Racine, WI
Selecting your arrows might seem easy, but it is a crucial step. The wrong arrow can damage your bow, void its warranty, and even result in painful injuries. The archery outfitters of Shooters Sports Center will ensure you get the right tools for the job.
1. Finding the Right Arrow Length
Imagine you’re about to fire an arrow. You nock it, set it, and drawback. But when you draw your bow your arrow slips off the rest and goes…Right through the back of your hand. Ouch. What went wrong?
You’re using a compound bow so you couldn’t have overdrawn. This could only be caused by trying to fire an arrow that was too short.
A painful accident like this can easily be avoided. In order to find your ideal arrow length simply find your draw length plus .5” to 1”. That’s it! The right-sized arrow can make or break your shot. The archery outfitters of Shooters Sports Center will ensure you get the right arrow for your bow.
2. Finding the Right Arrow Weight
The spine, vanes, nock, insert, and tip all affect the weight of your arrow. Your ideal arrow weight depends on the draw weight of your bow and the type of archery you’ll be doing. Target archers will want a lower grain arrow, while hunters will prefer a higher one.
No matter what type of archery you’re doing, you’re safe with between 5 and 8 grains per pound of draw weight. If your bow has 50lbs of draw, you’ll want an arrow with between 250 and 400 grain. Our archery outfitters will help you find the perfect arrow for your bow.
We strongly caution against using arrows less than 5 grains per pound of draw. These low grain arrows often void warranties, and can even break under high pound draw.
Already Bought the Wrong Length Arrows? We Can Resize Them!
Whether you bought your bow from us or not, you will benefit from our experienced staff and their knowledge of archery fundamentals. This expertise includes bow assembly, sight installation, rest installation, paper tuning, matching the perfect arrow to the bow package, and of course, broadhead tuning.
We stock arrows from Easton, Gold Tip, Black Eagle, Victory and Carbon Express. We have arrows ready to go out to the door the same day, and we can custom build your arrows to any specification you would like, including services like weight sorting and spine alignment. Whether for hunting or competitive shooting, we have the experience to pair you with the arrows that best match your setup and goals in the field or on the range.
No matter your skill level or age, there’s always to improve with Root River’s archery classes. Come in for a private lesson, or sign up for our Home School Archery camp. Our expert archery trainers teach archery lessons for kids, beginners, and can even teach a seasoned vet a thing or two about their release.
Paired with top instructors and technicians, our inventory might be even better. Root River Archery is your one-stop shop for everything archery. Check out our full selection of gear in-store or online!
We offer a comprehensive archery experience superior to any other archery shop in Wisconsin. Root River Archery has the largest selection of compound bows, target bows, and crossbows this side of the state line.
| MON | 11-5 |
| TUES-FRI | 11-7 |
| SAT | 10-3 |
| SUNDAY | CLOSED |
We have a great park-like setting for our 60-Yard Outdoor Range that is 100 Feet Wide with Picnic Tables, Practical Bow Hangers and Firing Line Markings. The range is available to Compound/Recurve archers and is typically set up with both 4'x4' target bales at 10 Yard increments, as well as a variety of Rinehart 3D Targets available throughout the summer and fall. For those Crossbow archers, there is a target bale designed for most available crossbows.
Our Indoor Ranges are two-fold: First is a standard 20-Yard Range that has TV Monitors at the 20 Yard Line for those that want to see every shot count down range. The 20-Yard Range also has a crossbow target rated for 650FPS. The 2nd Indoor Range is a 10-Yard Range that is set up for lessons, Paper-Tuning, Chronographing your arrow speed, as well as testing out a new bow.
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