longbow arrow wieght

[jeffg]

What do ya think? 55# Northern Mist Shelton. 68" 55#@27. GT 1535 28" 225 up front = 8.9gpp. Think that's enough. I mostly hunt med game deer antelope.

[Roger Norris]

Probably ok....maybe a touch light.

[Brianlocal3]

That will be perfect. I'm shooting 50@26 JD Berry Morningstar with 432 grain bemans for 8.64 GPP And I wouldn't hesitate to shoot hogs with it, deer for sure

[Bear Heart]

The weight seems fine but I would think that shaft would be weak.

[jeffg]

They actually were to stiff until i installed 100gr inserts. Bare shaft and paper tuned. I like my arrows short they are cut to 28.5 BOP- bottom of nock groove.

If the arrow is flying straight behind the broadhead, it should be plenty.

[Fanto]

Yeah nim surprised they tuned, is the bow cut quite a bit before centre?

I don't thing you'll have any trouble with deer ribs. Shoulder bones maybe different story

[damascusdave]

I like the way someone put it on another site...if you were shooting a lighter bow so that the arrow was 10 gpp would you even be asking the question

DDave

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[Bob B.]

Might be a tad light, but heck, arrow flight and spine are more important.  If you get good quiet flight, go or it, Steve's bows are fast and quiet you could kill damn near anything in North America with that set up with an accurate shot / sharp heads.

Good on ya buddy.

Bob.

[Blackhawk]

You are using right at 9 grains per pound of bow weight.  My guess is that a survey would show a vast majority of archers would vote that 9-10 gpp to be excellent.

Your arrow weight is NOT an issue to concern you.

[jeffg]

Well they fly great and I feel that accuracy is the most important. Longbows are relatively new to me and they are noticeable slow than recurves of the same weight. I just want to be sure I would compensate for that difference with arrow weight.

[frassettor]

Originally posted by Roger Norris:
Probably ok....maybe a touch light.

I agree with Roger

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally posted by Bear Heart:
The weight seems fine but I would think that shaft would be weak.

Not weak if the bow isn't cut to center. Still might not be weak because of the wide range of bow weights that some carbons can be shot with.

At 489.5 grain arrow weight, I would say that you're on the light end of the good weight range. If you're getting great flight, then I would say you're good to go, especially with that FOC balance from a heavy front end.  

[JamesKerr]

I think you will be fine for deer and such sized game. I myself prefer a heavier arrow but lots of game has been killed by archers shooting 9gpp. If I remember right I read in one of the Fred Bear books that he preffered 9gpp for most of his arrows. If it worked for him than it must be pretty good.

[Sam McMichael]

If your arrow flight and accuracy are good, you are good to go.