poc rookie....

[part Cherokee]

Ok i bought some poc shafts that are spined at 55-60 lbs. My bow is 54lbs at 30" however i only pull it to 29".  I assummed
these 55-60 lbs shafts would work fine am i correct?Ill be using a 150 grn point with them and the bare shaft weighs about 400 grains.
I have several questions about cedar since i have never used it.
1. Is it ok to cut the nock into the shaft as long as i wrap it with sinew?
Do i cut the nock across the grain?
2.Do you heat straighten these like cane shafts?
3. On 9 of the 12 shafts i have the grain seems to have places where it runs out mid way or 3/4 of the way down the shaft
is that ok. These are not gonna break when i shoot them are they?These are pre spined archery shafts from from 3 rivers.
Thanks Matt

[Little John]

Yep cut the nocks and wrap with sinue or substitute. The grain runouts are fine, look for the point on these grain runouts and cut nock to put these on top of the arrow.  You can make these arrows shoot more limber by leaving long or using heaver points or both or shoot stiffer by shortening or shooting lighter points. It is all in fine tuning. Have fun.    Kenneth

[sonny]

not sure I'd trust a selfnock cut into a cedar arrow even if wrapped with sinew.
folks typically use plastic nocks with them.....

just my 2cents.

[Pat B]

Self nocks are fine with POC shafts with a sinew or thread wrap like Kenneth said. These arrows are POC but I used a rawhide spine to reinforce the nocks but I wouldn't hesitate to do self nocks with just a wrap..

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[part Cherokee]

Hey thanks guys . I made one up and used the Cherokee 2 fletch on it flies like a dream. Thanks
for all the help.
Matt

[Pat B]

Matt,FYI-  the arrows above were wrapped with artificial sinew set in super glue.

[Little John]

Nice looking arrows Pat.