Carbon Express Heritage 150's

[joe vt]

Question for you CE shooters.

I am shooting 48-51# bows at my draw length. Would some 29" 150's fly good? If needed, I could put in some 50 or 100 grain brass inserts. But I really would like to shoot 29" arrows. I normally shoot 125 heads. Your thoughts?

I don't have the luxury to bare shaft tune. I need to buy my arrows already fletched.

[Carcajou]

With a 29" arrow at that draw weight, your gonna need at least 175 grains up front, probably 200 gr. would be even better. I shoot 29" CE Heritages out of all my stuff and they are all in the 53-56# range. They are all equipped w/175 gr. field tips.

[eagle24]

Joe,
Unfortunately, your question is impossible to answer.  I think the heritage 150's are the right choice in the line, but proper point weight at the right length can only be determined through bareshafting.  I like to start with the broadhead I will hunt with and find the right shaft that will shoot well with the same weight field tip.  Usually this requires experimenting with different shaft lengths.  Is there an archery shop in your area that can fletch them for you?  If so you could order the raw shafts and bareshaft, starting with a full length arrow.  Hopefully it will spine a little weak in your bow and you can start trimming it down until it spines right for the bow.  In my experience the degree of centershot the riser is cut will mean more than the draw weight of the bow.  One other thing, You won't be able to get right on the money watching fletched arrows fly from the bow.  There is a fairly good range around the right spined shaft that an arrow will fly pretty good with a field tip, but it won't be as forgiving of a bad release, nor will it be as accurate.

[jeff / sc]

Add the 50 gr brass insert AND 125 gr adapter to the broadhead (250 gr broadhead) and you should be in good shape....that's what I'm shooting from same wt bow.

[WildmanSC]

Joe,

There's one bit of information that you don't provide, that may be common knowledge to some, but would be essential to answering your question.  What is your draw length?

Bill

[joe vt]

my draw length changes slightly with each bow. it goes from 28" to 29".

so, with a 100 grain brass insert and 125 heads the total weight up front jumps to 225 grains....not enough?