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Best point weight for quarter pound arrows?

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adb:
A 1/4# arrow weighs 114 grams. All the heavy war bodkins I've ordered from Hector Cole have weighed around 35 grams. Therefore, I'm looking for a 1/2" shaft to weigh around 85-90 grams, so I can taper it and still make weight. Better to have weight forward IMO. I strive for a balance of about 60/40 tip heavy to get best flight. I've tried arrows with a lighter head and heavier shaft, and the results have been not as good.

AndiE:
Hi

What kind of shafts did you try? Birch? Ash? Beech?

Kind regards
                    Andi

WillS:
I prefer birch for 1/4lb arrows, but some use ash.  Birch makes the weight easier.

What weight bow are you shooting Andi?  It seems anything under about 140# is pretty useless with 1/4lb arrows as they're just too heavy.  That's probably why there are no records or documentation of them existing apart from one obscure reference somewhere in the 16thC that nobody can shoot them anymore.  I think on the whole they're a bit of a myth.

adb:
I've been using oak for my 1/4# arrows. Also, WillS, we've been getting 200 yards with 1/4# arrows from a 120# maple backed yew bow. It recently set a number of new CWBS records.

Lucasade:
It does seem odd that a type of arrow that it seems is universally difficult for you all to make heavy enough would be mass produced for warfare. I wonder whether it would have been used occasionally or less to show off a particular archer's or fletcher's prowess?

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