Little Jon Archer - Trial&Error: Testing different arrows

[@Witzansky4]

What bow are you shooting? Is that a selfbow or made by someone else?

[@littlejonarcher]

Not really a selfbow, even though it looks like it is. It is in fact laminated, and made by an archer in my club. Around 45#@28". I plan to do a separate video about my bows, so stay tuned for that! I'll go into more details there 😃I also plan to make a selfbow myself later this year, and of course documenting the process😉

[@Selfbow_Shooter]

I prefer 11/32 with taper to 5/16 on both sides. Than you need less tip weight and you get much lighter shafts.

[@littlejonarcher]

That's very interesting! Do you taper them yourself, or buy them pre-tapered? I've never tried tapering myself, butI 'mkeen to try 😀

[@Selfbow_Shooter]

@@littlejonarcher Hi John, I did a lot 'try & error'... 😀. I use this taper tool: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3-cXp-vad1roZo

[@grumpyoldguy6117]

Concern with zero comments out of 1k views. So caught the finger shot/range finder interesting. Yet you gloss over arrows/bows[2?] products/material and a simple pen, pencil or nocking/scarring the two arrow would have help you not reshoot. Maybe make a half dozen with a few cm longer/shorter to test. Marking 1-6 and recording results with range performance will give you a better picture. Good luck

[@littlejonarcher]

Thank you for taking the time to comment, and I appreciate the tips! Not sure I understood what you meant though 😅I plan to make more videos about my equipment later, but yeah, I should have explained more about the bow (45#@28") and arrows (spruce 45-50 spine), hopefully I learn along the way😁 Regarding the number of arrows I made, I had planned to make more, but since I had a finite number og shafts, I decided to start with those two, and cut them even further if needed, and then do the final length of the remaining shafts.

[@grumpyoldguy6117]

Has you can see even asking questions brings questions. Budgeting is always a factor; 45# with a 28 draw testing with 29? spruce 45-50 spine arrows with wght field tips. Equipment made by local archer or yourself, shafts tips? Did that local archer make the bow that disqualified your win?*** fiberglass vs non fiberglass etc

[@littlejonarcher]

@@grumpyoldguy6117 Thankfully no, that would have been awkward!