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Old 05-12-2008 | 08:00 AM
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Default RE: What is the lightest arrow on the market?

ORIGINAL: bigbulls

First of all, the 82nd at 73 pounds will need an arrow that will spine properly for a corrected draw weight of about 85 pounds. You need a much stiffer arrowthan you would need with a typical single cam bow at the same specs.

Forget about the weight of an arrow and make sure that you have a properly spined arrow. The 82nd is MOOOOORE than fast enough to propel a 450 grain arrow at around 300fps with your draw weight and draw length.

Some arrows that would work well for you are...
Maxima 350 which you are already using.
Carbon Express CX400
Easton ACC 3-71
Easton epic, axis 300
Beman ICS 300
Gold Tip 7595

They don't make a Redline that will spine properly for your bow.
They don't make an ACE that will spine properly for your bow.

The Gold Tip Pro Hunter Black 7595 and Carbon Express Maxima Black 350 are ideal for that set-up. However, the ideal we3ight is back to 365 grains total, which means I need to loose 70.18 grains to get down to 365 grains total arrow weight.
Why do you figure the "ideal weight" should be 365 grains. This is far from ideal. It is the MINIMUM arrow weight that Bowtech will cover under warranty should your bow break. IMO an ideal weight for you would be an arrow weighing 500 - 550 grains and shot between 275 and 290 fps. I would opt for heavier. Your bow will be quieter, last longer, less hand shock and vibration, strings last longer, easier to shoot accurately, your kinetic energy will go up a couple of foot pounds and your momentum will go up a great deal which will greatly increase penetration.
Ditto Elkcrazy.

I think someone here has no idea what he's getting into, and all those black sticks are going to be lost pretty quickly. Additionally, that lack of knowledge and desire to chase SPEED can have some very DANGEROUS results. Correct spine should be your PRIMARY concern. That 82nd will give you more speed with a 500gr arrow than most guys can achieve with a 350gr arrow out of their bows, no reason to push the envelop too far. From reading the posts, someone sounds like a newer archer, with more money than sense, that may end up hating archery if he doesn't learn that archery isn't about SPEED, it's far more about the "ARC" of the arrow. I suppose threads like this make me understand why I've heard so many stories about Bowtech limbs blowing up.
Black Stick,
Do yourself a favor, follow bigbulls' advice, it will help you astronomically.

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