arrow weight

[bghunter76]

is there such thing as an arrow being to heavy. or heavier better.

[fling]

A heavy arrow is in my opinion is better because you get better penitration and less hand shock. you shoud never shoot an arrow with a weight of less than 8 grains per pound of bow weight anything less is hard on the limbs and can damage your bow. 10 grain per pound is ideal, so if I pull 50lbs I like to shoot a 500grain arrow. and if you need to keep it heavy 12gains per pound should work.

[Whump]

Whump sez; You can get too nutty with anything---I have taken game with 8gns per pound weight and as heavy as 13gns/lb wt. At some point you will reach the law of diminishing returns. Look at it like this---take a 50lb pull bow---get a broom stick for an arrow--use a broadhead of 2000gns ---now this is an extreme point in the heavy direction and you can visualize that when drawn and fired the projectile would go about 20 feet from the bow. Now go the other way----take a 1/4" dowel and put a 6gn head on it---fast but no punch  or energy stored from the bow limbs for penetration[like someone hitting you with a cotton ball] There is a place for weight that is a happy medium and you can find that for your bow and shooting situation.[8 to 12 gns/lb wt] You will find articles where people hunting elephants use 11oogn arrows but they are shooting them from 90 and 100 pound pull bows----10 to 12gns per pound weight of the bow. They have come full circle back to the 10gn/lb wt optimum and happy medium for speed and penetration. There is nothing wrong with straying a few grains on each side of the optimum but even a fat man can eat too much pie. Hunt safe.  

[Jim Wright]

I have tried the range of 9gr. to 12.4 gr. per lb. of draw wt. and have settled on 12 to 1- nothing magical, bows (longbows & t.d. recurve) are extremely quiet, penetration is great & my "point on" range is 35-36 yds. which is farther than I imagine myself shooting at a critter.

[WESTBROOK]

I like the way a heavy arrow shoots, seems they are more forgiving, eliminate handshock and noise, plus the extra penetration.

My Shrew is 52@ 29.5" and likes a 2117 with a 160 grizz. 580g  11gpp

My Robertson Mystical is 60 @ 29.5, it likes a  tapered ash with 160 on the front. 780gr 13gpp Shoots flatter than you might think.

Eric

[bghunter76]

thanks for the replies. because i just bought some ash arrows to shoot off my long bow it is 53# at 28" and the arrows were 600+ grs. cut about 3" off and put 160 gr. points. It did quiet the bow down but speed went way down to. So that is it fine to shoot like that for hunting.