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Offline DC

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tapered arrows-how much taper
« on: December 24, 2017, 05:27:39 pm »
I harvested some bamboo shoots(Fargesia scabrida) that I have been growing for a couple of years.  So far they look real good as far as weight and spine, between 350 and 400 grains and 45-70# spine. A few of them have quite a lot of taper from 3/8" to a bit less than 5/16". Is there such a thing as too much taper? What problems might it cause?
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Offline Knoll

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Re: tapered arrows-how much taper
« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2017, 07:30:49 pm »
My [limited] experience has been that if spine/weight and bareshaft test is ok, no problem re diameter.
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Re: tapered arrows-how much taper
« Reply #2 on: December 24, 2017, 11:23:58 pm »
taper effects the dynamic spine and the foc of the shaft- but should make no difference to shooting, as the shafts should not touch the riser again after release ( bar the first 2" or so right behind the point) if they are tuned right! :)
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