What arrow weight do you prefer?

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What total arrow weight do you prefer using in your crossbow?

350 grains
31
7%
375 grains
45
10%
400 grains
190
44%
425 grains
96
22%
450 grains
34
8%
475 grains
18
4%
500 grains
7
2%
525 + grains
13
3%
 
Total votes: 434

bhayward
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by bhayward »

450 shoot real good groups out of the bulldog
crabclaw
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by crabclaw »

Chose 400,
Big John customs weigh in at 412
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by williams »

Always around 450 for me and I always use 150 grain bolt cutters shooting perfection from my micro 355 and my older vortex . Zombies 16.5 inch lumenok 110 brass insert and 150 bolt cutter 20 inch GTLAZER 2 110 insert lumenok and bolt cutter. Executioner 18 inch 92 insert lumenok and bolt cutter.
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by 76chevy »

I shoot the stock bolts in my Matriz Grizzly with a 150 field point or slick trick. Not sure what they weigh but they seem to shoot great!

Any suggestions on other combos to try for this bow??
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by racking up points »

76chevy wrote:I shoot the stock bolts in my Matriz Grizzly with a 150 field point or slick trick. Not sure what they weigh but they seem to shoot great!

Any suggestions on other combos to try for this bow??
Check the pages of forum member arrow recipes in the sticky threads above/below this one. Happy reading
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by bowman81 »

I build my arrows, they come in at 397-400 gr. with 125 grain heads. I only hunt whitetail deer and they give a good combination of speed and penetration for my purposes.
I use 20" for my Axiom and 18" for my Matrix 355....both sets of arrows weigh the same.
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by Big John »

Most can see there is a lot of testing and results using a standard arrow combo. Yes anyone can manipulate it anyway either direction in weight, but this combo seems to be the average that gets best FPS, FOC, and Accuracy from most Excalibur Bows. If one were to use this formula in any bow from Excal they would achieve very good results.

Any arrow you chose.
92 to 110 gr. Brass front inserts
100 to 125 gr. Heads
That's up front weight of 192 gr to 235 gr.
How you get the up front weight is up to you.
Adding a Lumenok will not affect accuracy with this either.
If you use the arrow length given for each bow and this weight forward calculation, you arrows will fly great!
Especially if you have a good Helical on your fletch.

Adding more will result in more loss of speed.
But, it will quiet your bow down.

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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by roseawebs »

I always select low arrow weight. It more flexible than high weight arrow.
I will select 400 grains.
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GWW
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by GWW »

I'm shooting Wyvern's Micro 355 arrows, which are 16.5" BEE's at 400 grains. They shoot very well in my Micro 355.
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by OldWolf »

I have 18" Diablo arrows with Lumenoks, helical blazer vanes and 150 gr tips. They weigh in at 418 grains. I'm in between but I guess 425.
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by Opa »

I am new to crossbows-I ordered the Bulldog Suppressor 400- I plan on using the recomended diablo 250 grain with the 150 grain bolt cutter. I typically stick with what the manufaturer and the experts say. I have always shot mechanical with my PSE Fire Flight compound. I just hope the fixed bolt cutter flies good. Any advice is appreciated,
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by Marion »

vixenmaster wrote:Peter afternoon, i prefer 500gr on up to 650gr arrows fer my hunting. I cast my vote at the 525+gr
What type of speeds are you getting out of your vixen with a 500gr.. That's what I plan on shooting

Thanks!!
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by Marion »

Buszone wrote:Vixen at 625gr. those are not arrows those are flying logs :lol:
What speed are you getting @ 625?
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by outdoorsman »

Iam using 393gr with broad head
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Re: What arrow weight do you prefer?

Post by nchunter »

I made a pretty radical change last hunting season that may be of interest to some:

For the last 15 years my set-up was 100-gr Rocket Hammerhead expandables with a total arrow weight of 425 grains. I've harvested about 35 deer with this set-up, using my 2001-vintage Exocet. Velocity is 273 fps.

Last hunting season I switched to Centaur Battleaxe Broadheads. These are enormous, 242-gr two-blade, single-bevel fixed-blade heads that appear ridiculously over-sized at 2 inches wide. And my total arrow weight now is 577 grains! Velocity is 249 fps.

Sounds (and looks) crazy, but by fletching with 2" Blazers or Quickspins at the maximum LW Helical that my fletching jig allows, these over-sized heads actually group with field points out to 40 yards.

I took three deer with these last season. I got complete pass-throughs in every case, no matter what bones were hit. In one case the pass-through was length-wise! And the blood trail is instant and profuse.

I now can do straight-down spine shots at deer directly under my stand and get a pass-through heart shot. I could never risk that shot with a conventional expandable broadhead.
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