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avcase:
Under USAA rules, draw length for weigh-in of flight bows has been standardized regardless of bow type. For those bows with an arrow shelf or arrow rest, the bow is drawn until the tip of the longest arrow falls free of the rest or shelf.

For bows without an arrow shelf, the bow is drawn until the arrow tip is able to fall behind the belly side of the bow at the arrow pass.

Alan

Badger:
  What about paper or vellum for fletches? waterproofing shellac or?

Del the cat:
Cheers for that clarification Alan :)
Del

Dan Perry:
Harry Drake tries parchment and water buffalo horn vanes. They seemed to break a lot.

Lukasz Nawalny:
today I finish my best arrow so far for my turkish 70 lb at 25 inch. Made of hickory carya laciniosa. It is very stiff and middle weight wood, very differend from normal heavy and elastic hickory. i have made few longbows from this wood but I had problems with chrysals. Arrow 25 " mass 196 grain, deflex 0,59 " bigest diameter 0,245 ". Now only parchment and big effort :)

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