11/32" Tamarack (Western Larch) Shafting Review

Would almost buy it again

I think tamarack makes a decent arrow. They are certainly durable and have some weight to them if that's what your looking for. They do take a bit to straighten them and I did end up breaking one in the process. The main thing that I would have liked to have seen would be weight matching which is the only reason I wouldn't buy them again. To be fair it does clearly say that they… read more are not weight matched which is why I didn't rate them poorly based on that. Even +/-15 or 20 would have been nice. I don't have the numbers in front of me but they weighed close to 100 grains in difference from the lightest to the heaviest.

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Not to impressed.

All of these shafts had a lot of grain run-out and we're not straight. Upon trying to straighten them several cracked and I couldn't use them. I have built hundreds of wooden arrows. Most from Port Orford Cedar or Sika Spruce. I would suggest spending just a little more money and buying quality POC, Spruce or Doug fir. These shafts seem like they have been stored poorly for a… read more long time and have become warped and brittle. I won't buy them again.

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DURABLE, STRAIGHT AND GREAT GRAIN.

THESE ARROWS ARE STRAIGHT, SHOOT WELL, HAVE GREAT GRAIN, AND TAKE STAIN WELL.

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I will not buy these again.

I am not pleased with these shafts. This is the first time I have used these and am dissatisfied. I broke four shafts the first week of use. They are not as durable as the cedar shafts.

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Great price for great shafts

Target practice and stumping held up well so far

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Big Weight difference

I decided to try for the first time tamarack shafts over my port oxford or douglas fir. Weight varies from 448 grains up to 482 grains and everything in between in the 45-50 spine arrows. I could only get 3 to 4 arrow sets close enough for any accuracy. It's not like I'm a beginner since I've been shooting traditional for over 50 years.

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Purchases

I use the arrow shafts to make primitive style arrows. The Tamarack shafts were great. One of the cane shafts from a previous order was unusable. The rest of the cane shafts were great and well matched in size.

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Try it !

Shaft are easy to tune. Very good for hunting and 3D practice. You need to try it !

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Good shafts

I bought Larch shafts because I became too lazy to make my on out of southern yellow pine. I deer hunt and for penetration wanted a shaft similar to the pine mass. I cut my knocks into the shafts and I haven't broken one yet. But then again I haven't shot more than 100 times with the larch. All of the shafts are straight and I am currently very pleased with them.

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Quality shafts, large grain weight range

Shafts are good quality and where within the spine range but the grain weight variation was hugh. From 380gn to 510gn. I managed to get a set of 4 and a set of 3 within +- 10 grain. But ended up with 5 odd shafts that varied by more than 10 grain from any other shaft.

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