Arrow weights for olympic bows

[cyred4d]

The thread on arrow weights is making me wonder. Does anyone know what gpp is recommended for olympic style recurves? I was curious to know if they try to stay above 9 gpp or shoot lower weight arrows for increased speed.

[lpcjon2]

I think that it is more technical / scientific with the Olympic shooting.They shoot for extreme accuracy with calibrated and weight balanced bows.

[saumensch]

In general, they use lighter arrows, 8 gpp would be fairly heavy for them, 7, 6 or even 5 gpp more likely. With the alum risers it doesnt matter that much and the limbs get changed more often.

[Shawn Leonard]

Saumensch is correct, I am shooting about 7 with my hunting set-up with ILF limbs getting well over 200fps and have no doubt this will blow thru any deer I shoot. Shawn

[robtattoo]

When shot FITA back in the UK, I was very surprised how heavy the arrows were. Bear in mind 99% of FITA style recurves are in the 28-40# range (Mine being 38#) My arrows (31-½" A/C/Es) weighed in at 356gn (~9.3gpp)
The A/C/Es are about as light as you can get at 6.8gpi. The X10s & X10 Pro-Tours weigh in at 8.1 & 7.6gpi

[Rob DiStefano]

Originally posted by cyred4d:
The thread on arrow weights is making me wonder. Does anyone know what gpp is recommended for olympic style recurves? I was curious to know if they try to stay above 9 gpp or shoot lower weight arrows for increased speed.

the type of stickbow has nothing to do with limitations of mass arrow weight.  going too light in arrow weight with any stickbow is not a good thing for the bow or archer.  though there are olympic archers shooting down to 7gpp or less in order to gain arrow speed and lower trajectories at 90 meters, that would not be good for a hunting arrow.  nor good for any stick bow, but when scores are paramount, a broken limb or riser may just be part of the ticket to success.  besides, we don't hunt 90 meters, let alone the far side of 30 meters for most of us.   :D

[Terry Green]

Also....this thread is better suited for a target archery forum.....since Trad Gang is a Trad Bowhunting forum.

Thanks,

T