I didn't expect that, but I expected it to do better than it did.
I actually shot it twice, with the same results both times.
Rick
Hmmm.. Yeah I'm surprised. Most of the stuff I read says that heavy, high FOC, arrows penetrate deeper than lighter/lower. Mine are 9GPI and 17%FOC and I like them. If I can find a blue barrel I'll try your challenge.
Chronograph the arrows and let's see what the speed of each is as shot from your bow.
The 640gr averages 208.
No idea what the heavy is doing. It's slow for sure, but I don't have a working chronograph, or access to one right now to see just how slow.
I actually never planned on doing the super heavy arrow shot, but was asked to by someone on another forum, so I did. Pretty much knew what the result would be, but expected it to be a little better than it was.
I'm not trying to prove anything by doing this. I just thought of it, thought it would be interesting to see what would happen, and even more interesting to see other do the same thing with their setups.
I plan to sometime soon do it with the same 640gr arrow with a few different design 175gr broadheads just to see what penetration differences (if any) there will be between them.
Almost forgot about my old blue barrel dog house. Here's what a 700-grain 31" carbon arrow, with 300 grains of Tuffhead 2-blade broadhead will do from 20 yards when shot out of a 70-lb recurve (67 or so at my 27" drawlength). I'm pleased and ready to book a hunt for the elusive Blue Wildebarrel.
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