| From: Ol' Kodiak
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| Date: 06-Oct-18 |
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Haven't been here in quite a while, so am hoping Aromaker or Kelly P are still around... Here's what I need: Going back to wooden arrows after shooting carbons for many years. Need help picking the right spine... I pull a full 28 inches, and am shooting a maddog prairie predator longbow - it's a modern design. Plan to tip them with either 160 0r 190 grain Ribteks. What spine should I start with? I have several spines of Kelly's lodgepole pine. Arrows will be cut to 29 inches. And by the way, all wooden arrow gurus opinions are welcome. Jim Stewart
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| From: al snow
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| Date: 06-Oct-18 |
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Jim, I think you left out the draw weight of your bow.
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| From: KDdog
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| Date: 06-Oct-18 |
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Yes, that is an important aspect in deciding what spine and weight for woodies.
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| From: dean
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| Date: 07-Oct-18 |
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My experience with 160 versus 190 Ribtecs is to add one 5 pound jump in spine from the 160s. For example if you have a 45 pound PP you may find that 50 -55s will work with 145s or 160s, but 55-60s will be better with the 190s. My grandson has a PP the arrow spines align with the charts for r/d bows when the proper sight window depth is tallied in.
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| From: The Whittler
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| Date: 07-Oct-18 |
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Yes the weight of your bow is important :-) ? And is the bow cut befor, at, or past center.
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| From: Kelly
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| Date: 07-Oct-18 |
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Jim, take a look at the spine chart on my old website, www.arrowskp.com
Really tough for any of us to make a suggestion without bow weight at your draw length.
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| From: Gator1
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| Date: 07-Oct-18 |
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Another good way to go is my a test kit of multiple spines.
Surewood and wapiti come to mind. Wapiti is also offering finished shafts.
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| From: raghorn
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| Date: 07-Oct-18 |
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Ol'Kodiak: PM to you
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| From: Ol' Kodiak
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| Date: 08-Oct-18 |
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Geez! What a brain fart... The bow is 50 lbs at my 28 inch draw... This getting old stuff gets more challenging every day... (still looking for my coffee cup..)
Jim
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| From: Ol' Kodiak
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| Date: 08-Oct-18 |
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Dean - Thanks for sharing! And Kelly, it's great to hear from you! And good to know your site is still up - lots of good stuff on there! Jim
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| From: OregonTK
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| Date: 08-Oct-18 |
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I'd go with 60-65 spine.
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 08-Oct-18 |
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60-64lbs. as long as you don't have the sight window built way out from center.
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| From: Kelly
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| Date: 09-Oct-18 |
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Am not familiar with the bow you are using but if it is a high performance R/D bow using non stretch type string material I would suggest 65-69# spine especially with those heavier heads. That said you can probably get a 10-15# spine group to work
Now the big question is what spines of those Lodgepole Pine(my all time favorite shaft material)shafts do you still have? That said you can probably get a 10-15# wide spine group to work if the shafts you have are somewhere in that range.
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