Titleist, I switched from TaylorMade Firesoles.

Back to the bemans. First, I was doing alot of assuming when I said that the 400 series were more than stiff enough. I am guessing that with a 29" draw length, you are shooting an arrow in the 28-29" range.

Most carbon arrows cover a much wider spectrum of spine stiffness than do aluminums.
And, you are correct in thinking that too stiff is better than being underspined.

I must confess that it has been ages since I even looked at a beman arrow chart.
I have setup in the neighborhood of 75-100 hunting bows with ICS 400`s, so I have a pretty good feel for what they can handle.

I have shot them out of my own hunting rigs for 5 years now with excellant results.

4 years ago I shot ICS 400 field arrows(same as hunters only lighter per inch) at 28" long with 5" feathers, using a 125 thunderhead out of a high country fourrunner at 302fps., and they were stiff enough for that combo. Arrow weight was 370gr.

This year, I shot ICS hunters at 28" with feathers and 4" vanes with 100 gr. mech., and 125 thunderheads. The arrows weighed in at 383gr. with 100gr. tips, and 408gr. with 125`s.

I would have to drag up a beman chart to give you a weight on using the 340 series arrows, but they would be REALLY stiff for your setup, unless you are leaving your shafts extremely long.

If you used ICS 400 series hunters with 100 grain muzzy heads out of your bow, assuming the bow is tuned properly, you should be shooting an arrow in the 385gr. range about 260-265fps. This would translate into about 57.5-60.0 ft. lb. of KE. More than enough to go through the biggest of whitetails.

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