Pse poundage setting?

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    OK so I just bought a 60# PSE Brute Force. I did some research and could not find out for sure, but will I be able to turn the bow up to 70#s in the future if I wanted to? Thanks!
     
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    If it's rated for 60# you will need to get 70# limbs to go to 70. Chances are you can shoot from 50-60# currently.
     
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    Oh ok that's kinda a bummer but oh well I'm fine with 60#
     
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    That's plenty sufficient for whitetail and mule deer.
     
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    You want to be shooting a heavy arrow. 400-500 grains. The heavier the better. You'll get better penetration that way. I'd stick with a fixed blade broad head, but depending on your draw length, arrow length, etc you might be ok. I only have a 26" draw so I get robbed of a lot of speed so I shoot a heavy arrow. 455-460 grains.
     
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    Thanks! Yeah I will be shooting 400gpi full Metal jackets.
     
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    You'll probably want to weight your arrows. Even if you don't have a scale you can do the calculations. The GPI of FMJ's are gonna be somewhere around 10.2. Depending on your arrow length your shaft alone may weight 400 grains, but GPI is "Grains Per Inch."
     
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    Oh oops I knew that. I do have a little digital scale I will use onceiling have arrows built. Thanks for all your input!
     

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