Yeah, the .500 will or can work for all but the knuckle draggers.
Yeah, and apparently it's genetic. My 5'7" 12yr old has a legitimate 28" draw.
Yeah, the .500 will or can work for all but the knuckle draggers.
At 13 I was already 5’11” and weighed 126 lbs. I ended up 6’ and that’s all. I inherited my dad’s short, fat sausage fingers. Kills my draw lengthYeah, and apparently it's genetic. My 5'7" 12yr old has a legitimate 28" draw.
I’m even suspect of the 400 that long with 300 up front. Even with 100 less grains and nearly 2” less draw length I get a weak arrow tune with a 400. Either I am doing something horribly wrong, and I’m more than willing to accept that, or there is more factors involved.I agree, I think this thread highlights the effect of draw length. I have several 500 spine Beeman's and I tried really hard to get them to fly out of my 47# recurve cut 1/16" past center. I have a 30" draw confirmed with my clicker. They were way to weak. I ended up with a 400 spine cut just shy if 31" with 300 gr up front.
My 12 yr old shoots full length 500 spines out of his 40# recurve with 300 gr up front. I haven't had him shoot a bare shaft but I have recorded them in Slo-mo and they are pretty close.
I’m even suspect of the 400 that long with 300 up front. Even with 100 less grains and nearly 2” less draw length I get a weak arrow tune with a 400. Either I am doing something horribly wrong, and I’m more than willing to accept that, or there is more factors involved.
Interesting. I have my plunger set at centershot. Arrow point just touching left side of string when string is center down the bow. I had to put my stiffest spring in and have it almost bottomed to move the arrow stiff. This could be my release, but I suspect it’s something else.Hmmm...that seems a little odd but I have zero experience with ilf rigs and plungers. In my experience the biggest factors that I think people underestimate are the effects of are draw length and center cut of the bow. If you have your rest set up well past center I could potentially see those results.
Edit: I tried to shoot 350 spines out of the #47 bow above but a full length shaft with 300 up front was a little stiff. As I was cutting down the 400 and was approaching my draw length ai did start to wonder if I was going to be in some "no man's" land where I couldn't get the 400 short enough to fly and the 350 was too stiff but, the 400's ended up working somewhere between 30.5" and 31" don't remember exactly.
Interesting. I have my plunger set at centershot. Arrow point just touching left side of string when string is center down the bow. I had to put my stiffest spring in and have it almost bottomed to move the arrow stiff. This could be my release, but I suspect it’s something else.