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Ideal grains per pound???

Started by Bullfrog 1, June 08, 2012, 09:12:00 PM

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Mike Vines

All mine are between 12.5 - 13 gpp.
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sweeney3

As heavy as I can get and not have to perform mortar gunnary to hit.
Silence is golden.

SaltyDawg

The absolute best arrow weight to bow draw weight I have ever used was 6.3020833 gpp, but that was on a 96# bow, so maybe it don't count.

Rick
Rick Barbee

FarmerMarley

Right now I am shooting 12.65 and that seems to be working great for me. I like some weight in my arrows. Where my local club shoots 3D it is always windy and I love to see how my heavy arrows are far less affected by the wind then my friends'!

kat

10-12. 12 for hunting and closer to 10 for targets.
Ken Thornhill

Hoyt

Most of my setups are around 10 to 12.

JimB


RUTANDSTRUT

i shoot 8-9 for 3d and competition
i shoot 10-13 for hunting.  i tend to lean more toward the 12 or 13 for hunting.  i never complained about too much penetration!

elkbreath

Same with everyone. 9-13 wherever they land when shooting straight.   The 9.5  one is an 83# bow, sort of an anomaly
77# @ 29.5 r/d longbow homer
80# @ 29.5 GN super Ghost

Elk whisperer

The older I get the better I was

frassettor

"Everything's fine,just fine". Dad

Burnsie

I probably ought to go figure that out, be back in awhile.
"You can't get into a bar fight if you don't go to the bar" (Grandma was pretty wise)

Coiloil37

So most of you guys are running 10-11 GPP. Does that have anything to do with the poundage of the bow and the overall arrow weight? I'm shooting three bows all at 30" I've got 65, 75, 85 lbs. So if I'm at 10 GPP my arrows would be significantly heavier then most who've responded to this thread. I've got a set of 800 grain surewoods that I'm shooting and to be honest I'm sure I'm giving up trajectory over something like a 600-650 grain arrow. And I'm pretty much positive a 600 grain arrow is heavy enough for north American game. Opinions?

Dan Adair

My 3D setup is about 11 GPP, my hunting setup is about 9 GPP.

Ironic, I know.

Coil, I've never found a critter in Montana that a 550 grain arrow wasn't enough.

Tony Sanders


straight_arrow

Depends on the bow...11 for my Wapiti, 12 for my Silver Tip.
"They're all trophies"

Jason R. Wesbrock

My primary hunting setup is a touch under 9 gpp.

awbowman

Don't know what the ideal is, but my current setup is 12.3 gpp.  I like it.
62" Super D, 47#s @ 25-1/2"
58" TS Mag, 53#s @ 26"
56" Bighorn, 46#s @ 26.5"

Lonala

Grizzly Stik Qarbon Nano QN2 53#@28 64"
Wesley Speacial 64" 58@27
Vixen 66"55#@28


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