Vic & Dan,

I think we are saying the same thing, just phrasing it a bit differently. I believe there is a point of diminishing returns going both directions, either too heavy or too light. That is why I settled on 8 gr/pdf on the light end for my compounds. I got the best compromise of speed and noise at that level. Likewise, I suspect that when going past 10 gr/pdf for a longbow, the the amount of noise reduction achieved is minimal in comparison to the rapidly decreasing arrow speed.

The other factor, point weight, is really going to be a factor of the arrow/fletching/nocks weight and resultant FOC. If I went to a heavy point just to have a heavy point, and resulted in a FOC that was too far forward, I would get horrible arrow flight. The heavy point would tend to want to drive the forward end of the shaft into the ground.

Bill