Strange Difference in Arrow Weights

[twostrings]

Hello everyone, this is my first post, I believe it is on the correct forum, but if it is not, then I apologize.

I just bought a dozen Easton Axis FMJ's and was pretty excited about them until I got home and realized they have differing weights per inch even though they are the same spine weight. I bought the 400's and five of the dozen weigh 10.2 grains per inch while the other seven weigh 9.9 gpi (as marked on their label).

I checked the Easton Archery website and they do not list the FMJ's as being offered in a 9.9 gpi weight (though the picture of the shaft does seem to have "9.9 gpi" on the label).

My question is, "Will this difference in weight have any significant effect on arrow flight and the point of impact?" I have a 30 inch arrow, so we are talking about a 9 grain difference between the shafts.

Thanks and have a great Christmas tomorrow!
twostrings

[aromakr]

The first thing I would do is contact the company you bought them from and ask them or find someone with an accurate scale and weigh them your self.
Bob

[Pete W]

Tell them to give you a matched dozen.
Pete

[Cherokee Scout]

It will make no difference. The weight difference is only about 9 grains for a 30" arrow.
I sometimes have my customers shoot at a target using a mixtures of arrows that have 125-175 grain points. Nearly everyone has the arrows mixed in the group. The 175s are not always to the right or low etc. They end up mixed.
An excellent shooter will see some difference but that is about 1 in 50 people.

[Brutus Hedgeapple]

I recently re-weighed my hunting arrows. These are the ones I've been using only to hunt with for the last few seasons. I was really surprised to see that there was a 65 grain difference between 2 of them and the other 2 fell somewhere in between.
After shooting all them at my target, I didn't notice any difference. These are cedars and not carbons.
I don't plan on changing anything.

[tollgatetraditions]

You are probably not going to see any difference in the shafts once they are ready to shoot.

However it seems a shame that for what you have to pay for the raw shafts you can't demand that they be as advertised by the manufacturer.

That is my opinion as a retailer.

george

[twostrings]

Thanks for your responses everyone. It was comforting to know that the differing weights would probably not throw off my shooting too much. I ended up driving back out to the pro shop to have the dozen shafts matched with little problems. I can't wait to bare shaft tune them to my bow!

twostrings