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Post by dblungem on Aug 12, 2014 21:19:41 GMT -6
Ok, killers, tell me what your arrow weight is.
im thinking about increasing arrow weight, but I'm not 100% sure the cost and trouble is worth the small gains. I'm not going to 600-700 grains...I hunt deer. I'm currently at 370 grains. How about you??
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Post by hydiseka on Aug 13, 2014 9:25:06 GMT -6
I'm shooting 486 grains. 67 # 31" draw Lots of KE
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Post by 180py on Aug 13, 2014 9:40:40 GMT -6
In the past I hunted with my 3D arrows and just screwed Broadheads on them. Never really had any problem even with 310 grain arrows but I felt like I was asking for trouble so I went to axis arrows that finish out at 390 grains in 2006. I shoot rage heads, mostly two blades, and have only had two arrows not shot through into the dirt. One was a spine shot on a doe that was so wired up that I should have let down and shot another day. The other was last years buck, after three ribs it wouldn't go threw the off side leg. Typical massive blood trail though pretty easy to find since I could hear him go down and the last air leaving him within seconds of the shot. I would say if a guy is shooting at least 60lbs any arrow over 360 should penetrate just fine. Tuning has a lot to do with penetration but that's another subject
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Post by dblungem on Aug 13, 2014 20:05:51 GMT -6
Ive never had a problem with penetration, but I've also shot fixed heads for 20 years and I'm a stickler for a very well tuned bow. I guess my thought process is don't fix what's not broke, but at the same time I like to prepare for those shots we all know that can and do happen. But, to get to the point where I get real results, I need to add at least 100 grains and probably even more.
Increasing arrow weight by 35-50 grains does almost nothing in terms of KE and momentum numbers (2-3% increase... Big deal).
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Post by whack on Aug 14, 2014 13:46:01 GMT -6
My main rig shoots 684g since I still like speed I didn't go any higher. Gets very expensive going over that as well
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Post by dblungem on Aug 14, 2014 19:06:14 GMT -6
My main rig shoots 684g since I still like speed I didn't go any higher. Gets very expensive going over that as well Very few humans can shoot your bows. 684 grains makes a heck of a lot more sense with the weights your shooting. For the rest of us weaklings, I'm sticking to my current arrows. I might go to 125 grain heads, but that's about as far as I'm willing to go.
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Post by nockdown on Aug 14, 2014 22:12:40 GMT -6
I was shooting 400 grain axis last year and I'm at 380 ish grain da torches this year. I tried to go heavy but 4 out of 6 outserts came off my bloodsports before I got three shots out of them. Two came off first shot. So I'm staying light it looks like.
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Post by whack on Aug 14, 2014 22:43:48 GMT -6
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Post by whack on Aug 14, 2014 22:45:13 GMT -6
My main rig shoots 684g since I still like speed I didn't go any higher. Gets very expensive going over that as well Very few humans can shoot your bows. 684 grains makes a heck of a lot more sense with the weights your shooting. For the rest of us weaklings, I'm sticking to my current arrows. I might go to 125 grain heads, but that's about as far as I'm willing to go. Ok. I was just answering the question
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Post by APAsuphan on Aug 19, 2014 18:59:09 GMT -6
I just got my new bow today. I'm going to shoot 65-70 # with a 30" draw. I like my FMJ and the chart is telling me ill need .300 spine. That's putting me around a 500 grain arrow. Too heavy?
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Post by 180py on Aug 19, 2014 22:39:20 GMT -6
can a guy have too much penetration? never! at some point there is a trade off between speed (trajectory) and penetration (KE) every archer will have a PERSONAL preference. i have shot deer with 300 grain arrows and even though they worked it was too light. a few years back i went on an elk hunt and made up 440 grain beaman max4 arrows. shot two of them completely through the same bull elk at 30 yards (never found the one and the other was 30+ yards beyond where he stood) would they kill a deer? probably, and a family of gophers in their den too! since i don't get a gopher tag and i can imagine the recovery process would be more shovel work than i'm in for i opted for my trusty 390 grain axis arrows. shoots through the deer and sticks in the ground for easy recovery AND subterraneous creatures aren't in as much danger. every bow is different shoot some arrows and figure the Ke, decide what you can live with and get er done!
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Post by nockdown on Aug 19, 2014 23:07:36 GMT -6
My injexions are running 429 grains at 310, and the bloodsports are 475 at 300. I would've thought the speed difference would've been more. The momentum is
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Post by jwg on Aug 22, 2014 16:39:24 GMT -6
All my bows are 60 pounders and I'm shooting 387 - 414 grains
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Post by whack on Aug 25, 2014 21:49:36 GMT -6
I just got my new bow today. I'm going to shoot 65-70 # with a 30" draw. I like my FMJ and the chart is telling me ill need .300 spine. That's putting me around a 500 grain arrow. Too heavy? No
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Post by archerynut01 on Aug 29, 2014 3:41:45 GMT -6
428 grains. 62# 28"dl
Sent from my textin' machine...
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