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stumper
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James is da man

#1 Post by stumper »

It's kind of embarrassing how long it took me to get these shafts ready, but I finally got around to tuning the shafts that James graciously sent me. I have to say they are amazing. Here are some shots.

These are shots at 10 and 20 yards with full length shafts. To my delight... I have not cut anything off yet and may leave them as is. Shots are groups of three with one bare shaft.

Thanks again James!
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Jamesh76
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#2 Post by Jamesh76 »

You are welcome. It looks as they came out right about where I thought they would weight wise. 534 grains is good weight for a 5/16 wood shaft with probably a 100 grain head?

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#3 Post by Graps »

Very nice. 8-)
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#4 Post by Captainkirk »

That's some good shooting, Dave!
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stumper
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#5 Post by stumper »

It's a 125 grain head. I am actually using my normal 11/32 heads. But these shafts are shooters for sure. As usual they are better than I am.really good results as I was testing a brand new string and new rest. I love how when you love a bow and get to know it, you know exactly what it needs.
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#6 Post by Jamesh76 »

Ah, so I was really close when I said 500 finished weight with a 100 grain head!

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#7 Post by stumper »

Very.. the two weight pics above are actually two different arrows. Very impressive sir.
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