How much weight up front?

[buckeyebowhunter]

How much weight do you prefer to shoot up front? By this I mean field point or broadhead plus heavier inserts and such.. If I don't have the exact amount you shoot please make the choice closest to your weight. If you have time tell me a little bit about your set up, arrow weight etc.

[Biathlonman]

Off a 54# Toelke Pika I draw 28" I'm currently really liking a 29", Gold Tip traditional .400 with 300 grain plus aluminum insert up front.  Same bow is also tuned with 29" Easton 2020 Legacy with a glue in/on adapter and 160 grain point, and a 80-85, tapered 23/64 POC with 190 grain point.  The Gold Tip combo just seems the most forgiving in all conditions.

[carbonflyr]

190 gr. cutthroat glue on
150 gr. stainless adapter
200 gr. brass insert (2 100 gr. locked together with a short pc. of threaded rod)
total weight 540 gr.
total arrow weight 810 gr.

[YosemiteSam]

However much I need to bend the arrow to get it flying straight.

Woodies 125 gr.
Carbons - 250 gr.

[nek4me]

Keeping simple for now. 145gr field tips, old Razorheads and Judos with adapters on 28.5" 2016s at around 500gr for a 56" Chekmate Attila 53# @ 28 drawing 26". Field tips shot bullet holes paper testing.

[Friend]

Prefer 300 gns up front minimum.

Merely, my preference based on observed results in the field.

[Orion]

Probably could have added a few more categories to accommodate carbon arrows.  I'm in the 250 plus with carbons, usually around 350 up front.  Usually go with a 135-160 grain point with woodies.

[crazynate]

I use 250 up front with my carbons.

[tomsm44]

I voted 250+.  I shoot 250 gr heads with standard inserts, so I'm at around 265-275 gr total up front.

[katman]

200-250 point with carbons depending on bow, 550-600gr total 50-52#. I have one uefoc with 375 made up about 700gr.

[K.S.TRAPPER]

All wood and shoot 200g big two blades out of my longbows for many years. Almost always complete passthru shots, I shoot 56-58lbs.

Tracy

I let tuning tell me the exact weight I need up front. That being said, I try to start with a shaft that will let me  end up with 200-250gr total up front on my final tuned arrow.

Current setup is Easton Axis Full Metal Jacket, .400 spine, 31.5". 75gr brass insert, 150gr field point/broadhead.

Total arrow weight is 560gr, being shot from bows 48-50#.

Bisch

[last arrow]

I concur with Bisch, my set up is nearly identical. My two main bows are both 47 lbs at my draw length

[dbd870]

I'm running about 210gr up front.

[Josh H]

I've got 265 gr. up front.

.340 spine Beman Centershot Traditional full length.
75 gr brass insert
190 gr. Simmons Tree Shark

613 gr out of a Dan Quillian Recurve--55#

11.15 gpp

[Fletcher]

Shooting woods limits us to available heavy heads and a practical total arrow weight.  Most of my arrows carry 200-235 gr.

[LB_hntr]

Originally posted by carbonflyr:
190 gr. cutthroat glue on
150 gr. stainless adapter
200 gr. brass insert (2 100 gr. locked together with a short pc. of threaded rod)
total weight 540 gr.
total arrow weight 810 gr.

Very nice!!!!!! That has to be an amazing arrow set up!

[Bvas]

200gr + standard insert on aluminums.  
So probably about 215-225.

[imbowhunt10]

50# bows with Douglas Fir arrows, 175 gr. up front, total arrow weight 550-555 gr.

50# bows with arrow dynamic traditional lite arrows, 200 gr. up front including insert, total arrow weight 545-555 gr.

[30coupe]

Having recently dropped my bow weight to 45# means I had to choose the 175-200 grain group, which keeps me at 10 grains per pound of draw. I've used up to 12 grains per pound of draw to increase FOC, but to be honest, the biggest thing I shoot is whitetail deer, so going over 10 gpp simply means burying the head a little further in the ground on the other side of the deer.

Since I'm getting too damn old to climb mountains and couldn't afford it anyway, I don't concern myself with whether I could shoot through an elk, moose or grizzly bear, so I just make sure my arrows are tuned to the bow, my broadheads are scary sharp, and pick a spot.