According to Gold Tip's website, my 7595's in Hardwoods HD weigh 10.2 grains per inch. Mine are cut to 28". I currently have a standard insert (11.4 grains), 125 grain points, 5" Onestringer wraps with double-dogs, three blazer vanes and a standard nock (11.5 grains). Using the Gold Tip website, my arrows should weigh right at 450 grains. Today I took two arrows in and had them weighed. One was my current set up and the other is along the lines of what I was looking for, which was with a 50 grain weight added behind the insert for a total of close to 500 grains. Here's where I'm stumped. My current arrows weighed 475 grains and the one with the weight weighed 525 grains. Does anyone out there have any idea where the extra 50 grains in both arrows is coming from? Is there any chance that the old 7595's in Hardwoods HD weighed more than thier current ones? Any ideas from anyone more familiar with Gold Tip than I am? On a side note, you should have seen the look on the face of the owner who preaches light arrows and speed when he saw 525 grains come up on his scale. :d
I don't come up with 475 but I come up closer than you did... Shaft - 10.2 x 28 = 285.6 Insert - 11.4 Tip - 125 Wrap w/double dog - 12 3 blazers - 7 x 3 = 21 Nock - 11.5 Total - 466.5 I got the wrap and blazer weights from when I weighed mine here at the house. There could also be a calibration issue with the shop scale.
3 blazers at 6 grains each for 18 and however much the wraps weigh, maybe 12 grains, maybe more, gives you 30 and you would likely have to weigh the bare shafts to make sure they weigh what they should weigh.
Sure is. Sometimes when you're perplexed it's easy to overlook an obvious possibility. Thanks for the pointer GABowhunter. Maybe I should invest in a good scale myself. I spend enough money on this obsession.
Do the wraps affect flight at all? In other words if I were to use wraps would I have to add weight to the front of the arrow to balance it?
Not one bit. Well, let me clarify... not a noticeable difference that you'll be able to discern a difference in POI (point of impact), in my opinion. PM answered LC.
