Barta Wilderness Arrows

[lee]

#3125

Just a quick review here. Tred is not the subject here, just the arrows from 3Rivers that bare his name. I ordered a set to see how a lower priced factory POC arrow would perform, and the dozen I got are simply outstanding, that’s a testament to 3Rivers more than anything I guess.

I got them full length, only 2 had to be hand straightened, and only just a tiny bit. Cut them to 29 1/2 inches with a serrated steak knife (worked great)for a 28 1/2 inch arrow after tapering, I used the $5 plastic taper tool also from 3R, great tool! Mounted 160gr field points on 6 arrows (mounting 160gr ACE broad heads on the other 6 later). Spine wt. of 60/65 for a 50 pound recurve. Shot them today, they fly straight and hit hard, the fletchings seem to have more of a spiral to them than most arrows I’ve seen and they really spin fast.

All in all a great set of arrows for relatively cheap, just my 2 cents:D Have a great late season everyone!

[David Coulter]

#16917

I ordered my first set of arrows from 3Rivers. They were hunters spined one up from my 45# recurve. I thought they were really well made. Being new to it all I switched to aluminum pretty quickly, as I was getting better groups with them. I now switched to carbons, Beman ICS Bowhunters, and really like them. They’re really durable and shoot quite well. Better than I can shoot, I’m sure. That said, I still pull out the wood arrows to give them the once over. One of these days, as budget allows, I’ll build up a set of wood arrows.

I do agree with what was posted in another thread (Dave, I think…), carbons are for utility, but wood is art.. and utility.

Happy hunting with those Barta arrows.

[lee]

#17925

I went the opposite direction:wink: I started shooting with carbons, shot those for over 2 years, then finally got a set of woods. I got woods because I didn’t want to mess with weight tubes and weighted adapters and stuff to get a good heavy arrow. The first woods I got were from Lost Nation Archery out of Michigan, and they were outstanding as well. After shooting POC the feel is so much different than carbons, the wood seems to act like a damper to the energy of the string, to me it feels a lot smoother, and on the target they hit harder than un-modified carbons. I’m hooked on wood now!

Good to hear someone else give a thumbs up to 3R, they’re great! Happy hunting!

[jsondgeroth]

#27621

I also just received a dozen of the new arrows.my first dozen came frome Rose City ready to shoot. So on the Barta arrows I noticed that the field points did not slide onto the arrow even when forced after they were tapered. I assume I have to sand down the tips, but that seemed odd. I checked the sizes and both are at 11/32. Any suggestions?

dwcphoto wrote: I ordered my first set of arrows from 3Rivers. They were hunters spined one up from my 45# recurve. I thought they were really well made. Being new to it all I switched to aluminum pretty quickly, as I was getting better groups with them. I now switched to carbons, Beman ICS Bowhunters, and really like them. They’re really durable and shoot quite well. Better than I can shoot, I’m sure. That said, I still pull out the wood arrows to give them the once over. One of these days, as budget allows, I’ll build up a set of wood arrows.

I do agree with what was posted in another thread (Dave, I think…), carbons are for utility, but wood is art.. and utility.

Happy hunting with those Barta arrows.

[lee]

#28241

hmmm…My field points went on easily, I can’t say what the issue is.

[Robin Conrads]

#29815

jsondgeroth wrote: I also just received a dozen of the new arrows.my first dozen came frome Rose City ready to shoot. So on the Barta arrows I noticed that the field points did not slide onto the arrow even when forced after they were tapered. I assume I have to sand down the tips, but that seemed odd. I checked the sizes and both are at 11/32. Any suggestions?

Have you contacted 3Rivers Archery? They can best answer your questions or make it right for you. They have great customer service.

[Stephen Graf]

#30849

Is the taper too long? If the shaft is tapered, the field tip should go on some amount. But it may not “stick” if the taper is too long and the field tip stops on the small end before coming snug… If this is the problem, just cut the small end off a bit…

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