arrow choice?

[bwcollins]

I currently shoot a pse blackhawk 40lbs@28, and I am new to traditional archery but have been shooting compounds for about ten years.

 I am currently shooting easton xx75 1816s but am pondering switching to carbons. What size carbon should i shoot? 400? 500? does it matter? Do I pick the size based on weight like a compound? any insight greatly appreciated. I was thinking on picking up some beman classics for this setup, and would like them to be hunting shafts because I plan on possibly whitetail hunting with it when I get good enough.

[JRY309]

For a 40#@28 bow I would look at a .600 spine carbon,start full length and trim and tune from there.

[Night Wing]

I agree. A 600 spine arrow should be the arrow.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Definately 600 spine as the heaviests spine to work with.

[McDave]

I agree about the 600 spine shafts.  In answer to your other questions, yes it matters.  You will not shoot as accurately as you can until everything is working for you: your arrows are tuned, your bow limbs are in allignment, your brace height and nock point are properly set, your form is correct, and your attention is focused.  If any one of those factors is off, it will affect your shooting not just a little bit, but significantly.

You didn't state what your draw length is, but the configuration of your arrows will change depending on whether you are drawing more or less than 28".  For example, if you are drawing 26", you are pulling about 36#, and a 600 spine arrow would still work; if you are drawing 30", you are pulling about 44#, and because of the increased weight and longer arrow, you might need to shoot a 500 spine arrow.

Whatever arrow you decide on, you should get an assortment of points, say 75 grain, 100 grain, and 125 grain, and see which one makes the arrow fly best.

The shorter the arrow, the heavier point you need, so if you find the full-length shaft flys best with a 75 grain point, and you would like to hunt with it, you might want to trim it back an inch or so (assuming your draw length will allow this) so it will work with a 100 grain or 125 grain broadhead.

[eric-thor]

comming from training wheels you just eed to remember its not so much about speed . you need to shoot heavy and hard hitting. id go with the 600s as well and put like 200-250gn up front.shoot a bare shaft till you get close to center a little underspined is god synce the fletchings will have a slight stiffing  effecton the finnished shaft. and allways test with broad heads to see if they hit in the same place as the bareshafts if not you have a bit more work to do .
food for thought : if your form is off none of it will work right ,consistantly anyway.