I’d like to start by saying thank you to all the gentleman on this forum who have shared the wealth of knowledge on arrow weights, spine, calculations, ect. Even though I didn’t post anything the last few weeks I did spend countless hours reading old threads to obtain knowledge. Even though this is a saddle forum the amount of knowledge around arrows in old threads is incredible. I always say the smartest hunters are saddle junkies lol.
With the season approaching and guys like THP and RF pushing high FOC arrow builds a bunch of guys are going to be doing some research and “tinkering”. I recently went down the rabbit hole and spent a bunch of money, time and shot a lot of arrows lol. I figured I’d share my experience and where I ended up, especially sense you don’t see many guys who post about landing in the “middle ground” as I did.
In the past when I needed arrows I swung into the nearest archery shop and said “need arrows”. I never asked questions or knew what I was shooting. So basically I was more than likely your average bow hunter at that point.
Upon taking the plunge down the arrow build rabbit hole I learned I was shooting a 27.75” carbon to carbon 400 spine, 410 grain arrow with 100 grain head and a lighted nock @ a little under 10% FOC. I’ve been shooting bows my entire life, I was more than happy with how they performed. They came out of my bow like laser beams. I was accurate and had good flight. And by all means there is nothing wrong with shooting arrows like that if that is what you prefer, they do and will work.
So from there I built and shot them all, super heavy, super high FOC, super lite and balanced and all in between. I ended up for the most part with an arrow pretty much right smack in the middle.
340 spine carbon arrow
27.75” long carbon to carbon
75 grain brass insert
125 grain Magnus Killer bee fixed blade
3 - 2” vanes
Nocturnal lighted nock
480 grains
15% FOC
One thing I did do once landing on that build is I went to the archery shop, we knock tuned all the arrows and followed that by tuning my bow into the arrows. Bow ended up right at 67lbs draw weight. Shooting bullet holes through paper with no fletchings and broad-heads on.
I ended up with an arrow I’m extremely confident in. I have great flight out to 40 yards which is by all means is the max I’d ever shoot if I ever even do. They are still flying fast and hitting pretty hard. The point to this is when you go to build arrows your going to run into a lot of outside pressures and opinions, take your time, obtain as much knowledge as possible, have fun with it, test test and test again, be open minded and settle in on an arrow that is shooting great with your bow, that you are confident and comfortable with.
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With the season approaching and guys like THP and RF pushing high FOC arrow builds a bunch of guys are going to be doing some research and “tinkering”. I recently went down the rabbit hole and spent a bunch of money, time and shot a lot of arrows lol. I figured I’d share my experience and where I ended up, especially sense you don’t see many guys who post about landing in the “middle ground” as I did.
In the past when I needed arrows I swung into the nearest archery shop and said “need arrows”. I never asked questions or knew what I was shooting. So basically I was more than likely your average bow hunter at that point.
Upon taking the plunge down the arrow build rabbit hole I learned I was shooting a 27.75” carbon to carbon 400 spine, 410 grain arrow with 100 grain head and a lighted nock @ a little under 10% FOC. I’ve been shooting bows my entire life, I was more than happy with how they performed. They came out of my bow like laser beams. I was accurate and had good flight. And by all means there is nothing wrong with shooting arrows like that if that is what you prefer, they do and will work.
So from there I built and shot them all, super heavy, super high FOC, super lite and balanced and all in between. I ended up for the most part with an arrow pretty much right smack in the middle.
340 spine carbon arrow
27.75” long carbon to carbon
75 grain brass insert
125 grain Magnus Killer bee fixed blade
3 - 2” vanes
Nocturnal lighted nock
480 grains
15% FOC
One thing I did do once landing on that build is I went to the archery shop, we knock tuned all the arrows and followed that by tuning my bow into the arrows. Bow ended up right at 67lbs draw weight. Shooting bullet holes through paper with no fletchings and broad-heads on.
I ended up with an arrow I’m extremely confident in. I have great flight out to 40 yards which is by all means is the max I’d ever shoot if I ever even do. They are still flying fast and hitting pretty hard. The point to this is when you go to build arrows your going to run into a lot of outside pressures and opinions, take your time, obtain as much knowledge as possible, have fun with it, test test and test again, be open minded and settle in on an arrow that is shooting great with your bow, that you are confident and comfortable with.
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