5 1/2 " Feathers vs. 5 "

[Gator1]

I have for the last couple of years been shooting 5 1/2" Shield Cut Feathers?

Am going to be ordering a new bow, and need to lighten up the shafts.. Was wondering if anyone had any feed back as far as going back to the 5"
Feathers???

Pros Cons..

Thank you

[bjk]

It's difficult to not sound condescending here (For a change, I'm not trying to), but you want to lighten the arrow and you are starting with 1 1/2" of feather???

More info regarding the new bow, draw length, type of arrows, etc...should produce several formulas for light and heavy arrows.

[Pete W]

I doubt that you can acurately weigh the diference between  5 and  5 1/2" feathers. There will be more variation between individual feathers of the same length than the diference in the 2 sizes.
There are far better ways to change weight on the front of the shaft.

[bentpole]

mITCH i SHOOTBOTH 5" AND 51/2 " FEATHERS THEY SHOOT EXACTLY THE SAME AS FAR AS i'M CONCERNED.hOWEVER SUPPOSIDLY THE 51/2 " FEATHER SHOULD BE A LITTLE SLOWER bIGGER FEATHER MORE drag?? bUT TO HECK IF i SEE A DIFFERENCE. wHAT # BOW ARE YOU GOING TO ORDER IF YOU ORDER a50# you could shoot 1916's 2016's or a 35/55 carbon YOU'll just have to play around with them to see what flies best. Feather size Shouldn't matter. My bows are 52#s and 50#s the 50# bow likes 1916 with a 145 gn head my 52# bow likes a 2016 with a 175 185 or a 220 gn head