Andy,AndyF wrote:Arrow rules at Trad shoots should be easy. Woods with feathers, or bamboo if you must. (Why do people keep buying 200 **** bamboo shafts from China, shoot them for about two months, realise they're ****, then go back to proper woods? Stop wasting your money!)
I suggest you add an “in my opinion” to your comments. You are entitled to your opinions but I can assure you not everyone shares those opinions with you and I am certainly one of them.
I bought 100 Bamboo shafts from a fella in China and I am very happy with them. I have made them into very good robust hunting arrows that shoot every bit as good as any wood arrows I have tried. I have been making and shooting wood arrows for over 32 years so I believe I know what makes a good arrow and what doesn’t.
I have seen thousands of wood arrow shafts over the years that would barely make decent garden stakes let alone arrows.
The properties that make a good wood arrow are very similar to those that make a good Bamboo arrow. Make the arrows up taking into account, the spine, FOC, nock and point alignment etc AND ensure the arrows are matched to the bow they are being shot from and they will fly correctly.
Sure, as is the case with wood, some Bamboo arrow shafts are junk BUT certainly not all as your comments above suggest.
Anyway I couldn’t let such an erroneous statement as yours above go without comment.
Jeff