RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

Bigpapa,

You don't have to answer the posts. Just because someone doesn't like them or doesn't want to try them doesn't mean it's a personal attack against you. I have never tried whittling my own arrows either but I can tell you that I have no interest in doing so. Just like I have no interest in shooting and arrow that weighs 265 grains. It doesn't make any difference who made the arrow, I wouldn't shoot anything that light especially not for hunting. That's just my personal prefrence. I think it's a bad decision for people to shoot arrows that light. I like light arrows but to me thats way to light. When people are making negative comments I believe they are centered more around the concept of shooting such light arrows than about the arrows themselves. You mentioned that you were shooting a 265 gr. arrow at 335 fps, by my figures that comes out to around 66 foot pounds of KE. I am shooting a 444 gr. arrow at 287 fps and if you do the calculations on that, I believe that you will find that you arrow would only arrive at a target that is 20 yards away, only fractions of a second before mine would. However, mine would be arriving with 81 foot pounds of KE. That is roughly 19% more energy delivered to the arrow and through the animal. I am not trying to change your mind or bash the arrows but rather to explaing why some, myself included, "bash" the idea of shooting such light arrows and are therefore uninterested in shooting any arrow that is that light. JMO

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

Add one part speed pro arrow with one part heavy broadhead. What you have is a recipe for a explosion in your hand.

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

Why?

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

It is..his link goes to an outside website, so why did you bring it up here?:eek:

I don't know where you are from, but if you were anywhere near NYC like I was during this period of time...you'd never even have mentioned that..Kinda hits a sore spot with me when nearly 400 people who worked for the same company as I did (at the time) lost their lives. I suspect you didn't have to deal with the mass hysteria, trauma, and sheer terror of watching on TV or hearing about your loves ones, family and/or friends on a radio as they were dying that day.

Damn straight....YOU brought it up...and you shouldn't have... Like Pat said, you can agree or disagree all you want ..but you really should have kept your mouth shut about it here...unless your are intentionally trolling for flames.

Remind me to put you on my ignore list.

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

And sorry 'bout the thread hijack BPS & RB...This is a very sore subject with me.

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

papa do I get any kind of discount?
LOL - I'm not too used to paying for stuff anymore!


:-)

RE: New use for Speed Pro arrows?
 

sorry old friend but I have to buy them too[:o]

OK Guys
Here is what I can tell you about what I have found as far as how durable the shafts are.
my range is 20 yards and during setting up my bow I have sometimes missed the target and have drove the speed pros yhru a 1" thick piece of ply wood and cringing at the thought what I may find aftre pulling the arrows back out of the ply wood dead stop wall to my suprise I have had no dammage to any shafts that have been driven into ply 1" thick ply wood
however during doing some broad head and penetration testing of the shafts I was using a dense piece of plastic foam target material at the ply wood box I use to set my butts up on. what happened, as the arrow impacted the target it moved back and caused the arrow to slam hard into the ply wood box which broke the arrow in half. the arrow did not splinter but had a clean break at the point of where it slammed into the ply wood box I did the same thing with a ACC and a Gold tip 75 95 the acc was ruined as was the GT but the difference is that the gt splintered and the acc was still in one piece but the carbon around the aluminum core was also splintered.
if you shoot a bad shot and ricochet the arrow off the side of a tree the arrow will be ruined just as any other carbon or aluminum arrow will be

to make a rebuttal about using heavy grain heads on the speed pros being dangerous is just another un educated opinion because the speed pro max shafts have a stiffer spine deflect than a GT 55-75
and the ss shafts have a little stiffer spine than the 75-95 shafts,
I have used 100 grain Points on the speed pro premiums and they do fly very well kind of defeats the purpose of using a light weight arrow to begin with;).

the total grain weight from arrow to arrow is very consistant in fact the only thing I have found more consistant is aluminums and ACC arrows.
You will not find a more consistant shaft than aluminums or acc in streightness or weight but we all know that they dont stay strait for very long
and put an aluminum or a acc thru a piece of 1" ply wood and see what happens, you will either be cutting them down for your kids to shoot or using them for expensive tomato stakes.

I know Speed pro shafts are not for every one in fact I do not even recommend people using them unless you shoot 60 pounds or less because most bow manufacturers only warrants 5 grain per pound and some suggest at least 6 GPP. however if you shoot a newberry B1, LB1, SB1 or one of the High Country TSS,TSSR, Perf-X carbon or aluminum Max-Xtreme Carbon or aluminum, PL28 Mag or any of the other carbon riser bows I highly Recommend using the speed Pros because they are one of the elements which makes up the total shooting system.

I am very anal about achieving perfect arrow flight and If these arrows did not preform to my expectations I certanly would not be using them
nor would I endorce them if I felt that they were inferior or dangerous to the user.

The speed pro shafts are just one model shaft that are offered by Carbon Revolution.
there is also the Econo hunters , Xtreme Impact, Laser pro, trophy hunter
ultra hunter and premier selects.
all of the above shafts are avalable in 100 35-55 6.9GPI, 200 45-65 7.9 GPI, 30055-75 8.9 GPI, and 400 75-95 9.9 GPI
and the econos being +/+ 007 and the premiers being .001