i wish it was simple to add 100-200gr to your arrow...im almost certain that your results will change...you got the speed...you got the energy...IMO your lacking weight and loosing the speed and energy too quickly.
talk to Germ about arrow weight....im 99.9999% sure he likes em heavy...and hes more expirienced than myself...maybe he can explain it....
No it's not that simple, Mauser. When you add weight, you lose speed. Simply adding weight won't do it. If it would....I'd be all over it. There comes a point of diminishing returns in regards to KE/momentum. Yes....adding weight sometimes equates to more KE (to a point)....even though speed is lost. So many other factors come into play with a hunting arrow, thogh (arrow spine efficiency, point of diminishing returns RE: speed loss, etc...), though.
TEmbry.....the MASS would help sell your rebar/bat argument more than momentum. Even using #4 rebar....they would weigh roughly the same. Anything over #4 and the rebar actually outweighs the bat.
I understand momentum as it relates to heavier objects traveling at the same speeds. What many overlook is......(relating this to a hunting arrow).....you can't get the same speeds out of a heavier arrow. At some point there becomes an "optimal" in both KE and momentum. I haven't met anyone versed enough to tell me what that is.....yet.