I am seriously considering going up to 475-500 to add more weight to the front end, even if the piledrivers are weight forward.
Everybodies gotta be a funny uh lol. Guess I asked for it. What I meant was what's a maximum that would still offer good flight characteristics in a hunting set up. I thought about just putting a 100grain brass insert in the arrows I have. That would get me up to 540ish grains but would roll in 18-19% FOC. Would that be too high?
370 grns with 12.4% FOC out of a 58# bow. Yeah I should get that weight up but I shoot this bow and arrow setup so well I didn't want to mess with it this season.
I know guys that hunt in the twenties....think of it this way...you ever play darts? Those darts you fling have more than 50% FOC and fly great once you know how hard to toss em....same thing with arrow set ups. Yeah you'll experience more of a drop, but nearly every guy I know that shoots extremely heavy and high FOCs are tack driver accurate and that is all that matters...knowing your ranges in a stand is something we all should know so it is a non-issue. I'm wanting to flirt with 20% myself and depending on funds will this next year.
Steel Force. I like the Ashby's but they are pricey. Maybe next year. I haven't shot one yet this year with the 225 grain heads, but I've been very happy with the results of smaller single-bevel broadheads in the past. I don't think there is much that will stop the 225s. If I shoot the GT Big Game Hunter 200s I may switch to the 315gr Ashby head. That would put my arrows at 650gr and improve my FOC.
I like them and may do the 145s and just add inserts....I like the steel ferrule...find it odd the 225s offered now are aluminum ferrule.
Mine weigh 594. 32 inch easton axis 260 100 grain head 75 grain brass insert. blazer vanes onestringer arrow wrap
600 grain XX75 2219 Aluminum arrows tipped with a 125 grain 2 blade Magnus. FOC is right around 10%. I used to shoot 704 grain 340 FMJ's tipped with a 100 grain brass insert and 225 grain 2 blade single bevel outback supremes. My FOC was 19%. I went away from that set up because I had such a huge arch at 20 yards compared to at 10 yards out of my 62lb recurve.
I'm shooting 440 grains. .300 Black Eagle Arrow Rampages with the outsert instead of insert. Rages, QuickSpin vanes, with Nockturnals. Bow is 70lbs at 30", only had 2 shots that were not pass throughs in the past 5 years. I am really considering adding a good chunk of weight for next season. I don't really know how much yet, but I'm thinking above 500 grain total weight. Also planning on switching to those Dirt Nap Gear fixed blade broadheads.
