I have always shot low to mid weight arrows for 3d and hunting. I figured there wasn't much difference between heavy vs light arrows other than the obvious speed difference and heavier arrows being quieter.
Well this changed today. I have been getting ready to shoot some 3Ds and getting things settled in. My hunting bow was shooting great but the problem was when I chronagraphed it, it was way over speed limit. So I backed poundage down as far as I could and was still over. This left me with three options:
1. Buy a target only bow. But since I want to shoot with my hunting bow, and me being flat broke on expensive toys....this was ruled out fast.
2. I could get lower poundage limbs for the bow I have. Still ain't ruled that one out just yet, but the price for 50-60 lb new limbs was $175. A lot cheaper than a new bow but would cost me some more $ as it would require me a different spine arrow.
3. Shoot a much heavier arrow at current poundage and spine.
So I went with option 3. I built some shafts via calculation on what they would weigh and came up with a few options. I began looking around and found some used ones on my list at AT classifieds. They were a dozen and a half of Easton Axis N-Fused shafts for $85. Quite a good deal for them. I took a chance and bought them. Never tried them before. They are obviously a small diameter hunting shaft....but all target shafts were too light and would be pushing 330 fps way over the limit lol. Had to go into small diameter hunting shafts to find my spine size and heavy weight. Well after fletching a few up and gettin them ready, they come out to 400 grns total weight. That's 75 grains over IBO for my poundage.
Well...shooting them I notice some things.
1. They fly straight even in this 10-15 MPH cross wind I'm shooting against. Whereas my lighter shafts would drift bad in it.
2. They pack a crazy whallop into the target. My first shot was at 10 yds cause I wasn't sure where they would hit and I just put a new sight on the bow too. First shot zipped completely through my Yellow Jacket bag target and drove into the blob target behind it.
3. They group unbelievably well. I like these shafts A Lot!
Not chronagraphed them yet....am afraid I'm still over the limit. I'm shooting over 30 grains heavier than before but I don't think it slowed it down enough. If I would have went with N-Fused FMJs, I would be around 450 grains....but my gosh that would probably blow through the 3d targets
Well this changed today. I have been getting ready to shoot some 3Ds and getting things settled in. My hunting bow was shooting great but the problem was when I chronagraphed it, it was way over speed limit. So I backed poundage down as far as I could and was still over. This left me with three options:
1. Buy a target only bow. But since I want to shoot with my hunting bow, and me being flat broke on expensive toys....this was ruled out fast.
2. I could get lower poundage limbs for the bow I have. Still ain't ruled that one out just yet, but the price for 50-60 lb new limbs was $175. A lot cheaper than a new bow but would cost me some more $ as it would require me a different spine arrow.
3. Shoot a much heavier arrow at current poundage and spine.
So I went with option 3. I built some shafts via calculation on what they would weigh and came up with a few options. I began looking around and found some used ones on my list at AT classifieds. They were a dozen and a half of Easton Axis N-Fused shafts for $85. Quite a good deal for them. I took a chance and bought them. Never tried them before. They are obviously a small diameter hunting shaft....but all target shafts were too light and would be pushing 330 fps way over the limit lol. Had to go into small diameter hunting shafts to find my spine size and heavy weight. Well after fletching a few up and gettin them ready, they come out to 400 grns total weight. That's 75 grains over IBO for my poundage.
Well...shooting them I notice some things.
1. They fly straight even in this 10-15 MPH cross wind I'm shooting against. Whereas my lighter shafts would drift bad in it.
2. They pack a crazy whallop into the target. My first shot was at 10 yds cause I wasn't sure where they would hit and I just put a new sight on the bow too. First shot zipped completely through my Yellow Jacket bag target and drove into the blob target behind it.
3. They group unbelievably well. I like these shafts A Lot!
Not chronagraphed them yet....am afraid I'm still over the limit. I'm shooting over 30 grains heavier than before but I don't think it slowed it down enough. If I would have went with N-Fused FMJs, I would be around 450 grains....but my gosh that would probably blow through the 3d targets
