Using a 2lb weight, if you measure deflection between 28" supports, you should get .50" deflection. That's what "500 shaft" means. If you measure between 26" supports, which is how wood shafts are done, you should get .46" deflection. Both are equivalent to 56 lb spine in a wood arrow. Of the carbons I have spined, (and I measure every shaft I shoot), most give those results.
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| From: Bernie P.
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| Date: 12-Oct-17 |
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FWIW I bought a dozen GT Blems on sale.I wont be buying GT's Blem'd or not again.Easton's Axis are not the cheapest out there.But they're worth it.
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| From: Greyfox
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| Date: 12-Oct-17 |
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The GT3555's I got at 3 Rivers work fine for me but I don't test them. Never have bent or broke one. The first arrow out of my quiver has killed two deer. Hunting thick cover and briars they don't make all the noise of the Easton XX75-2213's I used bent and broke in over 25 years of compound bow hunting.The carbon arrow and recurve have changed my hunting and I enjoy so much more. Good hunting.
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| From: Bowmania
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| Date: 12-Oct-17 |
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50/100 = 500/1000. Why not use what everyone uses - .500?
To answer your question. When carbons first came out they had a seam. If you fletched without (I floated them) allowing for the seam some arrow flew like crap. I quit using them for probably 15 years, because it was a pain to find the seam.
Back to GT 35/55. 46 is right in between 35 and 55, almost dead center. What do you have your pants in a bundle for??? Who would by an arrow with that type of designation. I'm laughing, but I'm serious. AND like stated above who in their right mind would by blems - a 50 dollar bow will shoot the same arrow into the exact same hole, but a 5000 dollar target bow will not shoot two poorly spined arrows in the same spot - I'm talking with a machine.
IF you buy an arrow with the DEFLECTION of .500 and change to another arrow with a DEFLECTION of .500 AND it's the same diameter it will fly to the same L and R spot. Up and down my be different because of weight.
Bowmania
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| From: Dan W
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| Date: 12-Oct-17 |
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When I first noticed the GT line, they didn't give a single hard number spine designation on the shaft. Just "3555", "7595" (whatever) - which to me meant,
"Here's the 20 lb. bow draw wt.range, at 28" of draw, that we think ought to work out of any damn bow any of you pulls from the lowest wt. to the highest wt. within that particular range. Just a 20 lb. ballpark for you all to play in, YMMV, and good luck!"
-But a few year ago when they also started to include an actual, single spine deflection number- .500, .400, etc. that's a whole 'nother game. Either it spines at that number or it's a different spine! Period.
-But my panties have't bunched up too badly here; if a .500 shaft actually spines out at .46 to .50 it's dead center average for a "3555" GT, there's worse problems to deal with in the world. Or just in archery...
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