Shooting Aluminium arrows in modern bows
09-29-2013, 04:44 PM
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Shooting Aluminium arrows in modern bows
My brother just bought a Mathews Outback bow and is in the process of having it set up. He was wanting to know if he can shoot his alum 2315's in his new bow after having them cut down to fit the new draw length. He will be shooting 29" D/L at 66-70lbs. I have a dz of Black Hawk Vapor 4000 that I have sitting ready to go I had made up for me that I was going to spot him to get him going for deer season. What ya'll think?
09-29-2013, 09:26 PM
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The 2315's should be properly spined for that bow set up (0.340"), assuming he's not leaving them too long, and assuming he's shooting 100grn broadheads (may have an FOC problem however). They'll be about 50-60grns heavier than a properly spined carbon arrow would be, so they'll be fairly slower.
If memory serves, the Blackhawk Vapor 4000's are a .350" spine, so they'd be fine as well. The Carbon arrows would be more resilient, but other than sacrificing speed, I don't see any reason why his aluminums won't work. Not ideal, but they'll work.
If memory serves, the Blackhawk Vapor 4000's are a .350" spine, so they'd be fine as well. The Carbon arrows would be more resilient, but other than sacrificing speed, I don't see any reason why his aluminums won't work. Not ideal, but they'll work.
10-01-2013, 07:25 AM
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The 2315's should be properly spined for that bow set up (0.340"), assuming he's not leaving them too long, and assuming he's shooting 100grn broadheads (may have an FOC problem however). They'll be about 50-60grns heavier than a properly spined carbon arrow would be, so they'll be fairly slower.
If memory serves, the Blackhawk Vapor 4000's are a .350" spine, so they'd be fine as well. The Carbon arrows would be more resilient, but other than sacrificing speed, I don't see any reason why his aluminums won't work. Not ideal, but they'll work.
If memory serves, the Blackhawk Vapor 4000's are a .350" spine, so they'd be fine as well. The Carbon arrows would be more resilient, but other than sacrificing speed, I don't see any reason why his aluminums won't work. Not ideal, but they'll work.
10-01-2013, 07:28 AM
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If they shoot good, use 'em.
On non drop away arrow rests the larger shaft OD can let you have more fletching setup options. I used to run a fair amount of offset on my helical feathered shafts and always got great BH flight. Yeah it cost me some speed, but I always blew through my deer.
Don't need as much space going from 5" to 4" these days though (ran 4" on modern gear, 5" on recurves, now run 4" on everything).
On non drop away arrow rests the larger shaft OD can let you have more fletching setup options. I used to run a fair amount of offset on my helical feathered shafts and always got great BH flight. Yeah it cost me some speed, but I always blew through my deer.
Don't need as much space going from 5" to 4" these days though (ran 4" on modern gear, 5" on recurves, now run 4" on everything).
