8PT

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.

OHarcher

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.

PABowhntr

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.

8PT

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.

OHarcher

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.