PING Tartar Horde

[NorthernRaider]

TH can you come up with a basic, simple and reliable GP arrow design made TRADITIONALLY ( wood shaft, proper fletching, bullet type simple hunting point) that we can use in modest power rated COMPOUND bows?

Whilst I have TDRs and Recurves quite a few of us like the compactness and concealability of compounds and how when fitted with a Whisker biscuit can be carried " Loaded" or Nocked ( dunno the correct term.

But we keep being told we must ONLY used alloy or carbon arrows of 1820 or higher.

Can you help suggest a way we can come up with a home madeable but safe arrow?

[Tartar Horde]

[NorthernRaider]

Ok TH your advice has never failed me yet , the manufacturer of my Genesis pro says use 1820s and you say use the right tubes so 1820s it is.

[Tartar Horde]

Don't forget as long as the shafts are 1820 spine rating they will be ok and if you shop about can get reasonably priced shafts.

[NorthernRaider]

Ta muchly

[Tartar Horde]

[NorthernRaider]

I prefer a leather flying helmet and a piece of celery ! .... OH we are still talking about archery sorry

[Tartar Horde]

The breath of death lol.

[Talon]

Too be honest I can't see why you couldn't use wood for a compound.The initial let off from a compound has less force on the arrow,and then the cams kick in and accelerate the arrow to full velocity,the exact opposite to a traditional bow which imparts all of its force immediately and then tales off.
For safety you could always shoot a higher spine than the bow is rated for,say a 60lb spined arrow for a 50lb compound.You also don't have to worry about the archers paradox stressing the arrow so much as all compounds are centre shot.

Like Tartar said you may lose some performance compared to Aluminium or Carbon,but I personally don't believe the hype about wood arrows and compounds.I suppose if it's a modern compound with hot cams I could be more concerned about using woodies,but an older compound around 50lb's would worry me not at all,especially in a survival scenario where I had to improvise.
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts on my ramblings TH.Your'e the go to guy for archery here.
Either way it's the recurve for me I'm currently waiting on my Tradtech Titan ll riser to arrive.

[Tartar Horde]