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slayer
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Arrow shafts

#1 Post by slayer » Sun Jul 24, 2016 8:25 pm

:Tent hi guys it's been a while since I have posted anything here but just wondering where Ye all get your arrows,what's, bits and bobs from? I have always made my own and am keen to still do so. I am on a bit more of a budget these days so which is the cheepest way also.

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#2 Post by bigbob » Mon Jul 25, 2016 10:34 am

Where abouts are you?
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#3 Post by The Ranger » Mon Jul 25, 2016 6:22 pm

I get all my stuff from John McDonald from AMSO. You can find him on this website.

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#4 Post by slayer » Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:23 pm

In the Whitsundays area of qld you can't get anything of quality here. I usually use addey archery but I'm sure their prices have gone up.

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#5 Post by bigbob » Mon Jul 25, 2016 7:43 pm

I have POC shafts, nocks and points but they are all 50# - 55# and up, and mainly 23/64, which probably won't suit.
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#6 Post by slayer » Mon Jul 25, 2016 8:30 pm

I'm shooting a fifty five pound longbow and a sixty pound recurve

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#7 Post by bigbob » Tue Jul 26, 2016 7:31 am

I do have some suitable shafts but for some reason cant pm you.
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#8 Post by little arrows » Tue Jul 26, 2016 6:54 pm

I just noticed the same thing.
- slayer in User Control Panel - Board Preferences - then 3rd option down "allows users to send you private messages" - place the bullet in the yes. Hope this helps.
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#9 Post by slayer » Wed Jul 27, 2016 5:59 am

Thanks guys I'm not real good at this tech stuff.maybe try now bigbob

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#10 Post by Jim » Thu Jul 28, 2016 6:02 pm

Hey mate, I've been buying my wood shafts from surewood shafts in the states for a couple years now. They're very reasonably priced (including postage) and really great to deal with. They only do douglas fir. Here's the site if you're interested:
http://www.surewoodshafts.com/

And I buy most of my bits and bobs from Mark at tradbits:
http://tradbits.com.au/

Lots of good places local and overseas though, I'm sure you'll get lots of good recommendations.

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