carbon arrow advice needed

[McPhee]

I have a 45 lb. 64 inch Barta longbow (Martin Bushmaster) that I have been shooting about 4 months. I shoot three fingers under. My draw on the longbow is 28 inches, which is 1.5 inches shorter than when shooting my Diamond Liberty. It has a fastflight string from the factory.

I been using some very old but sound PO cedar arrows that I used in the mid 70's with my recurves. I refletched them with 5 inch helical shield feathers. I am getting better and better with daily practice and I love shooting the bow.

I have a gift certificate to a bow shop and was thinking about trying a half dozen carbon arrows. For my wife's bow, I bought some Beman carbon Venture 500's with 100 gr. field points and 4 inch parabolic feathers. They are 28 inches so I tried them with my longbow. They were faster than the PO cedars but really produced a shock with the longbow. The PO cedar arrows don't do that.

The bow shop mainly carries Beman arrows and is almost exclusively compounds so I am not sure they will have the best advice for what arrows to buy. That is why I am asking your advice as experienced trad archers.

What spine arrows (500 or 400) should I try with what feather fletch (4 or 5 inch) and with what field points (100, 125 or heavier gr points)?

Thanks,

McPhee

[JimPic]

Using a lighter arrow will give the bow more hand shock.You can try a Carbon Express Heritage 150(.500 & 10gr/inch),leave full-length,use a 125gr or heavier head,and tune from there.A 28" 2016 aluminum with a 125gr point and 3-4" feathers will weigh in around 472 +/- also.If you wanted to use a 2016,I'd leave it at 30"

[Alpha Capo]

if i read right your wanting Carbon arrows for a 45# bow and you draw 28 inches.

i think .500 spine is the most flexible Carbon that ive seen.....if you find a .550 or .600try them too.

get the 500 spine at full length(uncut) 32 inches?????).....and see how that works. if they are too wimpy then take off 1/2 inch at a time..

you dont want to make the mistake of getting too stif an arrow. they will be worthless then.

dont forget you can allways go aluminum you can still get older eastons on-line in about any spine.
youd probably want a 1916 in alum