Carbon Arrow Thoughts

[john fletch]

Too hard for me to keep up with.  To me Traditional = feathers and wood.  The only metal is in the point.

When I die off will wood arrows be gone also?

I have tried all the other stuff, just could not see where it shot a whole lot better, cost a whole lot more and just seemed to keep you wanting whatever was the newest thing.  Seems the way society is going with everything.

[James Wrenn]

No problem Shawn.We both know what works for us.That is all that matters.

[JGoemaat]

Well guys I thought I would let you know what I came up. I bought a three pack of .400 spined shafts and found that even with 150 grains of weight that was still weak. A .340 spined arrow with a 150 grains up front(point and insert) at 30 inches bareshafted good. Unfoutunatly thats a lighter arrow than I wanted to shoot(460 grains), with no real weight up front.

I tried an alluminum 2219 at thirty inches with 170 grains up front that flew really well. I like it better because I'm pushing 590 grains. I checked the Dynamic spine calculator and both arrows were right arround 78 lbs. Thats a stiff arrow! I was really suprised to see the results. I half wonder if I have a form issue thats prompting having to shoot such a stiff arrow. Or maybe my 56lb black widow has a shelf cut issue? If I try carbon I think that I'll have to shoot a .300 spine to get the weight up front I want. Well thats were I'm at. Thanks for your inputs.

[Jeff Strubberg]

For whatever reason, Black Widows all seem tot ake more spine than expected.

[Guru]

How long are you leaving the arrows bud?

[James Wrenn]

I did not think you would ever be able to shoot 300gns on the front at that length.Nothing wrong with your form.

[Harmless]

Justin, I'm shooting a 52lb Widow PSA. I'm shooting CX Heritage 250's cut to 29 1/4" with 225gr up front and they bare shaft perfect. They will shoot right with my fletched shafts. I could get the 150's to fly right with 225gr up front but I had to cut them almost and inch shorter and they didnt weight as much as I wanted.