Trad Gang

G'day All,

Could you please give your honest feedback / answer to this question:

Do you role the bent Grizzlystik shaft to find the strongest spine, as the directions say, and align the nock accordingly?

I tried that, but I must be too insensitive and / or impatient. So, I gave up on that right at the beginning, and just fletched them up. They fly magnificently, and I killed my first two feral pigs with them.

Thanks for your comments and time,

BK

Hello Ben , I tried to do the same thing with some Safaris and ended up just fletching them up and they fly great , Inge Heier gave me great advice on how to do it but I'm too clubsy or else just have no perception for fine tuning , From shooting them I have found them to be almost indestructible . I'm taking them to Africa the end of the month , best of luck and congrats on the pigs , Fred

I ended up using my Adam's spine tester. Excellent shafts and very tough.

no clue! spent half a day tryin to find it!      i just fletched them all the same and said the hell with it! they shoot good, buy i aint spending $200 on arrows anymore, specially when ive already broke 3 Sitkas!    :mad:

i put the inserts in and spun them in a tub of water...heaviest side always ended down.
they wouldn't fly for me, but i DID find the spine!

Hello Ben.
As Greyfox wrote i told him that by rolling the shafts on the top of a wide glas or vase the heaviest(stiff) side always are side that are down, best of luck!!
And i always mark the nock insert before i glue the nock with something sharp, so i can find the stiff side later if i have to replace the nock.The glue removes any pencil marks.

I've searously been considering these shafts for an upcoming safari in 08. Are these things that finicky to tune? I've had nothing but headaches w/ carbons They have the weight I'm looking for still sceptical though.

never rolled mine and they flew well but...... IMHO the GS's are not worth they $$$ or effort.

The Alaskans I love, the Sitkas are to fragile for the money.

I really wanted to like them but for now I'll stick with alums. It is most likely me-old dog, new trick problem- but the Alskans I have varied a great deal batch to batch and the Safaries have to be left too long to suit me. I'll probably list mine soon. I don't think my problem was related to finding the spine though. The six new ones I bought recently were very uniform all around. They were just weaker than my others. I wish I could find a heavy carbon that I was as accurate with as the aluminums but so far it has eluded me.              Grant

I finally found the spine using my spine tester; and went back to my woods!
Sorry you weren't happy with your purchase Dave!!

I maybe the oddball. I had no trouble finding mine.

Here was an e-mail with some additional info that I received from Ed:

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Bob,  You've got it.  Mark and place the cock feather on the  spine facing up.

Ed




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Hi Ed,



I started to put the arrows together and have a question about finding the spine as it pertains to the instructions. When rolling the shaft per the instructions, I can easily find where the shaft "jumps". When it does this, is the spine of the arrow facing me (up), or does is it face down? The spine is where I place the cock feather (3 fletch) correct? Thanks,

Bob

I finally found the spine using my spine tester; and went back to my woods!
Sorry you weren't happy with your purchase Dave!!

Not your fault Bjorn. I wanted to try them and expected them to be like the Alaskans, they aren't.