what length arrow

[legend]

Advice needed please ,
For a wood laminated Hungarian style horse bow 140cm length  , 40lbs draw weight and a draw length of 26 inches , what length arrows would be ideal ? Could I use 26 inch arrows with the arrow head obviously extending over the back of the bow ?
Thanks

[Pat B]

That would depend on your draw length unless you one of the ancient overdraw devices.

[loon]

I'd be more likely to go with longer arrows if the bow isn't particularly efficient with lighter arrows, or if I didn't want maximum speed.
If you want light arrows, I'd try to make it so the arrow/field point sticks out of the back by just an inch (more for a broadhead..)

I tend to use 32" arrows (nock groove to base of field point) with 26-28" draw, and also 32" draw. For the latter, I release when I feel the head to avoid overdrawing. Though it's tricky to do consistently..

There's some contradicting evidence that longer arrows are more spine forgiving. Seems legit in my experience

[mullet]

I use full length shafts with my Horn bow, pulling close to 33-34" with a thumb ring.

[Hawkdancer]

I draw 26-26.5, and use about 30-31" arrows either to provide a safety margin to the head, or because I'm too lazy to cut them down!  Another thread mentioned some sort of marking at your draw length to prevent overdraw, I anchor the same all the time because that point is what I learned and engraved in my muscle memory.  I do plan to put some sort of do marker on my current batch of shoots, for decoration if nothing else.
Hawkdancer