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Title: Arrow weight?
Post by: BUCKY on March 04, 2009, 07:48:00 PM
Just wondering what some of you are shooting and how many grains per pound is it for you.I'm shooting 566 and its 11.5 gpp.
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Post by: WESTBROOK on March 04, 2009, 08:07:00 PM
My hunting arrows are 600g CX150 , 11.3 gpp out of a #53 Shrew. 765g ash, 12.3 gpp out of a #62 Robertson LB.

Eric
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Post by: Jason R. Wesbrock on March 04, 2009, 08:38:00 PM
I usually shoot right around 9 gpp.
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Post by: Broken Arrow 1 on March 04, 2009, 09:11:00 PM
Rite around 10
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Post by: SteveB on March 04, 2009, 09:14:00 PM
53lbs - 425 gr arrow - 8gr/lb
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Post by: Orion on March 04, 2009, 09:17:00 PM
600 to 700 grains -- 12 to 14 gpp out of low to upper 50s# bows.
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Post by: Skinny Little Runt on March 04, 2009, 09:25:00 PM
44#s--510g ACC--145 WW
For the big game 38#s--250gs --ACE %>)
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Post by: katman on March 04, 2009, 09:34:00 PM
11.8
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Post by: smoke1953 on March 04, 2009, 09:53:00 PM
12.8
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Post by: mooseman76 on March 05, 2009, 01:00:00 AM
WESTBROOK, could you describe how you are getting 600grains with a 150?  Sounds like something that would work great for me...Mike
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Post by: Col on March 05, 2009, 01:18:00 AM
Shot in the dark, but XX75-2317 sounds about right for aluminum.  Would need inserts for carbon.  Haven't played with wood in a while to be able to judge, but there used to be these shafts of 'forged wood' available that would probably make the 600+ mark easy enough.
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Post by: R H Clark on March 05, 2009, 01:50:00 AM
8.2  gpp 430 grains from 52 lbs at 29" 198 fps.
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Post by: DanDaMan on March 05, 2009, 08:00:00 AM
630gr puts me around 11gpp
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Post by: buckeye_hunter on March 05, 2009, 08:04:00 AM
Not sure, but I would love to buy a grain scale someday to find out just what my arrows weigh.

-Charlie
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Post by: wingnut on March 05, 2009, 08:05:00 AM
between 10 and 12 gpp for me.

Mike
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Post by: Guru on March 05, 2009, 08:58:00 AM
anywhere from 9-10gpp
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Post by: Curveman on March 05, 2009, 12:29:00 PM
9. Thought of adding fishing line or what not to make it 10 or 11 but I just remain unconvinced its being a 9 or 10 gpp will make a difference in a kill/not kill.
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Post by: TradOnly on March 05, 2009, 01:18:00 PM
Around 10 gpp
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Post by: Dartwick on March 05, 2009, 01:22:00 PM
I wouldnt worry too much about what weight in its own right beyond getting the bow to shoot quiet.(Although if you shouldnt be going under 9 gpp unless you really understand what your doing in which case you probably wont go that low)

I would be more concerned with
-tuning
-getting arrows that dont break
-getting a high FOC(which ties into tuning)
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Post by: bentpole on March 05, 2009, 04:06:00 PM
George, I have to give you one of my Sitka Spruces to check out.   :saywhat:   The grain scale is at work correct?   :thumbsup:
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Post by: josef2424 on March 05, 2009, 04:11:00 PM
50# bear montana @28in, I currently shoot a  CE 150 with about 180 on the end, but I am going to beef it up to around 600g before next season.
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Post by: DesertDude on March 05, 2009, 04:12:00 PM
8-11gpp
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Post by: ishoot4thrills on March 05, 2009, 04:26:00 PM
Currently: 487 Gr., 55# so that's 8.85 gpp.
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Post by: ozy clint on March 05, 2009, 04:48:00 PM
54# 610gr for 11.3gr/#
69# 790gr for 11.45gr/#
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Post by: O.L. Adcock on March 05, 2009, 05:55:00 PM
1.5 to 14! Depending on what I'm doing  :) ...O.L.
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Post by: hawgslayer on March 05, 2009, 06:05:00 PM
:campfire:  

My arrows weigh 515 grains. I could be wrong but I think the EASTON XX75 Gamegetter 500's are 10.6 gpi.( The 500's are the same as 2016's)
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Post by: James Wrenn on March 05, 2009, 07:21:00 PM
Any where between 8 and 12 for hunting depending on bow and what broadheads I want to use.I am not too concerned about where in that range they fall as long as the bow shoots them pretty quiet.
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Post by: daveycrockett on March 05, 2009, 07:39:00 PM
Just finished tuning a new to me MOAB. When I finished I came in to weigh the arrow. I'm pulling 57lbs. and oddly enuff it weighs 577. So 10 grains per pound.
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Post by: tj69 on March 09, 2009, 05:55:00 PM
9 to 10 works very well for me.
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Post by: La. bowhunter on March 09, 2009, 08:04:00 PM
CX Heritage 350 31 in.long with 50 grain insert 150 grain BH and footed with 2 inches of 2212 aluminum 640 grains total and 11.4 GPP for me.
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Post by: Boone the Hunter on March 09, 2009, 08:18:00 PM
i'm always changing everything but currently i'm around 12.6gpp, that's working pretty good