Arch Stanton
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I'm aware that it is possible to make an arrow stiffer by reducing the weight of the point, but does anybody know how much effect this can actually have ? For example, is it possible to stiffen an arrow by one whole degree of spine by doing this ?
I've recently increased the poundage of my bow with new limbs, and having checked a couple of arrow charts can see that my Carbon One 600 spine arrows are now a bit too weak, and that I should really be using the 550 spine. This is confirmed by some bare shaft testing.
The points in the 600 spine arrows are break-off points (90/100/110gr) - which I reduced down to 100gr some time ago.
If I reduce the weight still further down to 90gr, this will obviously stiffen the arrow further.
My questions are ................
Is it actually possible to make a 600 spine arrow behave like a 550 by reducing the point weight - or is the change not going to be that significant ?
Is there some way of measuring the actual stiffness of an arrow complete with it's point ?
And are there likely to be any other consequences of lowering the point weight to 90gr ?
I've recently increased the poundage of my bow with new limbs, and having checked a couple of arrow charts can see that my Carbon One 600 spine arrows are now a bit too weak, and that I should really be using the 550 spine. This is confirmed by some bare shaft testing.
The points in the 600 spine arrows are break-off points (90/100/110gr) - which I reduced down to 100gr some time ago.
If I reduce the weight still further down to 90gr, this will obviously stiffen the arrow further.
My questions are ................
Is it actually possible to make a 600 spine arrow behave like a 550 by reducing the point weight - or is the change not going to be that significant ?
Is there some way of measuring the actual stiffness of an arrow complete with it's point ?
And are there likely to be any other consequences of lowering the point weight to 90gr ?