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Are heavier points more accurate?

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Rhinegold:

--- Quote from: Kegan on October 14, 2009, 07:24:39 pm ---The "sweet spot" is 10%-15%. To find your FOC find the balance mark. Measure from that point to the middle of the arrow (from the throat of the nock to the back of the point). This should be a few inches, let's say 3". You then divide that by the arrow length, let's say 30", and get your FOC- 10%. That's acceptable.
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Very helpful Kegan...with this method I'm calculating 27%.

Bodkin points are WAY heavier than a modern broadhead.

Designed in medieval times to penetrate chainmail.

mullet:
 Chris Cade, myself and a few other people have solved the same problem by shooting longer arrows. Shooting 34- 36"arrows I can switch between lighter weight bows and heavy ones by tweecking different weight broadheads. This is with Tonkin Bamboo.

Granite Mtn:
I made 42 white ash selfnocked arrows tipped with hand ground hand made trade points, over a year ago.  The spine weights were fairly uniform (75-85) but the finished arrow weights varied over 100 grains.  These arrows shoot out of every self and backed bow I have really well, and I can"t out shoot the arrows out to 40 yards even with 100 grain differences.  I think the very heavy points are making the difference.  Just my observation.

Kegan:

--- Quote from: Rhinegold on October 14, 2009, 08:08:24 pm ---
--- Quote from: Kegan on October 14, 2009, 07:24:39 pm ---The "sweet spot" is 10%-15%. To find your FOC find the balance mark. Measure from that point to the middle of the arrow (from the throat of the nock to the back of the point). This should be a few inches, let's say 3". You then divide that by the arrow length, let's say 30", and get your FOC- 10%. That's acceptable.
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Very helpful Kegan...with this method I'm calculating 27%.

Bodkin points are WAY heavier than a modern broadhead.

Designed in medieval times to penetrate chainmail.

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There are a number of archers out there who are very interested in EXTREME FOC.  Most of them seem to be using either tapered arrows or carbons, but they they all seem to say that the arrows are more forgiving and accurate. The only thing that can be said against that would be that they would be nose heavy. Itf that's an issue is up to you though.

agd68:
Sailordad you are correct. Heavier points lessens the spine of the shaft.

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