I bought an entry level crossbow (AKA: A cheap sportsmansguide issue). It is a 180lb. recurve, simialiar to a Barrett design. It came with 2013, 15" arrows. These arrows would not clear the end of the rail. Since I plan on hunting with it, I took old 2117's and cut them to 17". This clears the rail for a broad heads later. The arrow weights are 415-435 gr total, 3" vanes.At 20 yds, the arrows sink 12" deep into a "Block" style target, on the field point section. Thier is no drop and the red dot is sighted in great. I used a bench and shooting rest made from a car scissor jack. (IE: minimumal deviation). The trigger pullis suprisingly smooth and not very much poundage (no trigger pull guage availble).
All is good.
#30 yds is another story. The arrows are traveling great from 20 toapprox. 25 yds. At 25 you can visiably see them drop. The drop is about 12". It is almost like they hit a wall.
Now here comes my questions.
Should I go with a lighter arrow, to make up some speed? Prehaps a carbon? Or should I increase the tip to a 125 gr, to increase the mass? I have heard you cannot make up for loss of kinetic with speed.
I do not plan on shooting past 30 yds, so This is my target distance.
Any suggestions?