Heavy Arrows
Heavy Arrows
I am thinking about switching to a heavier arrow for elk hunting this year to get rib breaking penetration. I have been shooting about 450 grain arrows including broadhead. Any suggestions on arrow types? I have been eyeing the Full Metal Jackets. Thanks
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I shoot Easton Full Metal Jackets 28 1/2", I'm at 439gr with a 100 gr head
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I also shoot the full metal jackets, upper 400 grain range. They seem to work great for me.
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+4 on the full metal jackets. I think mine weighed in at just shy of the 450 mark. This will be my first year hunting with them though. I will be hunting elk, and hopefully a limited entry muley with them!
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Are you guys saying 450+100(broadhead)=550? I want to be 550+. Will FMJ's get me there? My arrow length is 29". Thanks for your input.
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439gr Total Weight
“If you are not working to protect hunting, then you are working to destroy it.” Fred Bear
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29-1/2" arrow plus 100 grain broadhead around 475 grains total arrow weight.
Keep your nose in the wind and your eyes along the skyline.
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Carbon express makes an arrow called the Pile Driver Hunter. You can get these arrows in weights up to 13.6 grains an inch. That would make a thirty inch weigh 408 grains not including the broadhead.
I haven't shot these arrows but I do shoot the Carbon Express Terminator Hunter arrows and they have been awesome to shoot.
I haven't shot these arrows but I do shoot the Carbon Express Terminator Hunter arrows and they have been awesome to shoot.
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Don't argue with an idiot; people watching may not be able to tell
the difference.
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2419 XX75 or78 at 29 in are 423 grains shaft alone.
Aluminum's win the versatility contest again.
How many pounds do you shoot?
Aluminum's win the versatility contest again.
How many pounds do you shoot?
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Re: Heavy Arrows
I shoot Cabelas 6085s out of a Mathews Reezen. They weigh 425 grains with an Initial velocity is 295 FPS at 67 pound pull, Kenetic Energy (KE) of 82 Ft pounds. At 100 yards the computer says 70 Ft pounds of KE. That's what you gotta look at. A heavier arrow will have a more profound arc. At close distances, it's less revelant because of the ability for better shot placement.
I would think 70 Ft pounds of KE will blow a 425 grain shaft right through an elk baring contact with bone. Then broad head performance comes into play.
I would think 70 Ft pounds of KE will blow a 425 grain shaft right through an elk baring contact with bone. Then broad head performance comes into play.
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