horse bow arrow spine help?

[crowded-solitude]

Hey guys not sure if the is the right section but i need a little help.

I just got a Chinese horse bow/long bow and it arrived today, problem is the arrows i got for it are the wrong spine. I cant seem to find a spine chart that includes horse bows. I use carbon arrows for my re-curve and I get on well with them so want to get the same shafts for my new bow.

I have read elsewhere that horse bows can shoot stiffer spined arrows. I'm a bit lost.

can anyone help?

Thanks, CS

 

[Cromm]

What poundage is the bow?

 

[crowded-solitude]

its 40lb at 28" draw

 

[Cromm]

I would go for 50lb and see how they work.

 

[crowded-solitude]

sorry what you mean 50lb, arrows spined for a 50lb bow?

sorry im a bit slow lol im thinking about a .600 easton axis shaft?

 

[Cromm]

Yeah sorry I was thinking wooden arrows.

 

[mrcharly]

What about the horse bow leads you to thinking it can use a stiffer arrow?

The draw weight and the offset of the rest are the important factors.

 

[Kerne]

I shoot field archery with a few people using horse bows - they all use wooden arrows (which they tend to make themselves). I've bought spine matched wooden shafts from "the Longbow Shop" and "Richard Head's".

I don't think you should get too technical with a horse bow - don't look at it in the same light as a compound. They were designed to be used over fairly short distances and shot rapidly. If you are used to a all the bells and whistles of compound shooting then you could think of the horse bow as light relief from all that technology.

 

[crowded-solitude]

I have never shot a compound bow before, I have a take down 55lb recurve. I done a fair bit of shooting with the new bow today and I dont think I'm as far out on the spine as I thought. I think jumping up to a 480 spine might do the trick

I and tempted to try wooden arrows but i quite like my carbon shaft, they are lite and pretty solid.

 

[dwardo]

If possible get a selection of arrows and see what works. Even better a selection of arrows without fletch.
Spine is affected by the arrow pass, draw weight and draw length, point weight. I can shoot arrows spined at 40 lb through a 60lb bow and they shoot better than the "proper" spine chart arrows. Plastic and carbon bows from a mould narrows the variables. Wooden bows have personality.