OK...now NORMALLY I admit, lighter arrows WILL have less KE than a heavier one shot out of the same bow.
Now THIS happens! Just when I was ready to stick with 100gn tips, or go to 125s....Just for the heck of it (buddy wanted to see "what'll she do?&quot I slapped on some 75 gn tips. Gained 13fps...and .5lb KE!!!
OK...now I have flatter trajectory, AND more KE...sounds the same (not a perceptable change).
So...with more speed and KE...no change in noise...WHY should I go heavy again??? (LESS KE! with MY set-up)

I am no wizard @ any of this but one thing I do know is, when you are calculating the KE, you use the speed number twice, so I think by cranking her up a bit in the fps category you can get a little more bang for your buck.<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

Boy I bet that bang for your buck line will draw some feedback on lighter arrows being louder! <img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>

Anyway, keep in mind this is coming form someone who is over 90 lbs of KE. That mark is attainted by a 375 grain arrow traveling 330 fps, flat trajectory is important to me.

PS: The bow is still amazingly quiet, the dam arrow flight is loud! Are vanes quieter than feathers in flight?


Good judgment comes from years of bad judgment.

Hunting Cape buffalo are we? :-)
USUALLY, even with the increase in speed, you STILL loose KE.
Yes, vanes are quieter than feathers in flight...at 330fps...MUCH quieter!