Just hearing the waysome of youguys get all bent out of shape over those arrows really entertains me. Honestly, that'sone of the factors considered whenIpicked this bow in the first place - just to show the world that the old 5 gpi threshold is basically just an imaginary line, arbitrarily established to ensure that people didn't hurt themselves with gear that wasn't meant to be abused like that. I figured if I was buying a new bow, I wanted to get something that nobody else had, and made people say "W.T.F. is THAT guy doing?" LOL

Chris - You definitely "get it" when you're talking about arrows/weights and what the future holds.

Good point about the Fanboy thing too. I'm definitely not married to HCA, but they just happen to be the only company out there giving me what I want for what I wanted to pay. You obviously see the same thing I did - just the fact that they were offering a setup that can do something that no other setup can do - and do it with a warranty to back it. I was skeptical at first, but figured it would be my own little "experiment." But the more I shoot this setup, the more I realize how well everything here is put together, and how that translates to optimizing my bow's performance for field use.

It's coming. I know it. I don't know who will make the plunge first - Hoyt, BT, Martin (I think Elite will)... But somebody is gonna dip down to 4 gpp on their warranty soon, then 3. Knowing them, they'll have to upgrade to top-end limbs and strings, which will drive the bow prices over the $1000 mark. But when it happens, arrow manufacturers will follow, and you'll see a lot of 6-7 gpi arrows flood the market. People will then start badgering the IBO to change their weight requirements, and they will. They've lowered it in the past - and they'll do it again.

I know they've been developing them. Gold Tip already has a light arrow out (5.7 gpi?), but it's spined pretty soft.

Shooting these light arrows gives you so many options. You can keep the same overall weight, and really load up a heavy tip - putting your FOC totally off the charts - or you canstay light and get a bullet trajectory. It's not like we're hunting Bull Elephants or Rhinoceros here. I'm still retaining 74# KE into a whitetail.

We heard all the same arguments when Beman took the first big bite out of Aluminum arrow sales. The sky was falling, bows would explode, animals would die horrific deaths, arrows would detonate on impact, hide the kids inside while dad shoots hiscarbon arrowsso they don't get wounded by flying shrapnel. We see how that story ended.

I think I've settled on either the 57 grain Rocket, or the 75 grain Wasp. Probably gonna go with whichever head I can get cheaper.