hello yall, i'm brand new to this sight. been reading alot of these post. and sounds like u guys are all an okay type of crowd.... i'm fairly new to bowhunting. only been bow hunting for 'bout 6-7 years so i don't know much. thus leading me to u guys....
question if anyone can help me out.... my set up- 70# bowtech tribute (the last year they made it model-06-07?)can't remember when i bought it.vital bow gear dropaway rest, 27.5 x weave pro shafts,cx 200 aluminum inserts,bi-delta 2.5 sharks tooth fletching(3), tasco pro point red dot scope with the pollington adjustable mount, tekkan 2 broadheads (100 grains) , tun-a-nok nocks, string loop, 27" draw,
not sure on the total weight of my arrows. have not shot it through a chrono yet. just wondering if anyone would happen to help me figure this out because manufacture calls for 350 min, weight arrow and not sure if my arrows are too light or what they weigh. what about spine? stiff enought or not? i don't know alot about bows so if anyone can help that knows what they are talking about, it would be greatly appreciated.....heck, it took me a half an hour to figure out how to post this question....i hope i did this right.
Well, I can try to lead you in the right direction. First off, you have a shop you deal with that sold you the arrows fairly close by you? If so, call or go ask them how many "GRAINS PER INCH" your particular shafts are. You can then go from there and do the math.
27.5 times the Grain per inch number. Then add about 40gr for flething and glue and then the insert and nock. You can usually just 50 to the bare shaft wt and be close. Now addyour broadhead or field tip (hopefully the same) weight to it and you are in the ballpark.
BEST WAY: go get an arrow complete w/field tip weighed on a digital or good quality balance scale. Your proshop should have a scale, or take it to like the post office or a mom and pop store with a scale. You can buy a cheap digital archey scale off ebay for like 30 bucks. A reloading scale will work too . Again, no guess work here. Weighing is by far the best way to go.
If I were guessing you are gonna be close but that is pure guess. That bow has a harsh cam and you may be a bit underspined as well. The short length helps that some but I am gonna bet you are pushing the limits a tad.
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Shooting 70#, a 200 is a little weak spined also, you'd probably be better off with a 250 or 300, if I remember correctly. Just shooting from the hip... You also want to look at FOC (Front of Center and consider that into the equation. Part of the reason a longer arrow is sometimes "better" is because you can up your FOC easier, unless you're already shooting some of the newer FOC arrows that are loaded up front to begin with.
what do you mean front of center? i'm sorry in don't know what that means. oh, and by the way, i am shooting the x weave 300 shafts. sorry if anyone misunderstood that. i chkd my shafts out and i calculated my shafts to be like 364 gr. total. i think i did that right. i just added 50 grains like the gentleman said to me before to the bare shaft for glue and stuff. pretty close to min. specs i think. hope that won't do any harm as i shoot more and more with this set up.... thanks for the info. you guys helped me out alot.
little help - opinions welcomed...
