Carbon Express Heritage

[Paul Mattson]

Thats what Traditional is, taking things slow and easy.  Keep up the practice and you will be ready to hunt this fall.

[MOstate]

Ok, I'll go slower. And I'll let you know first if I get a deer or maybe, dare I say, a turkey, better yet, squirrel or raccoon.

[ccarp00]

I tried the weight tubes once and they stiffened the spine pretty bad.  I was using them on cx heritage 350's out of a 60 lbs recurve. ( Idea was to load the point up super heavy).  Well I tried the weight tubes to further increase arrow weight and even with 220 points I was still way over spined.

[MOstate]

With what grains per inch did you try? I've heard of tubes from 2gpi - 8gpi.

[snag]

Great advice Badger.

MO, I tried the weight tubes in some lighter carbon shafts...I had to to get the weight up. What a poor fix for adding more weight. If you just buy shafts that are 9-11gr per inch you're going to get the weight you need. Less is more! Less stuff is better in my book. That's one reason I went to traditional archery. The Carbon Express shafts give me the shaft weight and then by adding weight with the insert and tip I get an arrow that flies beautifully and is 610gr. for a 55# recurve. It hammers a target!

[MOstate]

Ok, and these CX's are 11gpi so from what your saying is their fine, with the inserts. I've seen them at 3Rivers and Sispey Archery. And was about cutting the arrows down to about 30-31 inches if that matters. I think it'll make the spine stiffer but these are just too long right now.

[mooseman76]

I've had the opposite experience with weight tubes.  I added some 5 gpi to my arrows and it weakened the spine of the arrows.  I took em out and went to a stiffer shaft and heavier point.  

Oldskool, you should be pretty close with that setup if you are drawing the 29".  My bow is 56#@29" and I've got good results with a CE Heritage cut to 30.5" with a 200-225 grain head...Mike

[MOstate]

Would the inserts weaken the spine? Or no? And will I have to bareshaft all over again?

And Badger, right now I'm trying to collect info so I am actually going sorta slow for once. haha

[Paul Mattson]

Adding point wt to Carbons changes the spine very little. Adjusting the length will change the spine.

[swampbuck]

I shoot 57#'s drawn 28" and just fletched up some CX 250's which are supposed to be the same spine as my ICS 400s we'll see LOL anyway the ICS arrows I'm currently shooting @ 29.5" with 250 grs up front.a tad weak so I padded my side plate a hair and they fly sweet....

My home made BHs are 250 thats the only reason I went that heavy.I've not seen a big problem with trajectory useing a heavy set up since I don't shoot 40+ yrds anyway cept for fun heavier doesn't hafta mean poor trajectory...flip side LOL

I've busted the center section of leg bone on the entrance still punturing the heart using a 480 grain arrow and a thunderhead 3 blade BH.Granted it didn't blow out the other side but traking was short ya really don't "need" a 600+ gr arrow for whitetails or most critters that are here in the USA

I do like the feel of the heavier arrow when shot but thats subjective....shoot what ya like that flyies good or ya with a sharp BH

PS form error's effect bare shafts more than people think and is IMO why it gets frustrating for some folks...good luck I hope to start cutting mine down soon

[MOstate]

Alright, thanks for the advice! I've learned a lot from this website, it's great!