light weight arrows
 

Does anyone have suggestions for an arrow with a total assembled weight in the lower to mid 200 grain wieght range 24" long? I got my wife a bow a couple of month ago and now she has decided she wants to try her hand at the local club 3D shoots. She is only drawing 36 lbs. wieght with a 24 1/2" draw length. Sometimes the local club stretches the target distances out pretty good and what she has now runs out of steam too soon. I have to give her credit she is determined to give them a run for it. Not bad for a CROTCHERTY OLD LADY. :) :) :) Looks like she is even going to convince me to try my hand at it and neither of us has shot any kind of match before.

RE: light weight arrows
 

Without knowing all the specs of her bow ,such as type of cam/cams,brace,axle to axle length,let-off,release or fingers,d-loop or shooting off the string I can only make an educated guess.
If your looking for speed look into the Easton Redlines.
I used my AA program and came up with an Easton Redline 1000.The weight is around 217gr and should get into the neighborhood of 225fps.
Like I said without knowing all the specs this is just a guess.

RE: light weight arrows
 

I can't help you much more than OHarcher. But, when my wife was shooting I had her set up with Carbon Express 100s cut to 25 inches with a 75 grains point and 3, 2 7/8 inch plastic vanes. Total arrow weight was around 250 or 260 if I remember correctly so it might be a tad less with the shorter arrow length that your wife would use.

My wife had a 25 inch draw length and shot at around 30-33 lbs. When I chronoed her setup she was getting around 195-200 fps with the higher draw weight out of a Hoyt Havoc Intruder (which is by no means a fast setup).

Hope this helps some.

RE: light weight arrows
 

Thanks guys. My wife is shooting a Horizon Ranger XL at 24 1/2" draw length and 36# draw weight. It is 32 1/4" A to A and 6 1/4" brace height with medium/hard twin cams. She is using a caliper release on a string loop and has 1 tie on nock point and peep without tubing secured with two tie on nocks. Her arrows now are just what I could pick up at a bargin (ACC 3-28 24" long, 3 4" vanes, 100gr. field tips. I think they weigh in at about 320 grains total but will have to weigh them. When I Chronoed it it shot 182 fps. I am not a speed freak but want to give her all the help I can. The local shop is small and limited on what they have available to try.

RE: light weight arrows
 

I punched in the info and am still showing the Redline 1000 as about the best set-up for speed.If fletched w/2.3 vanes and using a 60gr point arrow weight will be around 221gr,FOC a little over 10% and a speed of 230-233fps.
If you plan to bump her up to around 40# or a little over you may want to consider the Redline 900.