Alright, since the summer is here I am thinking of experimenting with aluminum just to see if I may like it better. I just don' t know what size to try since the only aluminums I have go with my compound (Totally different than what I need, I know). I shoot 47#@28" so can someone give me a good starting point on what size to try. Also, I would like to get to around 500 gr. I will be using a 125 bh with the aluminum adapters so that will probably put them about 140gr tip weight. I am sure that makes a difference in spine so could someone help. I will definitely appreciate any info lended this way. Thanks

Go to www.bowjackson.com, then go to the Arrow shaft charts, Easton Legacy charts. This will give you a good starting place. Ther regular easton charts give a very stiff spine choice for Trad. Good luck!

Hey, that was pretty neat. Well, at least the most conclusive chart this Sourthern boy has seen. Thanks for the link, worked like a charm. Off to buy arrows.

What did you decide on. I was afraid to suggest any but I was thinking around 2018 ??? My bad. Looked at the chart: 1916' s?
My wife shoots them out of her 45# @ 27 r/d longbow w/fast string and they fly like .........arrows. Thought I was gonna say darts, din' ya?

I used to shoot 2016' s or 2018' s out of my 45# recurve with 145' s. 1916' s with 125' s might fly nice too.

Hey guys, I ended up with a handful of 2117' s. I know you are probably thinking " whoa, why so stiff and heavy," right? Well, according to the primitive bow chart recommended on bowjackson.com, 2020 and 2117 with a 125 gr head was where I was sitting. And I am sure that at 27" or 28" , I may have needed a 2018 or such but I am pulling right around 30" to 30 1/2" . If you ever saw me you would think I am the missing link with a bow, I stand about 6' 4" so I have quite a wingspan! Also, I am sure that the extra inches on draw pulls just a few more pounds, so I am pretty sure I am close to or a little over fifty pounds now. Anywho, I got the arrows home, stripped the vanes off, feathered them up and went shooting. After adjusting my brace height I was getting arrow flight I have never had. I know it has a lot to do with tuning the b. height to the arrow but I was shocked. I even busted a nock off one of the arrows. Tickled is an understatement when I shoot this bow now. Could I do it with wood? It is more than possible, but I am going to stick with my metals for a little while.

I shoot 2216' s out of a 61lb longbow. They are cut to 33' ' and fly like darts as well. I got lucky much like yourself.