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Hello! Relative newbie here. I have a 54” 25lb draw weight Monarch recurve bow. The guy at the bass pro shop sold me some carbon arrows with 400 spine and plastic fletching, but they fly all over the place. I found a local archery shop, and that guy said I need a more flexible spine and feather fletching. The highest he had in the store was 800 spine carbon arrows, so he gave me some of those and they work soooo much better. But I was wondering… are there any specific arrows that would be better for this type of bow? Are certain materials better than others for recurve bows, draw weight, etc?
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p.s. I apologize if I’m using the terms incorrectly—this is a step up for me from “the feather thingy” and “the straight part” 😂
 
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Welcome to AT from northern Illinois. My wife shoots a 37# @ 28” longbow, but at her draw length she only is pulling about 28#. The arrows I built for her are Carbon Express Medallion 1100’s and Easton Carbon One 1150’s. They are stock length 28 1/8” with 90 grain points. What Bass Pro sold you was totally B.S., way too stiff. The guy at the archery shop, way better! You didn’t mention what type arrows, but if they have screw in points just try some different weight heads and see which ones fly best.
 
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Need to know your draw length and arrow length (not necessarily the same) in order to give a good answer. But, if you’re around 26” (for both), you’ll want something in the 1.400-1.600 spine range. If 28”, around 1.000-1.200.

If your draw length is over 26”, though, your bow is too short. The 54” is more of a kids’ bow.
 
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Just starting out, I like aluminum 1716s... That is he smallest spine aluminum the accepts inserts and screw in points, the aluminum can be easier to cut down if necessary, and are good quality for the price. They are like .880 spine and about 29" long; you can run heavier tips to soften the spine reaction, or lighter tips and even cut them down to stiffen them up. Did I mention cheap??? You will rarely get the same quality from a carbon at the same price point.
 
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Stash said:
Need to know your draw length and arrow length (not necessarily the same) in order to give a good answer. But, if you’re around 26” (for both), you’ll want something in the 1.400-1.600 spine range. If 28”, around 1.000-1.200.

If your draw length is over 26”, though, your bow is too short. The 54” is more of a kids’ bow.
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Draw length is 25”. I’m a small lady—I have to wear a kid’s sized arm guard 😂
The arrows I have are 28” without the nock and tip, and 29.5” with. Those are the ones that the archery store gave me. The bass pro ones are 28.5” from tip to nock. I don’t know if those details are helpful or not
 
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Yeah, I think your best value and easiest to get would be Easton Vector arrows in 1400 spine (same as c_m_shooter in post #4 mentioned). They come stock with feather fletch at 28” long, so maybe cut them down to 26”, but it won’t hurt to leave them at 28”.

Or Easton Inspire in the same 1400 also at 26”, but these don’t come assembled and you would have to have them custom made.

If your local shop can’t get them for you, there’s always Lancaster Archery Supply.
 
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Stash said:
Yeah, I think your best value and easiest to get would be Easton Vector arrows in 1400 spine (same as c_m_shooter in post #4 mentioned). They come stock with feather fletch at 28” long, so maybe cut them down to 26”, but it won’t hurt to leave them at 28”.

Or Easton Inspire in the same 1400 also at 26”, but these don’t come assembled and you would have to have them custom made.

If your local shop can’t get them for you, there’s always Lancaster Archery Supply.
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Thank you!! I ordered some of the vector ones. I appreciate the help!
 
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Stash said:
Need to know your draw length and arrow length (not necessarily the same) in order to give a good answer. But, if you’re around 26” (for both), you’ll want something in the 1.400-1.600 spine range. If 28”, around 1.000-1.200.

If your draw length is over 26”, though, your bow is too short. The 54” is more of a kids’ bow.
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Or a horse bow maybe? Arn't most horse bows around that size just asking!
 
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