To check straightness: You can lay arrows on a flat surface and roll them, looking for daylight between the shaft and the surface, or you can check them with a dial indicator. I use an indicator on my arrow straightening tool.

Whether or not you lose energy with the lighter arrows depends on how efficient your bow is with those 700 gn arrows. It is possible to overweight a bow's efficiency range with arrows and, if that's the case with your setup, you could gain energy with carbon. Not likely, but possible. Anyway, a couple ft lbs is all anyone generally loses with light arrows anyhow.

You definitely will not bump up the speed enough to equal the momentum you're getting now, but you'll still have plenty to blow thru a deer. Assuming, of course, that you do your part and put the arrow where it belongs.

Newton's Third Law of Motion states, 'for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction.' There is no such thing as zero recoil. Some people are simply more tolerant of shock and vibration than others. Some bows are designed to cushion and dissipate it better. A Mathews Q2XL I shot once was incredible at reducing felt vibration. But it's still there. Going from 700 grains to 400 grains, you'll definitely feel a difference. Whether or not it's objectionable depends on you and your bow.

I don't know if you've noticed how many people have a variety of rubber doohickeys attatched all over their bows. Light arrows and vibration are the reason.




Edited by - Arthur P on 02/05/2003 08:32:01