I went to the local bow shop today and bought new sights. While I was sighting them in the shop owner was telling me about some faster arrows he had. I've been shooting Gold Tip Velocities @ 287fps this arrow was a High County arrow and I tried it and shot it @ 317fps. Is the 30fps worth paying about $40 more per half dozen?
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Originally posted by jrwest66 View PostI went to the local bow shop today and bought new sights. While I was sighting them in the shop owner was telling me about some faster arrows he had. I've been shooting Gold Tip Velocities @ 287fps this arrow was a High County arrow and I tried it and shot it @ 317fps. Is the 30fps worth paying about $40 more per half dozen?
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Originally posted by C9H13NO3 View PostSpeed is not everything. I dont have the fastest bow out there and I still went to a heavier arrow.
Also keep in mind that you shoukd have at least 5 grains per pound of draw
my arrows are 7.4g X 29in= 214.6g + 100g field tip= 314.6g so pretty close.
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Originally posted by C9H13NO3 View PostSpeed is not everything. I dont have the fastest bow out there and I still went to a heavier arrow.
Also keep in mind that you shoukd have at least 5 grains per pound of draw
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Light arrow = higher speed but higher noise levels too, and harder on the bow's parts. For hunting, I would opt for a heavier, slower arrow every time that gives me a quieter bow. If you are shooting 3D, then the noise would be irrelevant and the speed and flatter trajectory would help with minimizing misses from range estimation errors.
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Be very careful of the 5.5 HCA arrows. they are very stiff, but very brittle. I have shot the 6.2 shafts, but had one explode coming out of my bow. dodged any serious injury. you must use the nock collars on these shafts to be safe and check them often to make sure there are no cracks or splits in them. I personally have gone from these at blazing speeds to shooting 560 grains. No going back to a light arrow after shooting the 560's.
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