I'm shooting a Bama Hunter longbow #53 @ 28".. I pull it to about 27" so I'm drawing around #50.

Which arrow seems better?

1) Full length 2016's with a 100 Grains up front= 481 Grns
2) 2016's cut the around 27.5 w/ 225 Grains up front= 559 Grns

Both work out in spine calculators. Been shooting the full length ones, but would like the extra weight.

Stick with what works now.

If it flies straight and you can hit the mark hunt with it. Keeping it simple still works!

what Pearl Drums said.... But for Me I like a heavy arrow.

PSE KingFisher recurve 50@28 arrows = 700 grn total weight 30"BOP

I like to shoot the heaviest arrow I can get to fly reasonably flat off of my bow out to 20 yards.

Arrow Nr. 2, more FOC

If it's not broken, don't fix it.

i killed this one last week...48 @ 27 CariBow. GT3555's that weigh 480grains thereabouts.
Shoot the one that you shoot the best.  480 grains works for me for deer and hogs.

Depends on whats important to you. I like 160 snuffers to hunt with so I find whatever arrow setup that works for each bow.......everything else is what it is.

Like everyone else says, both will work.  Just which one works best for you.

The additional 80 grains wont change much in terms of energy anyhow. Add a 180 and ya' got something cooking!

Dwill, I have a fairly short draw like you. I only pull 27 inches. In all my longbows of 50-60 pounds I only shoot one arrow. That is a carbon Beman ICS Bowhunter shaft cut to 28.5" and topped with a 125gr field point or 125gr broadhead. I use no extra point weight and utilize the stock aluminum insert of 20 grains. All up point weight of 145gr.

Fletched with 3, five-inch feathers this arrow weights 383 grains. And it flies like no other combo I've ever shot and I've been doing this for 40 years.

I honestly feel archers ruin the best feature of the carbon shaft by front-loading the point in an attempt to reach some magic total weight number or FOC formulated balance point.

Remember, this is a new trend and it was unknown only a few years ago. We all killed our deer nicely before without crazy weight forward.

I say this because I believe tip weight over 150 grains on a carbon arrow is a huge error if great flight is what you are after.

I'm virtually alone in this belief, but come of it by years of target testing indoors at competitive shoots where the score is kept. This is the only way to really tell if a systems change is any good. I don't put stock in anecdotal evidence based on one hunter's lucky shot.

All of which to say I hope you try a light carbon with modest point weight along with any other combo others will recommend.

Jack

PS. I've killed many deer in the last 15 years with arrows under 400 grains. One of the Wensel brothers has written on this same subject and he agrees with me. He now only uses light carbon shafts with light broadheads when hunting deer.

That answers some questions I had, thanks Carbon Jack.

I already have the BH adapters on the way, I ordered them before I got the arrows. I had originally planned to shoot Arrow #2, but just threw together Arrow #1 just so I could shoot and well it shot great. So I began contemplating.