Good flight now what???

[BowHuntingFool]

Well I finally got my arrows flying like darts! I played with everything, tabs, gloves, tip weight, brace height and what made them true was the nock point! My arrows were flying knock left then nock right. I lowered my nock point and they fly straight as an arrow haha, pardon the pun! But there pretty long still, 30" and I've settled in to a 27.5 draw length. The last thing I was going to do was start  them down, now they tuned well, should I cut the arrows or leave them at 30"???? Will the extra length affect anything negatively???


Thanks!

[Diamond Paul]

Yeah, things will change if you cut them.  The arrow will get stiffer, which means you'll need to up the point weight to compensate (limber the arrow up again).  The extra length won't affect anything, unless it bothers your ability to focus on the target (if shooting instinctively).  Most point of aim/gap shooters leave their arrows long so they can use them to aim.  If you are using very light points, you could cut them a bit and then go up on point weight, but sounds like they'll be way too stiff if you cut them down to 28.5", which would be about minimum with your draw.  Good luck, Paul.

[The Whittler]

As the saying goes if it ain't broke.

Your arrows are flying good then leave them alone. I would fletch one and see how it flys. If all is still good then put a broad head on and see how that works. Good luck and have fun.

Alan

[BowHuntingFool]

Thanks guys! I'm shooting a 145gr tip. I'm hoping to find a good 2 blade of the same weight that won't affect the flight!

[JRY309]

Are you talking about carbon arrows? With carbon arrows I pick the starting spine,then I adjust the dynamic spine by trimming or adding weight until they tune the way I want.And the length they end up at is what it is.Most of my carbons are 2-3 inches longer then my draw.On bows not cut to center a longer carbon arrow seems to work out better.Carbon arrows do not come in as many different spine choices as wood or aluminum so having them end up longer means very little.Carbon arrows when they are cut alittle short can be hard to tune no matter how much weight you add up front.They seem to bounce off the riser not flex around it unless your riser is cut past center.

[BowHuntingFool]

Yeah I'm shooting CX Heritage 150's with 50# @ 28" with a 27 .5 DL! Kinda had a heck of a time with them. Now that there in there I'm glad I don't have to mess with them anymore, I hope!

[Lone archer]

Guess you pick up alittle more weight by keeping them full lenght. Which is a good thing!

[bayoulongbowman]

Id cut one 29 1/2 and see, if it were me all my arrows are 29 and 29 1/2 ...Ive learn to use my back more and went from 27 to almost 28...good luck..