Choosing the best arrow.

[JamesK.]

I recently bought a Hoyt Carbon Matrix. Absolutely love it. I'm shooting Easton Arrows now, 300 spine 10.0 gpi. They are weighing right at 448 grains and flying at 280 fps. I'm pondering the idea of stepping down to a little lighter arrow to gain fps but not sure of it is worth giving up the kinetic part of the equation. Any thoughts or opinions?

[h20hunter]

Tagging.......haven't decided on arrows for my soon to be new to me Spyder.

[WAbowhntr]

I shoot the same bow with same spine and weight arrow at 280 ft/sec also-no way I'd switch it up to gain speed. I'd rather hit 'em with a boulder than a pebble. This is assuming this is your hunting rig-if you're using it for target/3D then you may very well benefit from more speed.

Also consider how much speed you'd be gaining: if you're shooting 70 lbs you need to have an arrow that weighs 420 grains. Going from 448 down to 420 would result in a net gain of approximately 8 ft/sec-not much difference at all in speed-then again not much difference in KE.

Will follow thread to read other folks' opinions.

[vandeman17]

Tag. I am going to be upgrading my arrows and broadheads this year and getting my draw length shortened.

[mtbiker]

Need to know your draw weight, draw length, and point weight.  Also, what arrows are you considering switching to?

[JLS]

The speed difference will be negligible, don't use this as a motivation to get new arrows.  Unless of course, you just want to

I am shooting Carbon Tech Whitetail 6580 shafts and like them.  They are 9.5 gpi.

[HUNTINCOUPLE]

If that was my set up? I woudnt change a thing!

[JPhelps]

It also seems easier to get broadheads to fly good with a 270-280 setup rather than a 300+ setup.

[Fullabull]

You are already shooting faster the most other setups out there, why look for more speed and give up KE. What poundage are you shooting? I would guess close to 70 to get that speed. Why are you looking to change, it can't just be to gain speed?

[hunt4]

If that was my set up? I woudnt change a thing!

 

[JamesK.]

I'm shooting 70lbs, 29 inch draw with a 100 grain tip. I'm perfectly content with how the bow shoots. I need to get more arrows and figured now would be the time to change anything if I was going to. A friend of mine is all about speed and was telling me I should change things a bit, wanted some more opinions. Thanks for all the input guys!

[throttlejocky20]

I'm shooting 70lbs, 29 inch draw with a 100 grain tip. I'm perfectly content with how the bow shoots. I need to get more arrows and figured now would be the time to change anything if I was going to. A friend of mine is all about speed and was telling me I should change things a bit, wanted some more opinions. Thanks for all the input guys!

The faster your bow the faster you miss! Alot of people are about speed and i always question why. If your bow is shooting over 300 you had better have perfect form and release on every arrow. You can kill anything you shoot at with a bow that shoot 200 just as easy as a bow that shoots 300 if you hit them right. I shoot 274 and i have no desire to speed that up!

[JamesK.]

I'm shooting 70lbs, 29 inch draw with a 100 grain tip. I'm perfectly content with how the bow shoots. I need to get more arrows and figured now would be the time to change anything if I was going to. A friend of mine is all about speed and was telling me I should change things a bit, wanted some more opinions. Thanks for all the input guys!

The faster your bow the faster you miss! Alot of people are about speed and i always question why. If your bow is shooting over 300 you had better have perfect form and release on every arrow. You can kill anything you shoot at with a bow that shoot 200 just as easy as a bow that shoots 300 if you hit them right. I shoot 274 and i have no desire to speed that up!
 

Very True!!!!

[WAbowhntr]

It also seems easier to get broadheads to fly good with a 270-280 setup rather than a 300+ setup.

 

[mtbiker]

I certainly do not advise everyone to go out and buy a speed bow or make their current setup faster.  As mentioned there are few issues to deal with when shooting a fast bow, but I do shoot one for a couple of reasons.  I want a relatively flat trajectory for two reasons:  1)  I shoot a single pin mover and want the ability to shoot out to 40'ish yards w/o having to move the sight head.  2) Speed does help in 3-D shoots when one's distance judgment is off.  Also, the same principle applies to hunting.