HEAVY ARROWS! Or at least that was my impression after shooting a Martin Stick with 400 grain carbon arrows. Never felt hand shock quite like that before. And it was only a 40 pound bow. Switched to a 550 ish grain aluminum arrow and most of the hand shock issues went away. If I owned a Stick I wouldn’t shoot nothing under 12 grains per pound.

Deadeye,
I just picked up a Martin ML14 68″ 60@28. I think it is similar to the Stick but I’m not sure. While it is slower than some other bows I have, I have pretty good success with wood arrows (55-60# spine, 29″ shaft, 160 gr. tip and 5 1/2″ feathers). Total weight is somewhere around 600-620 grains.

I have not tried any carbons since I don’t have any with light enough spine. I haven’t refined the tuning yet but it seems to work. Also, I relate the hand shock to more like a “thumper”. So far, that is what has worked best for me.

Purehunter

I have a 70# @ 28″ Martin ML-14, and the carbons I use when I use them are the Carbon Express Rebels 4560 with FOC. They fly great and very flat. I would recomend them for your 68# ML-14. IMHO.

Dan

I have both wood and carbon for my Stick.

55#@28
30.5″ 55-60# spined POC woodies with 5″ 3 fletch and 125 up front.

32″ 55/75 GT Traditionals w/ 50 grn insert, 4″ 3 fletch, arrow wrap and 125 up front. Still playing with the carbons.. (tuning, cutting, bare shafting) so far everything shoots good.

Wildschwein wrote: HEAVY ARROWS! Or at least that was my impression after shooting a Martin Stick with 400 grain carbon arrows. Never felt hand shock quite like that before. And it was only a 40 pound bow. Switched to a 550 ish grain aluminum arrow and most of the hand shock issues went away. If I owned a Stick I wouldn’t shoot nothing under 12 grains per pound.

i shot my buddies with a 500 grain arrow and it had real bad hand shock…. try put some good old beaver balls on the string or string leeches