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bjrogg:
I say if anyone complains you should poke em with one. I sure hope you get them on some great shooting shafts in time to stone a Elk. Good Luck stringman go get em.
Bjrogg

Stringman:
Ben, I have every intention to.

Don, the diamond backed bow I just finished is 54# and throws my arrows true. Arrow weights are 550.

BJ, I like that. In fact the few people who have held them, hold them very carefully!

Chippintuff:
I have not hunted with stone points, but they look too big to me. If you are not shooting much distance, they may do fine, but as you probably know, lighter arrows go further faster. Added: Matched sets I have made for hunters have been in the 35-55 grain range. I keep them within 2-3 grains of what the hunter wants.

WA

bjrogg:
Seems to me if you can bare shaft a 145 grain target point you should be all set. I would think that size and weight head and arrow should be very effective for Elk. I'm sure you already checked what the regulations are. 35 to 55 grains seems pretty light. I made mine just under 125 to match my target points after pine sap and sinew. I have heard some people like shorter heads to keep head from wind planeing but I'm sure you've shot them before and I would think they would penetrate nice like that. Man I'm really routin for ya Scott hope you bring one home. My brother has gotten 3 so far he loves Elk hunting last one he had to quick get off the trail it almost ran him over. He actually made a bit of a poor shoot was to close for his wheelie bow sights. He did get it but wasn't as clean as he usally does. Take pictures and tell us the story good or bad.
Bjrogg

Stringman:
Chippin, you elude to a couple discussion points, point weight and point size. Let's deal with the size first.

Most states have a legal width limit and that is usually around 7/8- 1". Mine hover around 1" by 3" long. While this size may seem on the large side, nobody says that about a steel point. My personal opinion is that long and narrow has less friction than short and narrow. Moreover any wind planing is usually minimal at the slower speeds and hunting distances common to self bow hunting.

Weight: my arrows are currently fronted with 145 grn field points and they hit what I'm looking at. Wouldn't make any sense to reduce to 50 grn, cause I wouldn't be hitting what I was looking at any longer.

I have only killed a handful of deer with my self gear, and I admit there's probably holes in my game. I also realize there are lotsa folks in that "bird point" faction that figure my stuff is just too big. I just haven't proved it out that way so I guess I'm still gatherin data. I sure don't mind the discussion, but so far nothing has been convincing yet.

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