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New bow, need advice

Started by ed209, April 20, 2007, 11:26:00 PM

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ed209

I have recently received my first recurve, a Chekmate Falcon with a chechen riser and elm limbs, with a draw weight of #45 at 27.5.  With this being my first trad bow I'm having trouble with arrow selection.
I'm looking at the CE Heritage 150 with a shaft length of approximately 29 to 30 inches with a 125 grain head and 100 grains of point weight.  Does this sound like a reasonable starting point or would the Heritage 250 be a better choice.

Thanks for the help.

EWW

vermonster13

150s start full length and cut down from the nock end 1/4" at a time until you get good bare shaft flight. Then fletch a couple up and see where they land in comparison. 250s would be way to stiff.
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Ryan Bahn

definitely go with the 150's, I wish I would have. check out OL Adcock's tuning method for tuning.

Golden Hawk

As stated above the 250's will be way too stiff. stick with the 150's and do like Vermonster says.
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