Well the shafts are 28.75 inches long, I've had them for a long time so I'm hoping I will be able to use them. I am wide open to suggestion on the broad heads or building the arrows. I thought I could use steel inserts (100/125 gr) and some zwickey heads I have also had for a long time. If not the zwickey than a Magnus or something along this same design witch I like. I killed 3 deer with the zwickey Eskimo heads and they performed great, I can't see where another design would have done any better.