400 grain standard??? For who??? I' ll stick with my 700 grain standard with 14%FOC. It is something that I always seem to come back to. Granted, I get the itch to try other stuff like the light carbons. A few years back I used a 400 grain arrow for a year. And guess what? I got a cracked limb, I couldn' t get the fixed broadheads to fly very straight, and I couldn' t pull them out of a target for beans. Granted the trajectory was real nice on them compared to the heavy arrows and they flew very fast. But the trade off was just not there, since I couldn' t get the accuracy that I wanted. Judging distance is not a problem for me, and as long as you are farily accurate in judging distance, everything works out fine with a heavy arrow. If you can' t judge within about 4 yards, then you may have a problem. Just to be sure, I always take my range finder in the woods with me and take readings on stationary objects. Not really a problem at all. And I think that the judging didtance thing gets way overdone as an arguement not to use heavier arrows traveling at lower speeds.

I will ackowledge though that the light weight arrows do work for certain individuals. My advice though is to be honest with yourself as to your ability. You will be much happier if you do. I have been at this for 23 years now, and still don' t feel confortable shooting light speedy arrows while hunting.