Finally got it right. Full length 5575 with a dtandard insert and 50 grain weight screwed into back of insert and a 145 grain tip shoots like darts out of my Super K which is 51@30 and my Kodiak Hunter whIich is 46@30. Stus calculator says I am about 4 pounds spine off one high one low but boy it shoots good out of both of these bows. I love it.
Great! Keep it up!!
I'm not quite there but I'm tinkering and learning in the process.
I use 35/55 Gold Tips full length with a 100 grain brass insert and 175 Grain tip out of my Longbows that range from 51 lbs@28" to 59 Lbs @28" and get great flight out of these arrows using 5 Inch Feathers.
I uually just shoot AD Trad Lites or Hammerheads for practice, but I shoot Gold Tips for my huntin' arrows. Just seems like I can get them to fly the best.
I shoot the 35/55s and the 75/95s, no problems. I never could get the 55/75s to shoot right for me though, don't make sense to me..... :dunno:
3555 with the poor boy weight system--weed eater string works for me. Quiet, fast and deadly.
Burn the string at each end to make a huge ball after you have shoved as much in as you can so it will not move or make noise.
Billy
Now shooting 3355 Vapors with 3gpi weight tubes, 50 grain weight and 145 grain broadhead. Arrow is 29" and 500 grains. Best flight I've seen. Stu's Calc doesn't match, but at this point, I don't care.
I'm shooting Gold Tip Trad 35/55's & this is how I have em set up to shoot great out of my 2 bows.
47# w/ Cap & crest:
Full length
1.5" 2117 footer = 19gr.
Standard insert w/ 10gr. extra added = 21gr.
125gr. Gold Tip points or Wenzel Woodsmans.
5" feathers.
Total arrow weight is 459gr.
49# can also be shot from the 47#:
Full length
1" 2117 footer = 12gr.
Standard insert w/ 10gr. extra added = 21gr.
125gr. Gold Tip points or Wenzel Woodsmans.
5" feathers.
Total arrow weight is 446gr.
I'm getting great flight out of my 55lb Palmer with
For Hunting
55/75 cut to 28"
50gr Brass inserts
200grs point or muzzy phantom
For 3D and Stump Shooting
35/55 cut to 28"
50gr Brass inserts
125gr field point
Most of my bows are in the 52lb range. I have had great success with 29" 55/75's with 250 grains up front. I have used 3x 5 1/2" and 5" fletch with good flite. My latest experiment has been with 4x 3" fletch and the results have been fantastic. The small four fletch seems to dampen the arrow faster and to my eye, seem to be a tad flatter in trajectory. The best part is I have shot Zwickey Delta,Bear Razor head, and woodsmens with the same results. This my be my set up for the up and coming season.
My GT 5575's (four-fletch 4" @ 90°, 52# @ 30") are flying great way sooner than I expected (new limbs and new arrows Friday). But I started with aluminum footing at full length (32.5") and shooting a bare shaft with a 145 gr field pt., found they were cockeyed way to the left. Cutting them down 1/2" at a time and stepping down to 125 gr. all weekend, I lost the footing, of course, and now have just about 3/4" out from the riser at full draw. They still bare shafted left, but not as bad and when I fletched them they were lasers. Maxed out in length. 3/4" is a just a little too close for me. So that's telling me to step up in spine to the 7595s and then add weight forward. I think I'd like to shoot a heavier broadhead than a 125 gr. anyhow. So I'm going to order a half doz 7595s today just to see.
idk if my arrow sounds right for my bow but it seems to be the best i have used so far and is the weight i want.
bow: 66" hybrid about 43# at my DL.
arrow: CX 90's full length, standard insert with 250gr tips and 3 left helical 5" shield cut feathers. stus spine cart says under spined but the bare shafts and fletched are shooting so good
Very similar to mine- and I get bare-shaft absolutely dead on to 30 yards.
SA2 Black widow. 55# at 31". GT 5575. 240 gr total up front.
Good hunting
Dan