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Old 06-26-2007 | 05:28 AM
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Straightarrow
 
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My arrows are too long (32"). Even at 125 grains, the charts show me needing a shaft with .300 spine deflection.
Arthur, I think guys like yourself can dabble a bit in the extreme FOC arrows under some situations. There's always the option of the arrows like Carbon Express' Maxima arrows with the built-in FOC, but if you're like me, you want the extra weight of the heavy tip on a carbon arrow. I personally have little interest in a light weight arrow, so I'm staying away from the tapered shafts.

Gold Tip's Big Game 100 arrow has a .280 spine. If you're willing to shoot it at around 45-50 lbs, I'd bet you could get somewhere in the 200-250 gr weight on the tip on a full length arrow. Lower draw weights are not a big drawback for guys like yourself. Your arrow has so much power that I'd bet most big game would fall if you were shooting 35 lbs. I'm using this arrow with my compound at 62 lbs at around 31" with 250 grains on the tip. My draw length is only 29", but like I said, if you get down into the lower draw weight ranges, it should work just fine.

You don't need all that extra power anyway.
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