Arrow recipe for extreme FOC!!!!

[JimB]

Bow is 55# @ 29"

30" Gold Tip 7595,black,100 gr brass insert and broadhead/insert weighs 300 grs.Overall weight app. 700 grs.28% FOC

Victory V Force HV .350,30",100 gr brass insert,325 gr broadhead/insert.Overall weight is 650 grs.32% FOC

[Fanto]

I use 29.5"  gt 7595 trads with 320gr up front

these fly great from 55 and 60lb 3/16 past centrecut martin recurves

at 29", 5575s can only handle 220 up front at 55lbs

[JamesKerr]

If you are looking to build an efoc arrow, in my opinion one of the easiest ways to do it is with some of the light weight 9/32" arrows on the market today and load them up with point weight plus you can put multiple brass hit inserts up front for even more foc.

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

Originally posted by Bisch:
 

Originally posted by Rob W.:
GT trad 75-95 cut to 28" 100 gr. brass 300gr head 26.5% FOC

May need to build out strike plate a bit though.

Same dynamic spine as as the 250 with only 300 up front.


Rob

I have not run any numbers but judging from what I shoot off my 50# bow, I would think this would be the place to start.

Bisch [/b]

He only draws 27". I shoot 75-95's full length with 365 grains up front and I am drawing them 68 lbs @32 inches...sounds WAAAY too stiff if you lop them off at 28 inches.

My recommendation for Gold Tips would be the 5575's if you were gonna cut them short. Maybe the Ultralight Entrada's in a 340 or 400 spine.

Then again, carbon arrows are voodoo magic. If they work, they work, if not guys will tell you eight different ideas to try. All of those ideas based on personal experience  

[JamesKerr]

Originally posted by photopigiste:
Hi y'all i shoot a Howard Hill style longbow 64" #61 center shot + 1/8"+ 1/32" leather plate and shelf, my draw length is 29" ,B50 string , my arrows are the Easton Axis black , 3x 5" feathers helical :

Axis arrow 31"400 spine 9GPI 279gr shafts 17/64"(longbow #64) 179 fts/sec (115fts/sec+#64)
                                                  HIT inserts              
allu inserts  451gr FOC 12.9%  125gr point        KE 32.45  7.05gr/lb
HIT Brass 50gr 476gr FOC 16.7%  125gr point      KE 34.25  7.43gr/lb
HIT Brass 75gr 501gr FOC 18.4%  125gr point        KE 36.05  7.83gr/lb

allu inserts 426gr FOC 10.7%  100gr point       KE 30.66  6.66gr/lb
HIT Brass 50gr 460gr FOC 13.6%  100gr point      KE 33.01  7.19gr/lb
HIT Brass 75gr 485gr FOC 15.5%  100gr point        KE 34.90  7.58gr/lb

What should be  the best for my longbow ? I shoot split fingers!

Merci !
KINETIC ENERGY    HUNTING USAGE
25 ft. lbs.    Small Game
25-41 ft. lbs.    Medium Game (Deer, Antelope)
42-65 ft. lbs.    Large Game (Elk, Black Bear, Boar)
65 ft. lbs.    Big Game (Cape Buffalo, Grizzly)

Easton Tech Support :I personally recommend going with something between 425-500 grains along with an 11-18% FOC.  If you are between those ranges you will have a great arrow for big game.  Just make sure that if you are using a lot of point weight on a 400 spine that you don’t make it too weak for your set up.

I wouldn't worry too much about the kinetic energy values for different types of big game. Most trad bows will not ever see 50 ft. lbs. of KE but many over 65# with heavy arrows have killed cape buffalo and the like. The key is a properly flying arrow, a SCARY SHARP broadhead, and an arrow that is at least 9 gpp for your bow. With that kind of set up just about anyone pulling over 50-55# is ready to go for just about anything on this planet unless you are going for Buffalo (water buff or cape buff) or any of Africa's larger animals in that case think very heavy arrows.

[chanumpa]

GT Trad,100 gr.insert,footed w/1" piece of chrome-moly golf club shaft,150 magnus Snuffer with a 100 grain steel broadhead adapter.Loaded like a lead glove.

[screamin]

Originally posted by mellonhead:
Thanks guys.  Something I don't understand though is you guys that can load up a .400 spine arrow with a 55# bow.  Right now the only way I can get 400's to tune is with a 100 grain brass insert and a 100 grain head.  I go much past a 150 grain tip and the arrow comes out of the bow plum sideways.  

Toby

Same here, I've had much better luck using 340's