A good night

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Captainkirk
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A good night

#1 Post by Captainkirk »

I was flinging a few tonight. The first couple groups were *OK*, but nothing to write home about. I realized that for some strange reason, the arrows Shadowhntr had sent me seemed to:

a) group better than my cedars

b) go where I was looking, rather than where I hoped they would go

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Soooo...I pulled my two cedars out of the mix and this was the next group.....

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Now, graps, don't go teasing me about them pink feathers.... :lol:

Funny thing is, these arrows should be way over-spined for this bow (Grizzly, 45#) because they measure out at around 60#on the 'Rube Goldberg'.
I don't get it.... :?
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Re: A good night

#2 Post by Graps »

:shock: Who could shoot pink feathers .
Kirk , your spine tester is just numbers , I'm not surprised at the spine your bow likes , in fact I would think it to be a little light .
My 43# longbow likes 70-75# and my K-Mag at 45# likes 80-85# . Explain that ?
That's why I don't mess with the numbers , it just throws too much junk in the way .
You will think " This couldn't be right " .
But it is .
If your arrows fly good , don't worry about the FOC ratio or the spine , just write down the length and spine weight and the tip weight in your notebook and for get it .
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#3 Post by Carpdaddy »

This case has nothing to do with spine. Shadowhntr done gave them arrows Mojo! :mrgreen:

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graps wrote::shock: Who could shoot pink feathers .
I'm thinking that's why Shadow gave them to me... :lol:

graps wrote: My 43# longbow likes 70-75# and my K-Mag at 45# likes 80-85# . Explain that ?
Wow! I won't even try!
Interesting, but the facts don't lie...either a bow shoots an arrow well, or it doesn't, regardless of spine, length or other variables. Makes me wonder if maybe that wasn't the issue with my K-Hunter (the one I couldn't hit a barn door with at 20 yards?) Maybe it just doesn't like my arrows?
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#5 Post by Captainkirk »

Carpdaddy wrote:This case has nothing to do with spine. Shadowhntr done gave them arrows Mojo! :mrgreen:
I'm wondering.... :?
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#6 Post by Longbowfanatic »

Nice group, Kirk. My y 45# A&H is shooting 60-65 spine fir arrows. Kinda weird to have to go so much heavier, but thats the way of woodies, I guess.

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#7 Post by Shadowhntr »

:shock: Dang Kirk....maybe you better send them arrows back to me! Lol! :lol: :mrgreen:

I think for center cut bows or beyond, 10-15 lbs of spine to the plus side is pretty common.
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#8 Post by Shadowhntr »

Carpdaddy wrote:This case has nothing to do with spine. Shadowhntr done gave them arrows Mojo! :mrgreen:
Mmmmmmm....no. If my mojo had been applied, they would have been grouped in the dirt below the target.
:lol: :lol: :lol:
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#9 Post by Shadowhntr »

Captainkirk wrote:
Carpdaddy wrote:This case has nothing to do with spine. Shadowhntr done gave them arrows Mojo! :mrgreen:
I'm wondering.... :?
It's really quite simple to figure out Kirk. It's them pink fletchings. You can see em better so they know they best not miss behave.
The element of surprise can never be replaced by persistence.

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Re: A good night

#10 Post by Captainkirk »

The mojo continues...
Shadow's mojo joojoo arrows continue to baffle me. A few from tonight's session:

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Impressed me enough that I glued some nocks and field points on 3 more.

I don't care if they ARE pink.
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