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Title: arrow wieght
Post by: breazyears on June 14, 2014, 11:36:00 AM
Just wondering what a good weight is for a 55# 64" rd longbow. The arrows im shooting now are only 7.4 GPI carbons, 500 spine with 125 grain tips... pretty light I would say??
The bow has very little hand shock but im thinking that a hievier arrow would reduce it further.
Sorry... the arrows are 27" long.
Title: Re: arrow wieght
Post by: Pat B on June 14, 2014, 01:11:00 PM
I'm not familiar with carbons but 10gpp is a standard weight for a hunting arrow so I'd go with 500gr to 600gr. That is what most of my hill cane and sourwood shoot arrows are.
If carbon is spine measured like wood arrows a 27" arrow would be 5# heavier in spine than the static spine reading would be on a standard 28" arrow with a 125gr point.
Title: Re: arrow wieght
Post by: gene atkinson on June 14, 2014, 01:55:00 PM
3  rivers is a good resource for arrow tuning .check there web sight out .if you don't see what you need there,give them a call.