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Hello guys, I am shooting a switchback and was wondering how low do you go as far as grains per inch. I know mathews warranties theres at 5 gr per lb. But do you think it is best to go over that to be better on you bow, or does it not matter? reason i ask if i bought some GT ultralites and got them cut at a liiiitttle over 28 inchs. I figured dressed out they would be about 370 with 100 grain broadhead, but they were 348 with broadhead... lol so i was wondering how much weight i should add to the arrows to be on the safe side?
 

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Hey. There are a couple of solutions you can consider. First, turn your draw weight down a couple of pounds and you will still be covered under warranty. Second, if the arrow spine is not on the edge of being weak, try a 125 gr broadhead to add a little weight. Gold tip also makes little weights to increase arrow mass and front of center percentages. The heavier broadhead will accomplish the same thing. I am in the same situation. Bought GT 55/75 XT. I was wanting my total arrow weight around 400gr for elk hunting, but I ended up with 364. My solutions are to buy the 75/95's and use a heavier tip, or cut the 55/75 as short as my rest will allow and then use the heavier tip and hope I am not underspined. I have shot the lightweight 55/75 (5.2 grains per lb) extensively out of my Tribute with speed cams and have not seen any problems yet, so your current set up, 4.972 gr/lb will probably be OK even if you leave it alone. Good luck.
 

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Proud to be signed up with archery talk. Moved back to SC after having lived in the southern Ohio area for five years. Only had government land to bow hunt up there but regularly encountered good bucks from opening day on.
What a great job Ohio does with regards to deer quality management.
The motto down here is "if it's brown it's down" with a five month long gun season.
Once again I will log many miles back to Ohio this fall.
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You will be fine up to 70 lbs with the 348 grain arrows.

Shoot away.
 

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J.trevor123 said:
well I have GT ultralites (.400 spine) So how do those gold tip screw in inserts work?? they just screw in then ur field tip screw in those?? tnks
Not an option, they work with the glue in Nibb style points.
 

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I don't know how the SB reacts to out of range arrows, but 400 is already over the edge for being too weak at 100gr. GTs chart has them up to 65lbs with 100gr so I would be real iffy about adding tip weight.

My 28" GT ULs come in at 354gr with 100gr tips. I use 4" Duravanes.
Pin nocks would net a 4.4gr increase. Illuminocks definitely would add some weight, 22gr. I can't find what Turbo nocks weigh (if you shoot a drop away) but I bet they'd add weight.
Wraps would add 5-15gr.
15-43gr puts you at 363-391gr.
Just try messing around with different components if you want more weight.

Since you want this for hunting I would worry more about noise, KE and momentum/penetration than I would about them claiming you voided your warranty over .03gpp. You could turn it down a pound if you were that worried about the .03gpp.
But by shooting the lightest arrow you can you are basically going into the woods armed with the smallest caliber rifle you could find.

As for being kind to the bow, I'm not sure how much that matters. I've had cracked limbs shooting [email protected] and there's people shooting 5gpp that never had a crack. I'm starting to think it's just how lucky you are when they reached into the bin of limbs.
 

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yes well i am shooting 28 inch arrows, and Gold tip shoows to use the .400. But then when you jump to 29 u make the transitions... So will adding weight to your nock, fletching etc work just as well for the extra weight as the weight being on the shaft as they come? ( i think i know the answer, just asking ....haha)
 
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