what FOC are you shooting?

[ozy clint]

has everyone accept me found a way to get 27% + FOC without having a 1500gr arrow? my two setups are- 54# 26% 620gr & 69# 24% 780gr. it's certainly a balancing act trying to get EFOC, the weight you want and perfect flight before you've trimmed the arrow to short. both these setups fly great so i might just settle with them. or is an extra 4-5% worth all the effort? (and expense)

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Don't worry too much about it. Both those arrows are up there in terms of FOC. When I started only a few years ago, the recommendations were only 12 to 14%. You know how to get an arrow through old Micky-bull, so that's good enough, I'd reckon!

[ozy clint]

yeah thats what i reckon. perfect flight is the most important thing i suppose.

[hickstick]

remember Ashby says anything from 19 to 30 % is X-FOC.

I had never even looked at it, I just played with weight on bareshafts til I got good flight.  but I measured it last night and have 19.5 %.

CX terminators cut nock throat to front @ 28.75"
100 grain brass inserts
125 grain glue on Woodsmans
75 grain steel adaptors.
balance point is about 20 inches from nock throat.

forgot to add that they are 4560 shafts.

[Jerry Jeffer]

14.8% not on purpose, it just turned out that way.

[trapperDave]

36% w/ 35-55's cut to 28", 100gr brass insert, 50 gr bh adaptor, 122 gr of Zwickey no mercy, 2 fletch arrows....got a balance point 6 inches behind the head(22 inches in front of the nock)

ttl arrow wgt is 486

I shoot this out of a 45# pearson

 

[Bjorn]

Can't do it with wood. I use a long hard wood footing and 160 grain head, and get 14%-perfect flight though.