Darton 3800 Chronographed

[Briar Friar]

2014 Darton 3800 at 68# 31" draw

100gr field point- 443-445gr total arrow weight- 306 fps
125gr field point- 470gr total arrow weight- 297 fps

The guys at Archery Country chrono'd my setup. I really only chrono'd to see how fast the arrows were flying to calculate momentum.

With the 100gr heads the arrow is about 6.566gpp and 10.685% FOC.
With the 125gr heads the arrow is about 6.935gpp and 12.7% FOC.

I use the Beman ICS Hunters 300 31" 9.5gpi (for both 100&125 tips). Blazer vanes. S-nock. 21gr aluminum inserts.

Im new to building and tinkering with arrows and no scale that reads in grains. Pardon my arithmetic if off.

Im happy. I sent my bow to Darton to get restrung a couple months ago. It came back with thinner yoke cables than initially installed and it feels faster than before. The 100&125 have same point of impact out to 30 yards then at 40 yards I get a 4" greater drop on the 125gr tip than 100gr tips.

Figured Id share for those slightly interested in Darton. Darton restringing took 2days, in the shop and out. Real nice folk.

[JP135]

The folks at Darton build great stuff and when you call, real people answer the phone. Nice, helpful, friendly people.

[Briar Friar]

Yep. It was kinda nice talking to the same person when I called or when I was called.

The FOCs were calculated off 446.5gr for 100gr and 471.5gr for 125gr tips. Conversion of grams to grains. 1 gram = 15.432 grains. Using kitchen digital scale.

[Briar Friar]

Momentum of my arrows with my bow:
125gr broadhead total arrow weight 470gr at 297fps is 2.76 kg•m/s
100gr broadhead total arrow weight 445gr at 306fps is 2.69 kg•m/s

I dont reckon a deer will feel the difference. It might help a tad more penetrating hogs.