Gold tip 1535's - .600 spine

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Originally posted by Bisch:
 

Originally posted by KentuckyTJ:
     

Originally posted by jt85:
Tom, how do you think the Carbon Express 90 would do?

Jason, they are good I have a dozen of them. They are .588 spine though and these are .600 so they are a touch stiffer. I have my CE 90's cut at 29" with 175 grain heads flying like bullets bare shaft. I wanted a lighter weight 3-D arrow though that was shorter. [/b]

TJ, have you put the GT's on a spine tester? I spine test evewry shaft I shoot (I shoot GT 55/75's) and have yet to find a single shaft that is not stiffer than the .400 spine mine are supposed to be.

Bisch [/b]

So you think the GT XL Trads are running stiffer that marked too bro?   I'm trying to get some 3555's GT XL Trads going through a 47# SS-ILF and they are noodles at full length drawing 30"....  I'm cut way past center too.... I'm going to back out the bolts and get her running about 45# and cut an inch off the length.... But it don't look good...

There ain't no way i'm running 1535's through this rig of mine.

[BigJim]

Forever, the 3555's were as weak as one could get in a wood grain arrow and many had found ways to make them work. I'm confident that if more guys would try the 1535's for draw weights up to 47#s (depending on draw length and shelf depth) they would find a new love.
In addition, the 1535's have been more available in the blems than the 3555's.
The CX 75's are great shafts too, but like the 90's they won't accept a weighted insert. This can be a limiting factor for tuning.

All the manufacturers have certain tolerance's when it comes to weight and spine of their shafts. Remember though that the spine testers give a static measurement and is not a true reflection of what is going on down range. Small variances in spine and even big variances in overall  weight will have little affect in accuracy.
BigJim