I am in the market for a new bow of less draw weight.
Right now i am shooting full-length 400spine off of the shelf with a draw weight of 55#.
I LOVE my arrows!!! but are they going to be to stiff when i get my dream 48#?
Has anyone went down in weight and had major arrow troubles?  Even with a jump like 55#-#48?

I bet the arrows will still shoot decent.  You could bump up point weight a bit to compensate for the weight loss. 500's are probably the correct shaft but shooting full length I think u will be fine.

you could also try a little more centershot riser, depending on what you have now. But I think turkeyfootgirl hit it on the head ... more point weight will afjust your spine. Probably dont need more than 25 grains or so ... GT brass threaded insert weights are pretty easy to use to tune/adjust spine without buying all new fieldpoints and broadheads.

All other things being equal, stiff, if your current arrows are properly tuned to your 55# bow.

I'm not sure what you mean BWD.

A lot depends on the centercut, and the person shooting the bow.
I shoot .400 deflection arrows, full length at 50#'s and they fly well for me. I shoot as little as 530 grains of total arrow weight.

If you love the performance of your current arrows in your current bow, I doubt that you will love the performance of those same arrows with a heavier point weight in a lighter bow. You have two factors that will mean reduced arrow velocity: lower bow draw weight and higher arrow mass weight.

What you would probably love are arrows that are matched to your new bow, which will probably be arrows with a lower spine and lower overall mass weight.

Depends on how deep the shelf cut out is and the bow you are shooting. There are bows out there that have draw weights at 48# and shoot like a 55#

This bow is a good example... I've got the shelf cut past center 3/16" on this bow, I've got the strike padded out clear back to center and still can't get 150's to come back to center.  it's a 47@30" weight that loves 400's.

QuoteOriginally posted by m.wiw:
I'm not sure what you mean BWD.

I mean center cut, efficiency, etc.

You could get yourself a skinny string like the SBD ultra 6-strand and soup up that 48 pound bow to the point that those 400 spine shafts will be fine. When I switched to the SBD ultra I had to go up in spine.

QuoteOriginally posted by Kirkll:
Depends on how deep the shelf cut out is and the bow you are shooting. There are bows out there that have draw weights at 48# and shoot like a 55#

This bow is a good example... I've got the shelf cut past center 3/16" on this bow, I've got the strike padded out clear back to center and still can't get 150's to come back to center.  it's a 47@30" weight that loves 400's.

 

 

Sweet but you ruined a perfectly good arrow.  :D