huntmup

Old age is setting in early & I need to drop down from 70 to 60#' s and I' d like to lighten up my 3D arrows accordingly.

I' m interested in the CXL' s & am wondering if the 250' s (I think that' s what they were) would be the appropriate shaft.

Again - I' m looking to get a 300gr arrow out of a 27" draw, 60# bow.

Thanks

ken rose

The CXL 250 are good for that poundage.I' m shooting them with my Patriot set at 60 pounds and getting a perfect hole through paper,and they group good too.I would suggest the CXL250' s from 55 to 65#.My arows are 28" long and with a 65 grain point,they weigh 305 grain' s on my scale.I also have a friend that is shooting 27" draw and 70 pounds out of a Bowtech Stalker,and he also is shooting the CXL 250' s and is shooting them verywell.Good luck.

buckskin73

According to the chart, the CXL250' s should work great. You can get the nibs that can be adjusted from 65 to 100 grns.

I just bought some CXL350' s. My bow is now set on 72 lbs, 29" draw, with a 28" arrow. My bow is a Mathews Legacy. I am afraid they may be underspined but I can always lower the draw weight to correct that problem.


Good luck and let me know how they work if you get them. Let me know if you the spine was weak or stiff.

Thanks

huntmup

Thanks a ton!!!

Having never used them before - how does the 65 to 100 gr nib work? Do you break it off before gluing?

ken rose

Buckskin73.
The CXL350' s should work fine for your set-up.My brother as well as 2-or-3 friends are shooting the 350' s at 70-72 pounds out of thier Patriots and they all tuned verygood for them as well as grouping good also,you shouldn' t have any problems.Good luck.

buckskin73

huntmup,

The nibs are actually pretty neat. The nib glues in like any glue in point without an insert. Before you glue them in you screw in weights in the back of the point. The inside of the nib is threaded. The weight is adjusted by breaking off peices of the weight before screwing it in. Now the only way to change the weight onethe nib once it is glued in is to make a tool out of an allen wrench that will fit the weight. You will have to take the nock out and run the homemade tool, with the allen wrench attached, down the shaft to the back of the nib. Screw the old weight out and put in a new one that weighs more or break off more weights from the old one to make it lighter. I have seen a couple of these tools made. One was made out of a thin metal rod iwth an allen wrench cut off and welded on. Since the CXL shafts are so big, you could attach an allen wrench to a small diameter arrow shaft with JB weld and it should work fine.

buckskin73

Ken rose,

I shot my new arrows last night. Here is the set up and results.

Mathews Legacy, 70 lbs draw weight, 28 inch draw length, 28.25 inch arrow.

The CXL 350 weigh 335-338 grains. The FOC is 9.8%.

The velocity is 302-304 FPS. A little better than I was hoping

I shot a bare shaft through paper and got a slight left tear. I decreased the poundage and it did not fix the problem. I adjusted the arrow rest to the left slightly (I am a right handed shooter) and still no luck fixing the left tear. Now the tear was very light anyway so I proceeded with the fletched arrows which shot perfect bullet holes out to 10 yards.

I am not sure if the arrows is a little weak or what. I plan on shooting out to my maximum distance of 50 yards this evening. I guess we will see how it goes.