blong04 said:
I have a Diamond Victory bow set at 63lbs, and when I went to the local shop this weekend to buy arrows, they sold me the Carbon Express CX200 series arrows. The arrows are 28" long (not including the tip), have 2" Blazers on them, and have 100 grain tips.
I am new to archery (this is my first bow), and I have read some recently about the importance of arrow selection and was wondering if you thought these arrows would work okay for my set-up. Thanks in advance!
blong04:
I am sorry.
These arrows are not even remotely close.
The Carbon Express CX Black 200 series arrows
have a spine (stiffness rating) of 0.458 inches.
The Carbon Express CX Select 200 series arrows
have a spine (stiffness rating) of 0.458 inches.
The Carbon Express CX Hunter 200 series arrows
have a spine (stiffness rating) of 0.450 inches.
You would need to drop your draw weight to 48 lbs
for these arrows to work with a 100 grain screw in field tip
and the 2" Blazers with the shaft cut at 28".
If you want to stick with Carbon Express,
I would recommend the following:
The Carbon Express CX Hunter or Select or Black
300 series shaft would work perfectly
with the 100 grain screw in field tip
and the 2" Blazer vanes
for your bow at 63 lbs of draw weight
and the 80% let off percentage.
The Carbon Express CX Hunter 300 shaft
has a stiffness rating of 0.372 inches,
which means a standard 1.8 lb weight
in a spine tester,
with the supports 28" apart,
would have the CX Hunter 300 shaft
bending exact 0.372 inches.
The stiffness of a shaft
indicates how well it will match
a bow at a given draw weight
and a particular shaft length
for a particular tip weight
and in combination with
a certain size vane.
It sounds complicated,
but that is what OnTarget2! software is for.
Saves me lots of $$. I don't buy the wrong arrow anymore.
