Beman ICS Hunter

Looking at buying the Beman ICS Hunter arrows. I shoot a Bear Lights Out 70lb pull and need a 30" arrow. What size shaft do I need?? Anyone with a similar set up?

 

Eastons website has a good shaft selector. I've got similar numbers and i shoot a .340 spine, with a 125 grain broadhead.

 

I have the ICS hunters cut @ 28" out of 70# and 160 grain points have no problems. I'd suggest a .300 spine for you though.
P.S.- Ill be buying different arrows soon. out of a doz., I was able to get 6 that passed the spin test, and the ones that passed didn't pass by much. I have one that I can say is truly straight.

 

I am shooting 60 lb's. my bow did not like the ICS Hunters, I have no idea why. I am shooting Gold Tips now.

 

I shoot 63# 28" Draw 29.5 arrow length beman 400's. I shot 300's and they were really bad with broadheads.

 

Is the only difference between the 300's and 400's, the grains per inch? Is that just the weight?

 

I used eastons's shaft selector and its pointing me towards a .300 spine. I'm shooting 100 gr g5 t3's. Bemans also theyre chart said .300 spine. opinions?

 

No, that's the spine.

The spine is a measure of how bendy the arrow is, and a lower number means its stiffer.

Generally, higher the draw weight, stiffer the arrow, lower the spine number.

Also heavier tips will need a stiffer arrow for a given draw weight.

 

I believe it, you're shooting a long arrow. Long arrows want more spine too.

 

I shoot 30" 300 ICS at 68... My 70 pound Hoyt maxes out at 68... I love my 300s. I shoot 4" feathers through a biscuit and can should pretty much any head I want and group them with my field tips.

 

Muzzy man, I assume you shoot four blade muzzys? :-) and guys thanks for the insight on this, glad I'm more educated now!

 

Does anyone think a .340 spine would hurt??

 

Before I bought my Matthews I used a Lights Out and the 340 was my shaft of choice at a #70 draw.

 

Well that couldn't have worked out better... thats perfect haha. What was your draw length??

 

I have a Bear Lights Out, set at 70 pounds. My arrows are 30.25", and now I'm shooting Bloodline 330s. Before, I was shooting Cabelas Stalker Extreme 340s. They shot well.


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Cool sounds good. Is your Lights Out noisy? I bought mine when it came out in 2008 and I've replaced the supressor three times because it split in half. I shoot atleast once a week and I guess over 4 years I'd consider that normal wear. I just didn't know if you used any other type of silencer?

 

Yes... 115 4 blades. Sometimes 125 3 blades. Can't tell a difference.

 

I am shooting 30" and 70lbs on my Anarchy and am shooting the beeman ICS hunters, I am using 340's and 100 grain heads, they fly amazing off of my set up.

Gersty

 

Awesome. That's definitely helped narrow down the search. I think I'm going to go with the 340's due to the fact that's what ****s sporting goods has and also I used the shaft selector wrong, went back and looked again and it's calling for 330's and 340's.

 

With the Whisker B, I had great groups with 340s until my groups suddenly went south. I ended up changing to 300and a drop away, it turns out the whiskers had just gotten weak and evidently were collapsing during the shot. But now I really like the 300s, even though I went back to the WB. Very easy to BH tune for me.

Just as a suggestion, buy a couple 340s and see how they shoot before investing in a whole dozen. 300s are a bit harder to find but they do weigh about the same as 340s.

Bruce L. helped walk me through all this last year.