Same boat as most 505 total weight, 265 +\- fps had a clean pass threw at 51 yards on smaller buck last year…was thinking of moving to a slightly lighter set up for this hopefully in the 475-480 range for a bit of a gain in speed and trajectory
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Same boat as most 505 total weight, 265 +\- fps had a clean pass threw at 51 yards on smaller buck last year…was thinking of moving to a slightly lighter set up for this hopefully in the 475-480 range for a bit of a gain in speed and trajectory
I’m @ 70lb 30.5 DL , at 550grains 265/270fps
fixed blade 150 grain.
get nice pass through with those sledgehammers!
250 spine rampage arrows - 50gr Iron Will insert - 25gr Iron Will impact collar and Iron Will 100gr head with a 4 fletch gets me to 540 grains total.
I love the arrows, they shoot like darts but I just bought some lighter shafts to bring the weight down.
I shoot a 28" draw RX1 turbo at 71lbs and get the 540gr arrows going 262fps on the chrono. When I ran the numbers on a computer, it calculated 275 fps... just an FYI that those programs are not super accurate.
I am going to drop down to 495gr total weight which will bring my speed up to 283ish. Basically the same kinetic energy but lighter and faster. Been too many times that I needed to judge yardage on the fly and a flatter shooting arrow is a HUGE advantage.
I have played around a lot with weight and you guys might find this interesting. I recently shot at 40 yrd with my 30 yrd pin; 3 arrows at 540gr and 3 at 495gr. I wanted to see what a 'misjudged' shot would look like with the different speeds. The 540gr were about 8.5" below the dot and the 495gr were about 3.5" below the dot. I walked inside and ordered up lighter arrows...
When playing with arrows like you say, it isn't really an issue about getting pass-throughs as have plenty of KE. Be more concerned with hitting what you want when you need to make a shot without time for a rangefinder.
I have shot many animals 5-15 yrds after I range them because that is just how it happens a lot of the time.