ORIGINAL: Moonkryket
And to think................I shoot 481 grain Power Bolt arrows in my Vortex:-) For hunting, especially with a heavy limbed recurve crossbow, I see no practical advantageingoing with extremely light weight arrows in an effort to get a few more fps. Too bad that so much importance is put on gaining speed at the expense of shootability, vibration, accuracy in somecases and noise.
Where speed is a priority, like hunting situations around fieldswhere it's likely to get longer shots, I'll go with a crossbow designed to shoot 350 fps with a 425 grain arrow.................not a 350 grain arrow.
I guess you've never hear the name Weatherby
. Highly successful at marketing his rifles spitting out ultra high speed bullets! Flattest shooting with less margin for error. It's the America's "need for speed" and the marketing that satisfies it! Marketing + speed = sales. It's a mentality that won't quit. Sad but true. I think many will buy the bow that shoots a lighter arrow because it will apparently shoot flatter and leave you with less margin for error. I have two chronagraphs but I don't use them to find out how fast my arrows are out of my bows for hunting purposes because I don't care.