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Harold Money jr

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I hope everyone is having a great time shooting in the back yard or at the local range. This has been a great a great couple of weeks for me personally. The first big step I took was buying a three-under tab. Man, I should've done this years ago, it has been the single best change I've made. My old max range was 23yds. Now, that is easily attainable. I point better and it is jus like looking down a shotgun barrel. The other things that are working are perfectly matched arrows for both bows. I'm shooting 2216's on my Hoyt Gamemaster 55lb, my Bear Grizzly at 43 lbs loves 2016's both with 125gr. points. They bareshaft perfectly to 20yds when I make a good release. Anyway, I'm stoked for the up coming season. Has anyone else tried something new recently, that has them shooting way better than before?
 
sometimes it is the little change that makes the biggest difference.

my little change for this year is I tried a aluminum shaft that I have around the house out of my longbow. the longbow likes them better than the weighted carbons I have. the alum. shafts are 2212s, a grey shaft from a company that is no longer in business. the reason I didnt try them before is I thought they would be too light but after putting them on the grain scale, they are just 30grs lighter than my weighted carbons. luckily I have about 6 doz or so of those shafts. :D
 
I like your quote "the longbow likes them better" It's all about what the bows want ain't it. Glad you have a good supply. What grain head are you gonna shoot?
 
I am using 125gr heads. the carbons needed a heavier head to weaken the spine some for the paradox around the riser so I weighted the insert with a brass screw that made the insert approx 75grs. with a 125gr point this gave 200gr at the point which inproved the flight of the arrow. the reason I did it this way was so I could swap between 125gr field tips, blunts or BHs.

the carbons I have found that works best for me is the ones in the .500 spine range such as the Easton Epics 500 or GT3555.
 

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