Fat arrows

[mangonboat]

I've had a dozen Autumn Orange 2512 xx75 , cut to 30" with the unibushings, nocks and inserts glued/swedged , that I've hauled from house to house for years but not a single one's ever been shot. I just assumed they would be too stiff, but the old Easton spine chart says they should work with my 55# bow with 175 gr. up front, screwed into the massive tapered insert, which would give me a total arrow wt. around 550 gr.. They look like sausages compared to my other arrows!

Does anybody shoot 2512's? Do you have to adjust your point of aim when using such large diameter arrows? Are they more or less sensitive to release quirks?

[damascusdave]

I shoot them out of my compound...I will try one with a recurve tomorrow...they are about a 340 spine arrow...mine have 100 grain nibb points glued in and are X7 Eclipse...with the .012 walls they break very easily but they are great line cutters for shooting 3D which is why I bought them

DDave

I used to shoot 2419's off a certain bow. As long as they tune correctly, all is good!

25 is a very large diameter, but 12 is a very thin wall thickness. I bet they bend fairly easily, being that thin walled.

Bisch

[M60gunner]

I used them from a compound years ago. Now they are flower stakes. They break more so then bending for me. We used to use them for target shooting. They were our " line cutters". There is a 27 size now. Pushing up to 1/2 diameter shafts. Shot 2419 from my #80 Black Widow. A heavy arrow that helps make up for form and release mistakes.

[mangonboat]

I'll see if I can tune a naked one, then try it with fletching. If they tune and fly well, I can save a half dozen for hunting season and shoot the others into the bale for practice, no stumping. Ive got another dozen xx78 SuperSlams , 2413, that can be my next project.

[M60gunner]

A friend of mine in San Diego used to shoot 2512's almost full length from his 60's Black Widow target bow. I think he shot 40-45 #'s. He used Nibb points as well. That was one of those times the arrow spine charts made no sense to me.

[**DONOTDELETE**]

The Fat Boys are typically used for target shooting, but i've known a few guys that used them for 3D too.... they are called "Line cutters"

As mentioned above the 2512 has very thin walls and wont take much abuse at all..... Due to the large diameter and thin walls they will be very stiff, and typically require a bow that is cut well past center to get them shooting right.

I wouldn't recommend them for hunting at all.

[newhouse114]

In the wheel days, I used 2512 for 3D and 2514 for hunting. these worked great in the 75-90 lb. range I shot at. A 28 inch arrow used with overdraw on a 32 inch draw length. I have not used them with traditional bows. I do use a 2419 with my 75 lb recurve.

[awbowman]

Good 3-D Arrows

[damascusdave]

I finally shot mine using my Kempf bow that is cut quite a bit past center and draws about 55 pounds at my draw length...there was noting about the flight to indicate they would not be tunable with that bow with some weight up front

DDave

[mangonboat]

I think I bought these arrows about 15 years ago to shoot out of a wheelie bow with 70# peak draw wt.  I have a 53# frankenbow made from a compound riser that is 64"  and smooth as silk...maybe that's the place to start.

[damascusdave]

Come to think of it I also have some Autumn Orange XX75's I bought used from a friend who shot them out of his compound with finger release back in the nineties...I have a feeling they will tune quite nicely with that bow Mark...just one of the advantages of being able to use a flipper plunger style of rest...as I have often said before it all depends on what you have on that bow for a string

DDave