Carbon arrow help

[Stinger]

I've been shooting traditional for over 40 years and never shot anything but wood, aluminum or even fiberglass back in the day.  I did shoot carbon with the wheelie bow though.  Anyway, after watching Brothers of the Barebow Vols 1 & 2 yesterday, I decided I ought to give carbons a try.  I read a bunch of threads on here to try and figure out where I should start but just got more and more confused.  I have three primary bows that are all 45# at my 27 inch draw length and all cut to center.  They are an RER recurve, a Leon Stewart Slammer and a Bob Lee Stick.  I'm only hunting whitetails, but don't mind a slightly heavy arrow if needed.  I currently shoot 29 inch aluminum 2016's with 185 gr up front or 1916's with 125 gr up front and both fly pretty well.  I know asking to find an arrow that will work out of 3 different bows is a stretch but it is my understanding that carbons will fly well out of a wider range of variables.

Where should I start?

[MSwickard]

Stinger

A CX Heritage 150 would would great.  30.25 BOP, 185 head w/ 11 insert, 5" Fletch puts dyna spine @ 45.3 #

With any of the bows you use you would only have to tweek this arrow by point weight and we're not talking much.  

Your bows are within about 0-5# dynamic spine of the 45.3.

Mike

[Stinger]

Mike,

11 insert?  Is that an 11gr insert?  What if I wanted to stick with my 125 gr heads - could I get an insert to make up to 60 gr difference?

[BowMIke]

I like Beman MFX 500's with a 100 grain brass insert, 125 grain tip, cut around 29". Weighs 525 grains and works well for me with 40 to 50 lb bows.

[joevan125]

Heritage 150,s work good for me out of 4 of my bows.

[T Folts]

You could use a 100gr brass insert with the heritage 150"s just leave them full length to start with, they should be close.
Gold tip 35/55 seem to tune a little easier for me.

[JimB]

2016's are 500 spine so if you find comparable carbons the same length and front end weight,you should be close.You are correct,add your current point and insert weight and come up with the same weight combination for carbon insert/point combination.I have been using Gold Tips and the inserts weigh 14 grs.I can use either the 14 gr aluminum insert or buy a 50 or 100 gr brass one.You can also come up with custom point weights using glue on points with a variety of 5 degree adaptors.You can get aluminum adaptors or steel ones in 3 different weights.You can further fine tune the weight by putting one or two #6 lead shot inside your glue on point before you glue in the adaptor.

[MSwickard]

Yes that is an 11 gr insert.  You can do a few things.  Make up arrows with heaviers inserts, use Al or steel adapters to get your arrows to fly correct.  Bottomline, the CX Heritage 150 shaft will work for you, you just need to decide on the components.  Build it from there, then trim the shaft down until they fly straight.

The numbers I gave above is just a guide to see if you were in the ballpark.  But I would not be afraid to use that shaft in your bows.  It will just take a little bareshafting with the heads you want to shoot, trim the shaft accordingly and you are off to the races.

Mike