Arrow weight/length advice needed!

[cookie99]

I live in Idaho, therefore the arrows must be 400gr in order to hunt. I have a 27" draw, and am shooting 60#. I have graphite gold tip hunter 5575 arrows, and took them in to the dealer to have them sized, and he said they have to be cut at 30" with a 100grn tip in order to be 400grns. In your opinion, does this sound accurate? Is there anything wrong with shooting 30" arrows with a 27" draw? Do you have any other recommendations? I asked him if a 28" arrow with a 125grn tip would work, he said it would have spine difficulties. Anything will help. I'm just starting out. Thanks in advance.

[Jason McCurry]

With the calculator I have bookmarked (http://www.bowjackson.com), what he said is right and will give you 401 grains if the arrow is fletched with three 4" vanes. The problem with that arrow is that its FOC is only 8.8, which is a bit too low. It's still in the right range for the arrow length, bow weight, and point weight, but it's leaning toward the underspined side. If you go with the 28" arrow with the 125 grain tip, you'll be at 409 grains and will have a FOC of 11.4, which is fine. You'll be borderline on the stiff side for arrow spine, but still in the good area. If you have to go borderline, it's better to go stiffer.

Go here for the charts I'm reading this data from:
http://www.goldtip.com/Archery/sizing/sizing.html

If I were you, I would definitely go with the 28" arrow with the 125 grain tip over the 30" arrow with the 100 grain tip.

Edited by - Jason McCurry on 12/27/2002 02:48:04

[cookie99]

Hey thanks Jason, I have been looking for a chart like that. It helped a lot. I think I will go with the 27" arrows. Only problem is the dealer already sized em.