Some of you may remember reading this thread talking about arrows and broadheads for my wife.
Since then she has gotten a PSE Bandit NXT, is up to 46 pounds, and draw length is set at 26.5 inches. I've had people tell me to use everything from 300 grain arrows to 600 grain arrows for her to elk hunt. I figured we just need to get some heavy points and test things out for ourselves. I did the testing yesterday and got some intriguing results. I figured some of you might have been down this road before, so I'd see what you think. Here are the drop results:
Observations:
• A couple of the numbers don't make sense and I will have to re-shoot those (highlighted in red).
• Arrows are Gold Tip Expedition Hunter 3555 and might be under-spined for some of these points.
• It's interesting that the 505 and 530 grain arrow drop the same.
• I would expect to see more of a drop as weight increases at 30 yards - but maybe that is just because I'm not a robot and the human error is more significant than the effect of changing tip weight.
• The groups at 40 yards are pretty tight. Wind picked up on arrow 3 and might be some of the reason for the craziness?
• I need to shoot these through a chrono and get some speeds.
Any other insights?
Any tools to make my data more useful?
Thanks!
Broadhead and Arrows for Weakling Wife
Title is a wife approved joke - don't get mad at me. 😬 Much to my delight, my wife wants to archery hunt this year. She got a great deal on a Diamond Infinite Edge and really enjoys shooting it. We just started shooting more seriously a couple of months ago. She is up to 39 pounds and has...
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Since then she has gotten a PSE Bandit NXT, is up to 46 pounds, and draw length is set at 26.5 inches. I've had people tell me to use everything from 300 grain arrows to 600 grain arrows for her to elk hunt. I figured we just need to get some heavy points and test things out for ourselves. I did the testing yesterday and got some intriguing results. I figured some of you might have been down this road before, so I'd see what you think. Here are the drop results:
Observations:
• A couple of the numbers don't make sense and I will have to re-shoot those (highlighted in red).
• Arrows are Gold Tip Expedition Hunter 3555 and might be under-spined for some of these points.
• It's interesting that the 505 and 530 grain arrow drop the same.
• I would expect to see more of a drop as weight increases at 30 yards - but maybe that is just because I'm not a robot and the human error is more significant than the effect of changing tip weight.
• The groups at 40 yards are pretty tight. Wind picked up on arrow 3 and might be some of the reason for the craziness?
• I need to shoot these through a chrono and get some speeds.
Any other insights?
Any tools to make my data more useful?
Thanks!