arrow weight

[southernhunter]

what do yall like for your traditional arrows to weigh ? I read some a average is 10 grs per lb of bow weight. I Weighed some of my full length gt 500 heavy hunters today depending on insert I used I have 3 different ones 14, 50 and 100 gr. I got between 590 and 690grns of total arrow weight.

 

[user 972]

this subject can get into a big discussion. mine are around 9 gpp. somewhere I read anywhere between 8 and 10 should be good. but part of the big discussion is how is the arrow flight at the weight you are shooting. it is pointed out that a 7 gpp arrow flying straight and true will out preform/penetrate a poor flying arrow at 10gpp. a good flying heavy arrow will fly flatter than a poor flying light one.

arrow weight is only part of the equation. this is why we go through the trouble of working on our form, release, brace height, etc. It all plays into the equation. once we find our 'magic setup', or our best setup, we take notes. then if we decide to experiment some more, we will have it wrote down what to go back to.

I, for one, have a tendency to experiment and try to improve. I have a plucking problem but it seems that is the one thing I work the least on.

 

[southernhunter]

the more I learn the more I got to learn lol

 

[user 972]

if you think about it, it is never ending, even with compounds. someone will come out with something different.

 

[Lost Lake]

When using cedar, mine end up around 8 grains per pound, ash about ten per pound. Like Eddie said, I'd rather have perfect arrow flight than anything.

Most of my rivercane shafts end up around 9 grains per pound. I love them, and they fly great, but its very hard to get a matched set.

 

[southernhunter]

i weighed my gt heavy hunters with diffrent insert and tip weight combos. it was any where from 590 grs to 690grs for total arrow weight, i am going to give the full lenght shaft with 50 gr insert and 125 tip ago it was in the middle with a total weight of 625 grs