Arrow over all Weight discrepancy

[raw outdoors]

So I just revived 24 new goldtip name game arrows cut them and decided to se what the weight bare shaft. So I started and ended with 263.8gr to 269.0gr
4 gr. spread between 24 arrows. I contacted goldtip with no response yet. What does a guy do? Only thing I can think is cut them different lengths to get weight closer together or should I just shoot them as is ??

[wlou]

I'd shoot them as is. You can reduce the difference be weighing and sorting your components so the heavier components go into the lighter shafts and vice versa. Afterwards, the difference in weight will likely be insignificant to the total weight once you add the insert, point, nock, and fletching; a 5 grain spread on a 400 grain finished arrow is a 1.25% max difference between 24 arrows.

Gold Tip sorts their dozen arrows by weight code (sticker on the front of the box will show the weight code), which may explain why in 24 arrows you're seeing a difference of ~5 grains as you may have received 2 different weight codes for each dozen.

[jcrayford]

Originally Posted by raw outdoors

So I just revived 24 new goldtip name game arrows cut them and decided to se what the weight bare shaft. So I started and ended with 263.8gr to 269.0gr
4 gr. spread between 24 arrows. I contacted goldtip with no response yet. What does a guy do? Only thing I can think is cut them different lengths to get weight closer together or should I just shoot them as is ??

A couple of questions :

1) are they fletched already? If not, don't bother weighing until so.
2) is that finished weight? If so, unscrew the points and separately weigh those too.

I've had really good luck separating shafts and points, then weighing each independently and putting them in order from lightest to heaviest; same with the points. Pen and paper help here. Take the heaviest shafts, match it with the lightest point and vice-versa. Keep going until all shafts have a corresponding point. I can usually get the finished shafts to weigh with no more than 1-2 grains difference with the variance that you have listed.

Give it a try; it may work for you.

J.

[rem338win]

Originally Posted by raw outdoors

So I just revived 24 new goldtip name game arrows cut them and decided to se what the weight bare shaft. So I started and ended with 263.8gr to 269.0gr
4 gr. spread between 24 arrows. I contacted goldtip with no response yet. What does a guy do? Only thing I can think is cut them different lengths to get weight closer together or should I just shoot them as is ??

I used to shoot xweaves that where 6grs apart between a dozen. I shot groups out to 98yds that wouldn't miss a deer's heart without issue. They also tuned up just dandy with slick tricks.

[raw outdoors]

I don’t have anything put together yet
I have weighed the Knox
I have weighed the inserts
I have weighed the shafts

I will weigh the blazers tomorrow and maybe start putting things together.

[Lefty-Canuck]

Where did you get the arrows from? Were they a pack of bare shafts? All the Goldtip bare shaft packs have a weight code. Which arrow are they and what straightness tolerance?

With 24 arrows...you likely have two different weight codes, you may have to further separate them into 2 separate dozens.

I just did up a set of el-cheapo prefletched “Goldtip Warrior” arrows, cut and and install components and they were all within 2gr...for the whole dozen.

LC

[bowhunter9841]

Originally Posted by Lefty-Canuck

Where did you get the arrows from? Were they a pack of bare shafts? All the Goldtip bare shaft packs have a weight code. Which arrow are they and what straightness tolerance?

With 24 arrows...you likely have two different weight codes, you may have to further separate them into 2 separate dozens.

I just did up a set of el-cheapo prefletched “Goldtip Warrior” arrows, cut and and install components and they were all within 2gr...for the whole dozen.

LC

Lefty, I’m on a limited budget this year, but need to get some new arrows before the season starts. Are those warriors decent enough to hunt with, and do you know what the price is for them at jimbows? Haven’t been in there for quite awhile myself.