I set up my garmin chrono for the bow today. Btw, that thing is the best thing since sliced bread. Anyway.... arrow speeds are stupid consistent. Like the same arrow is always within 1/10 of a fps. It's nuts. But I ran into something interesting. All of my arrows are going 262 fps, except for one. That one is always going 253.4 fps. No idea why. Everything is the same. I practice at 60 yards. I was wondering why every string there is one that is lower than the others in the target. Anyway, thought I'd share because it's kind of interesting. Doesn't matter at 20 yards, but it could at 40. A marginal shot at 40 could become a bad one. Needless to say that one will not be in the quiver.
So if you have a chrono, test all of your arrows. You might have a weirdo in your quiver.
I'm dying to chromo my son in law. 70lb bow and 32 inch draw length.
The kinetic energy from my setup is 65 foot pounds. I can't imagine what his will be. His arrows are even 25 grains heavier than mine.
The garmin has been invaluable. I reload for rifle and pistol. Never knew it would help with my arrows :)
But guys have been numbering their arrows for ages, so that if “one” is misbehaving they can tell if it’s the same one every time…. or if they are just prone to having a few flyers…
I shoot recurves and I usually build a dozen or half dozen new arrows every summer that I plan to hunt with in the fall. I don’t use a chronograph but if I have an arrow that flys funny compared to the others I will very closely inspect it. Straightness (aluminum),nock, fletching, insert etc. Most of the time I can find the anomaly and correct it. If I can’t then I take that arrow out of the hunting rotation.
Quiver Culls!
If there’s a worse idea than hunting with an arrow you don’t completely trust, I’m not sure what it is…. Especially in the world of barebow shooting….
I have done Danas excellent suggestion- to turn the nok- on arrows that won't group and it usually cleans things up.
This illustrates the importance of numbering your shafts....that way when it's the same one over and over that doesn't group....you know.
