Starting tip weight on gt trads

[jimmerc]

OK, so I have some Gold tip trads coming cut at 30"/these are 55/75s and i'll be shooting them off my kajikastik longbow 57# at 28" I draw 28.5 to 29" they have 100gn incerts, so what will/would be a good starting tip weight so i can get  a starter pack with various weights to play with??  thanks Jim!!   OH, they are already fletched up from bager arrow!!

[bretto]

I have a 60" Dryad Orion that's 53# at 28" I draw to 29.5. I'm shooting full length 55/75's with 200 pts. with standard inserts and 3 5" shield cut feathers. They fly really good.

[JRY309]

With the 100 gr. inserts installed I would start at 125 gr. point and see how it flys and groups.

[JimB]

I just tuned some 5575 Trads to a 53# Mojostik.My draw is 27" and arrows are cut to 28".I have 290 grs up front,head+insert.I'm just making a very wild guess and thinking you may need about 100 grs less on yours,due to 2 more inches of shaft and probably 9 more #'s of draw weight.

I couldn't use the 100 gr inserts because I needed to use a steel insert with the broadhead I chose.

Your results may be entirely different but if it were me,I would want to be able try heads on the lighter end first- 85,100,125.

Awhile back I was messing with some 30" aluminum arrows with 100 gr brass inserts.I tried everything from 125 to 250 grs and was having fits.I couldn't believe the shafts were weak and thought I might be getting some opposite reaction and was reading it wrong.

I floundered for a long time till I discovered some 100 gr heads I forgot I had.With those,the arrows shot great.Now I had somr direction and new I could cut some shaft length and get the point weight up.

If I hadn't had those 100 gr heads on hand,I'd probably still be beating my head on the wall.

If you do find that a lighter head is needed and if you can't get rid of any shaft length,you might have to consider using the aluminum insert to give you more flexibility in broadhead weights.

Again,I'd be afraid to predict what would work for you but a good assortment of point weights can help you narrow it down quickly.

[Bowhuntah]

I have a 55# @ 28 Mamba and the 5575s cut to 29  flew best with 300 grns up front. 100 brass + 200 tip.

[jimmerc]

Thanks everyone,I have enough tips and incerts,and adaptors,that I should find something that will work!! I could go any wheres from 180gr up front all the way up to about 415gr with the stuff i have! I realize that every bow is diff. some cut to center,some cut past center and every shooter is diff also, I have an idea where to start from your input here!! Thanks Jim

[xtrema312]

I am working with my 54 mojo with 29.5" GT 5575 trads drawings 28", and I am using 245 gr. up front right now.  It is close.  I can draw 28.5" with this bow, and they are a little week so I may try droping down to 225 again.  You may not need those 100gr. inserts if you like a larger head.  With your bow and a draw of 29" I would try 200 on the front to start.  I will guess it will be weak.