Ok, I just got this bow for free, its as cld as dirt. I am ok with that. But It came with 100 Gr. borad points and feild tips. As I am looking about this site I am noticing that the weights most of yall are shooting are in the 350- 500 Gr. area. Is 100 Gr. to light for a 60# draw? Can this cause problems and what sort? If that is the case? What weight would be more appropriate? Thanks agian in advance.
John, That's the weight of JUST the point, the arrow weight about 2-4X what the points weigh. So you're much more likely shooting 400gr or so rather than 100gr.
"Could" be fine (100gr.). What arrows are you shooting? The spine of your arrow; DW (already cited); arrow length; what's on your string.....ALL dictate what tip weight you'll need. We need more information to get you "close". Once there (close), you'll need to do fine-tuning on your own (and these guys can certainly lead you in that exercise, too).
It's also dependent upon what you want to do with it. Shooting a 60# draw and 350 grain arrow at deer is fine but not so good for mountain goats... that's why I'm shooting a 580 grain arrow (355 grain arrow + 100 grain insert + 125 grain head) at 70# draw. I believe you said that you're at a 28" draw length (27" arrow length?) and 60# draw weight. With a 100 grain tip you'd want to be shooting broadheads with about a .400" deflection spined shaft (you could go a little weaker/lighter with just field tips and get away with it but you want to err on the stiff side for broadheads rather than the weak side). Now you just need to find out what the deflection rating is on those Wolverine arrows. If your arrows turn out to be a little too stiff you can make them react weaker by adding more point weight (stepping up to 125 grain) or adding more poundage to your bow. The inverse is also true.
Well, my arrows are Wolverine 5060. They are about 28". I have no clue what "Spine" refers to. My string has two Koosh ball type objects attached as well as a rubber tube that is attached in the same opening in the string for the peep site and is tied off to one of the cables. No clue on deflection and cant find these arrows on the net anywhere. They do have three 4" fletches. How would I determine if the arrows are to stiff in order to alter the set up as you have indicated? Any source on deflection rates of arrows?
Well...you won't like the answer. But, you could strip the fletchings off and find out (bare shaft tuning). This is, of course, assuming your center shot is set correctly. Fun, huh?
