Bargain.....or a money waster?

[General Dogs]

Let me set the scene.....

I shoot 38lb limbs with a draw length of 29".

Ex-archer returns to club to sell off old kit and offers a set of A/C/Es for £80.

They are 30" long and 470 spine so the Easton tables suggest they are too stiff for my setup. I cannot resist a bargain so my hard earned and I part ways.

My question is, what is the general opinion of the Easton charts - will having arrows a spine or two too stiff render them a waste of money or should I be satisfied that I could not have done better for the same price?

For the sake of perspective, I am at a standard where I am shooting first class scores most (but not quite all) of the time.

[bkupris]

If you can get them to group well who cares? You can always try heavier points etc..

[hypertigger]

do you get good arrow flight?

cos i bought some navs recently, and i can't get them to 'tune' and they are a recommended spine, but i get good arrow flight, so what the hey....

[moley101]

Not bad for 80 quid. Even if they are a bit on the stiff side I reckon they'll shoot better at distances over 50yrds or so than ali's. Can always change points etc to see if that makes a difference and have a play with button pressure to take the worst of it out.

[General Dogs]

I have literally only tried them at 30m so far - hopefully will get to the field tonight to try the longer distances.

As for grouping, I have changed so much in my setup over the last two weeks that I cannot immediately say what effect the spine will have.

[Hidden Hippo]

As said, its no real loss compared to getting a new set and finding that they are too stiff. I would say jump on the guy, wrestle the arrows from them and then stick some heavier points in if you need to get a weaker spine.

[tel]

General opinion seems to be that if anything the Easton charts are already on the stiff side, but the important thing is whether you can tune them in or not. If you can get good results by using any of the numerous options to effectively weaken them to your requirements thats all that matters. If you can't then drop me a PM - I'll give them a good home!

[Murray]

At least 2 spines too stiff IMO (even with 100g points). Perhaps you'll get them to tune, perhaps not but the key is being able to tell when the arrows are holding you back, and at verging on 1st class it probably isn't going to tell quite yet (althouhg you may have to fiddle a lot with centershot to get a reasonable walkback with them)

[Jerry Tee]

If you can manage a couple of extra pounds draw weight by adjusting your limbs in the riser and get the heaviest points you can(110 grains) you might get some where near it. leave them at 30 inches and if you use a clicker get a sight bar mounted magnetic clicker.

[wingate_52]

120gn points maybe larger fletchings and move your sight to the left should see you all right.