Ok guys I’ve heard enough of this traditional talk and after a couple years of putting it off finally ordered a recurve and been shooting it a couple weeks now. I have an old Shakespeare parabow that I have had for years and never hunted with it. I ordered a Cabela’s thundor 66” 45lb recurve. Overall I am happy with the purchase but will say that it is the least durable camo finish I have ever had on anything. I’m trying to get ready to hunt with this thing in a couple weeks. I’m getting to the point where I really need to be ordering new broadheads but am all over the place as far as weight. I’m drawing 30”. 3 rivers spine chart says I need 340 spine arrows if I leave them at 31”. So I ordered some they had on sale. After ordering them I found some of my arrows from the old Shakespeare and they were 600 spine. I went ahead and ordered a half dozen 400 spine arrows also along with a field point test kit. Of course that’s only 2 field points of each weight from 100-250 grains. Last night I started shooting the 400s with one bare shaft and one fletched with each point weight. There didn’t seem to be a lot of difference in performance with each weight between 125-200 grains. It did seem to like the 200 grains better which my chart says the spine should be too weak on. I’m going to keep playing with them this weekend before ordering broadheads. I also have to get some string silencers of some kind and possibly something where the string slaps the limbs. It’s shooting a lot quieter than it was but still a little loud.
I guess my questions so far are should a 200 grain point be too heavy for a 45 lb recurve shooting 31” 400 spine arrows?
Also how important is nock fit? What I’ve read says it’s either super important or I’m just worrying about stuff I shouldn’t. The nocks are really tight. Not difficult to put on but definitely wouldn’t fall off by tapping on the string. It actually sounds like you have plucked a guitar when you remove them.
I have attached pictures of what I get with 200 grain heads at 15 yards.
I guess my questions so far are should a 200 grain point be too heavy for a 45 lb recurve shooting 31” 400 spine arrows?
Also how important is nock fit? What I’ve read says it’s either super important or I’m just worrying about stuff I shouldn’t. The nocks are really tight. Not difficult to put on but definitely wouldn’t fall off by tapping on the string. It actually sounds like you have plucked a guitar when you remove them.
I have attached pictures of what I get with 200 grain heads at 15 yards.