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Title: carbon point weight
Post by: BUCKY on March 08, 2008, 10:46:00 AM
What are some of you shooting up front on your carbons? Give me point weight,adapter and insert total. Thanks.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: La. bowhunter on March 08, 2008, 11:38:00 AM
I am shooting a CX heritage 350 with a 100 grain brass insert and a 150 grain Magnus stinger for a total of 250 up front.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: duck'n on March 08, 2008, 12:08:00 PM
I am working on a heavier arrow right now.  It is a CE Heritage 250 with 360 up front (100 gr brass insert, 100 grain steel broadhead adapter, and 160 grain STOS/Zwickey/Grizzley).  My bow is a R/D longbow shooting approximately 55# at my 27" draw length.  I just started bare shafting and it is showing slightly weak at full length so I don't know exactly what it will weigh when I am done trimming it down but I am shooting for 650-700 grains total arrow weight.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: Russ Clagett on March 08, 2008, 12:18:00 PM
I shoot 5575 arrows with a 100 grain brass insert, and a 100 grain broadhead adapter, and a 125 broadhead. Total up front is 325 or so. My bow is a 55 pound black swan impala. This setup shoots hard and is still fast.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: BUCKY on March 08, 2008, 12:31:00 PM
I'm shooting 305 up front now on my aluminums. I might switch to carbons but to get the same arrow weight I might need 335 to 385 up front. Is this crazy ?
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: fatman on March 08, 2008, 12:53:00 PM
Just worked up some CX250's...29", 100 grain brass adapter and 125 head.  595gr total weight, and JUST in the Extreme FOC range at 19.2%
Shooting these from a 55# hybrid LB, they fly much flatter than the 650gr cedars
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: Chris Surtees on March 08, 2008, 01:07:00 PM
AD Trad Lites with 75 and 100 grain brass inserts, and 125 and 150 grain screw-in broaheads. 225 up front works best for me.

If you are by chance looking for around 300+ up front check out the 300 grain broadheads on Bob Morrison's website.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on March 08, 2008, 01:29:00 PM
I use 125-grain points with standard inserts/adapters -- RPS adapters for screw-in field points, Flightmate adapters for broadheads.

I suppose that would put the total point/adapter/insert weight total at around 145 grains.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: fyrfyter43 on March 08, 2008, 02:46:00 PM
Bucky, Tom convinced me to try some GTs out of my Turkey Creek. A full-length (30") 3555 with 300 grains up front weighs in at 580 grains. And they fly like darts.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: BUCKY on March 09, 2008, 08:15:00 AM
Anybody else?
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: Featherbuster on March 09, 2008, 08:20:00 AM
Easton Axis 340's with 100 grain brass insert, 125 grain steel adapter and 125 WW.  that puts me at 350 gr up front
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: The Whittler on March 09, 2008, 09:07:00 AM
Beman 500 with 100gr insert, with a 175gr point = about 520gr.
Title: Re: carbon point weight
Post by: Shawn Leonard on March 09, 2008, 09:47:00 AM
Jason should say he also has a gorilla draw!!  :bigsmyl:  I am shooting Heritage 150's cut to 29.5"s out of a 54#@28.5" Arroyo with 50 grain brass insert and 125 grain heads. Shawn