I just bought one off of e-bay for 39.00 and it should be here any day now .If you use different arrow's quite often then it's probably a good thing to have around .

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I use my scale i have for reloading that i weight my bullets and powder on... It weighs in grains, grams etc...

Same here, I use my RCBS scale that I use for reloading.

It would probably be best if you went to your local pro shop or bought a scale. When I shot alum. arrows I never even thought about the weight. When I switched to carbons I wanted to know, so I tried the "adding up the grains per inch and all of the other components method". I found that it was close but not very accurate.

With the help of others on this board I calculated my arrow weight to be close to 570grn. (33in arrow at 12.7 per inch 100grn broadhead, insert, (3) 4in vanes, knoc, glue etc...) When I went to my local pro shop and put them on their scale they were 553grn.

Like I said if you want to be in the ball park you can try to add it up but if you want it to be accurate put them on a scale.

I use a RCBS beam scale,,it's in grains,,but you can calculate to ounce.

I don't weigh my arrows, because the information has limited use. It can come in handy if you plan to push the envelope when shooting light arrows that may be too light. I don't. It may also have some use for target shooters who want to print out sight tapes. Once again, I don't. Typically, using manufacturer provided weights, gets you close enough. In my opinion, it's very important to get that weight towards the front of the arrow, but to do that, you don't have to know the actual weight.

I use to weigh my arrow shafts before building them, but found that I couldn't detect a difference in flight from ones that were only a 5-10 grains difference in weight. Someone shooting at great distances would probably benefit a lot more from this. I also found that some broadheads and even some field tips varied far more than the shafts would.

If you do want to weight them, reloading scales work fine. 1 gram = 15.43 grains.

Here are a couple of links that might be helpful to you. The first is Jackson's web sight. Go to the arrow weight and FOC tool to calculate your arrow weight and FOC. I have found them to be very close.

[link]http://www.bowjackson.com[/link]

Next is a link to a source for some handy digital scales for weighing arrows and components. Check out the U.S. Bowhunter /US 100 model. It weighs in grains, grams,ounces and troy weight (drams) i believe. I think I gave about $40.00 for mine shipped

[link]http://www.perfectscales.com[/link]

LMAO

I use the Dura scales they read in Grains or grams
that way if you are a dope dealer who is into archery you have it covered on both ends LOL