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Offline stringstretcher

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How many shoot?
« on: March 11, 2012, 10:14:37 am »
How many of you shoot arrow shafts that are larger than 11/32?
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Offline half eye

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #1 on: March 11, 2012, 12:33:02 pm »
Most of mine are 3/8 or slightly larger depending on if I'm too lazy to take them down all the way.
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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #2 on: March 11, 2012, 02:37:02 pm »
i have about 25 shoots seasoning right now of varying different diameter, most probably 5/16 to 3/8 or so. I am thinking i will scrape the bark off of them and if they are too stiff, scrape some wood off but otherwise i don't think i'll worry about diameter for this set. Straighten them, fletch them, shoot them. If they are too stiff, i can always take off some more wood, right?  :P Gotta start somewhere i guess.
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Offline JW_Halverson

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #3 on: March 11, 2012, 03:35:11 pm »
23/64ths
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Offline Bevan R.

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #4 on: March 11, 2012, 03:37:25 pm »
My commercial made POC is 11/32. The western red ceder I make is between 3/8 / 1/2 inch. Still working on cane and bamboo. I bought some bamboo off ebay. listed as 50# spine. they are less then 5/16 (I think). Little bitty suckers.
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Offline Stefan

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #5 on: March 11, 2012, 03:51:22 pm »
11/32 sitka spruce have a maximum spine of 74# or so, there is no reason for me to go thicker than 11/32. I don't make my own shafts

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Offline seabass

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #6 on: March 11, 2012, 06:12:06 pm »
i shoot mostly 23/64.
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Offline Fred Arnold

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #7 on: March 11, 2012, 06:47:35 pm »
Most of my wood arrow shafts are 23/64 barrel tapered to 5/16 and the bamboo shafts between 8-10mm. 
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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #8 on: March 12, 2012, 09:08:05 am »
11/32 most of the time on bought wood arrows, not sure on shoot shafts, just work them till they fly. ;) :)
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Offline RDK

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Re: How many shoot?
« Reply #9 on: March 12, 2012, 03:13:29 pm »
23/64
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