Higher spine = more weight for woody's ?

[Aaron Proffitt 2]

I'm shooting cedar shafts that have a finished weight of around 520-530 grains.Personally,I'd like to be shooting an arrow that is about 100 grains heavier.I'm considering going to a shaft about 10 pounds heavier in spine,shoot 'em at 31" as opposed to my current 29", and exchange my 125 grain points for 160's.

More importantly,when we're talking about wood shafts;does a higher spined shaft translate to a heavier shaft overall ?

Am I on the right track here ? How are some of you guys shooting 600+ gr. cedars ?

[Bjorn]

Higher spine does not equal higher grain weight. You could go stiffer and add more weight; but the way I get to 600 plus is ask my supplier to send heavier grain weight shafts.
In a bin of 1000 shafts weights can vary as much as 200 grains.

[Aaron Proffitt 2]

Originally posted by Bjorn:
Higher spine does not equal higher grain weight. You could go stiffer and add more weight; but the way I get to 600 plus is ask my supplier to send heavier grain weight shafts.
In a bin of 1000 shafts weights can vary as much as 200 grains.

Good point,bjorn.Pretty sure I'll end up having to go big in spine and add weight.Tough part is finding shafts much over 65 lb. in 11/32".Seems to be about the threshhold.

[Bjorn]

It is harder to get higher spine and stay skinny; Rose city archery has some 75-80 Cedar in 11/32 I noticed. I use 70-75 and when good ones are available I buy 100 at a time, just for insurance.
You could also switch to Doug Fir and get the right spine and weight from Raptorarchery.com

[aromakr]

Aaron:
I have 11/32" dia up to 75/79 spine and those shafts will weigh up to 500 grains bare at 29" that should give you a 635+ arrow with a 125 gr broadhead. if you went to a 145 gr broadhead that would give you a 655 gr.
Bob

[Aaron Proffitt]

Originally posted by aromakr:
Aaron:
I have 11/32" dia up to 75/79 spine and those shafts will weigh up to 500 grains bare at 29" that should give you a 635+ arrow with a 125 gr broadhead. if you went to a 145 gr broadhead that would give you a 655 gr.
Bob

Yeah,that's just the ticket for what I'm wanting !