Just Curious as to Why?

[Spitfire Htr]

I was in the yard this afternoon shooting bullet holes through paper with my 66# Groves and Beeman ICS BH 300's cut to 29.5" with 100 grain brass inserts and 225 grain points. My daughter asks why I'm shooting paper and I try to explain paper tuning to her. I then try to show her by swithching to a 145 grain point in hopes of it showing a tear weak. Well to my suprise, I couldn't get a tear, only more bullet holes. Is there any meaning as to why a 80 grain difference in point weight wouldn't show a weak tear in paper? Just curious.
 Thanks and God Bless, Steve

[AWPForester]

It has been my expierence that carbon accepts any point weight you put on them if the bow is cut to or past center.  Much more so than any other shafting material.  They just accept weight well, or lack of it when close to center shot.  In other words, they'll take a tank or a grasshopper and be fine.  Get short of center on the riser cut, they get finiky.  God Bless

[Roger Norris]

Yep....carbons tend to allow a very broad range of wieght up front.

[statedriller]

I have no idea as to your question, but doesn't decreasing point weight stiffen spine?

[YORNOC]

How far were you from the paper?
As said, carbon is pretty forgiving, but did you try from different distances to see if you get a tear?

[Cory Mattson]

Yes Carbons handle a wider range of weight - if that was aluminum or wood you  would have seen the difference on paper

[Panzer]

What YORNOC said.

[flinthead]

Carbons are more sensative to length than point weight to adjust spine. Thanks, Roy

[Spitfire Htr]

Originally posted by statedriller:
I have no idea as to your question, but doesn't decreasing point weight stiffen spine?

Yea, your right. That's what I had in my head, but somehow it got typed out as weak.    

[Spitfire Htr]

Originally posted by YORNOC:
How far were you from the paper?
As said, carbon is pretty forgiving, but did you try from different distances to see if you get a tear?

I was standing about 8-10 feet away from the paper on all shots.

[AWPForester]

If you are shooting holes at 8-10 feet you are fine.  No need to go farther.  Carbon recovers much quicker than other material whiich means the hole at 8-10 feet means it has settled down by then.  Good luck and God Bless

[Spitfire Htr]

Thank you guys for your responses. I guess this will give me a wider range of broadhead sizes and weights to choose from. God Bless, Steve