How do I overcome shooting light BHs?

[stick_string]

ALL,
Took my first traditional harvest not to long ago but noticed that the arrow didn't fly as well as I would like.  So tonight I did some bare shaft tuning and realized that my arrows fly really well with 100grain BHs.....is that bad?  How do I overcome this and shoot a heavier BH?  THanks for the help

[Bear Heart]

Get stiffer arrows.

[stick_string]

I have 2018s at 29inches...they were given to me at Christmas.  I dont want to have to buy new arrows if I do not have to, but I will if necessary.

[Jason Kendall]

What weight bow are you shooting?

[stick_string]

54# at 28inch

[Richie Nell]

Get arrows that are too stiff for your bow using 145ish points(whatever you may have)...Then use heavier heads until it weakens the arrow juuuusssttt enough to fly perfect.  Hopefully it will be in the 200+ range.  That will give you good FOC, good total arrow weight, a quieter bow and a perfect flying arrow.  
Your cake and eat it too.

[ChuckC]

Or..... don't worry too much about it just now and shoot what works.  Experiment on your next set of arrows.
ChuckC

[Charlie Lamb]

If the arrow is well tuned then I wouldn't worry about it. That 2018 is gonna have good weight for the poundage you're shooting.

If you just have to have a heavier head, try a 125gr and see what it does bareshaft.

Your arrows should tune slightly weak anyway.

[wtpops]

If you draw 28,  If you have room you can cut 1/2" off making the arrow stiffer then add the weight up front to bring it back to tune. I would have sombody watch you draw to make sure you have the 1/2 to cut, i would hate for you to cut them and then find out in the heat of the moment that you draw 28 1/2"

With that said i would go with what Charlie said, if they are fling great with 100's go kill somthing and when you buy your next set and want somthing heaver up front try some 2117's or if you want somthing realy heavy try some 2020's

[oldskool]

You can take your fletching off, put arrow wraps on and re fletch.It will stiffen your arrows.

[cahaba]

Read OL Adcocks thread on page two (The perfect arrow) It might work on aluminum. If you internally foot the arrow with a parrallel dowel over 7" it might increase arrow spine and you could use a larger head. Length might be different with aluminum. If you didnt want to add much weight you might could use a smaller diameter arrow and foot with that. Just thinking. Have no idea if it would work.

[Jason Kendall]

29" 2018 arrows with 100 grain points still weigh in at 500 grains. If they fly well I would just use them and change nothing.

[stick_string]

What I am concerned of is FOC...if FOC is a good thing, then I think I am a little short. (I think)

[wtpops]

Originally posted by stick_string:
What I am concerned of is FOC...if FOC is a good thing, then I think I am a little short. (I think)

FOC is good
Weight is good
Nothing is better than a well tuned arrow, what we are saying is if you can gain some FOC and not compramize arrow flight then go for it but dont lose your good flight to gain a little FOC. On your next batch off arrows get what you need to do both

[Over&Under]

Originally posted by wtpops:
FOC is good
Weight is good
Nothing is better than a well tuned arrow, what we are saying is if you can gain some FOC and not compramize arrow flight then go for it but dont lose your good flight to gain a little FOC. On your next batch off arrows get what you need to do both [/QB]

Excellent advice! Well tuned is the way to go, but sounds like you may be able to have both, if you can stiffen up your arrows a bit.

[SCATTERSHOT]

Use whatever heavier head you like with those 2018s, and just build out your arrow plate to tune them to your bow.

[Gordy]

I agree with Scatter. If you absolutely can't buy stiffer arrows....otherwise 2020's are awesome with heavy heads. WHACK !