firebolt weight

dw · Post by dw » Sun Sep 14, 2008 12:22 pm

does anybody know how much the new firebolt arrows weigh without a fieldpoint or broadhead?
"dw"

bob1961 · Post by **bob1961** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 1:44 pm

mine weigh 380 grains with a 125 tip so that would be 255gr without +/- a few grs................bob

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Stash · Post by **Stash** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:32 pm

Sounds a bit high...you sure that isn't with a 100 grain point? The ones I've measured are in the 275-280 range without a point.

bob1961 · Post by **bob1961** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 10:53 pm

380 grains with a 125 grain point, 255 grains without a point....i had to convert from grams to grains cause the scale i have is grams only....my arrows weighed 405 grains with a 150 grain point..........bob

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crazyfarmer · Post by **crazyfarmer** » Sun Sep 14, 2008 11:12 pm

mine were 375-380 with a 100grain tip here

bob1961 · Post by **bob1961** » Mon Sep 15, 2008 7:10 am

i may be off some cause of est inserts weight and vanes....i have a electric digi scale on order, maybe i'll just get a chrony too....i could use both for my black powder rifles also............bob

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dw · Post by dw » Fri Sep 19, 2008 2:37 pm

got my firebolts today and they weigh 285. plus they have 5 inch vanes. says on the excalibur website they come with 4 inch vanes. so tht would be 385 with a 100gr tip. should be good out of the new max. 410gr with a 125 gr head.
"dw"

bob1961 · Post by **bob1961** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 4:02 pm

mine are just under 4" like 3 7/8".............bob

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Stash · Post by **Stash** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:06 pm

I was informed by someone from Excalibur that the first Firebolts came with 5" vanes, but then Excalibur started making them with 4" to lighten them a bit to make them closer to the older Laser IIs. They found no difference in accuracy going to the 4" from the 5" - all the new ones have 4", so you must have gotten some from and older batch.