Okay, to start with my bow is set around 65 lbs. with a 29" draw. I am currently shooting Easton Flatline 340's, I originally shot 400's but they need to be reflecthed and I went to get a few more and they gave me 340's on accident, this is beside the point. I want to switch to a heavier arrow and have heard good things about the Bloodlines and also the Piledrivers, so any suggestion or experience with either of these two would be helpful. The other question I have is what spine should I be shooting? I have had this explained to me and I understand what the differences are, but it seems like every bow shop I talk to has a biased opinion on arrows, which I can understand. If someone could tell me what they would shoot with my bow (PSE x-force Axe 7) or what they would suggest for me to be shooting. I am not dead set on Bloodlines or Piledrivers, I am an open book with this one folks! Thanks for the help.
I personally myself am going to shoot the 340 Easton FMJs next year. If you are looking for a heavier arrow that will pack a punch this is one arrow I would suggest. Also with a 29 inch draw and at 65 pounds I'd say go with 340s in the Easton's but if you did go the CX way then I'd suggest the 350s. Your on that fine line and its better to be over spine than under.
I went with the Easton Axis 400's 9.0gpi. Sighted my bow in for them and am grouping better and i can tell they hit quite a bit harder than the Flatlines. So far, so good!
You seem to know quite a bit arrows... This September I bought Beman Hunter Pro 500 which I love. I bought these for my old bow and ended up with a Mission Ballistic 26"/64# right now. I will be shooting 70# next fall. According to charts I should have a 400 spine is that correct?
I would still go with the .340. You can get away with the .400 spine due to the arrows length on a 26" draw, but if you have to choose between slightly over spined or under, over is the way to go.
I would agree with this as well. With a shorter draw your going to be fine with 400s but going up in weight you could use the 340s as well. It's really not a huge deal with which one you go with because they will both work. Just depends if you want a 400 that is going to be lighter in GPI or a 340 that will be heavier in the GPI. Personally my self I think I would go with the 400s. But that's just my opinion
When you are thinking about arrows, a person also needs to remember that the spine of your arrow (340, 400, 500) isn't the same thing as GPI (grains per inch or essentially weight per inch).... So you can't just decide that you want to shoot a lighter arrow and not pay attention to the spine\flex of your arrow. For example: a 340 Axis is 9.5 GPI and a 340 Easton Flatline is 8.2 GPI - either would be fine for your setup. But even though a 400 Axis is 9.0 GPI (higher than the Flatline) you still shouldn't shoot it at your specs. Looking at Easton's Charts, you are underspined shooting a 29" arrow at 65# - so you really shouldn't shoot a 400 without changing your poundage or arrow length. As it sits - you need a 340. If you want a lighter (lower GPI) arrow, then you need to look at a different arrow all together.
I guess the way I was trying to explain it is say he's set on the injections (for example) I was trying to say is he could go with 340 or 400s and then that's where te GPI could come into play. Say he did go with 400 his arrow is going to stiffin up after he cuts it same with the 340. So that's why I thought he would be ok with either one.
My comments weren't directed at your post, I just wanted to point out to the poster that a person wants to fall out of the trap of just picking an arrow based on what GPI you would rather shoot while disregarding the spine of the arrow all together (which I do see people do frequently)...
