Posted: 2/4/2025 5:53:56 PM EDT
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Just getting back in to bow hunting again and trying to decide on a new set of arrows. I get using the spine chart to figure out what spine you need but from there I’m lost. I’m looking at Easton arrows and they have so many different hunting arrows (4mm, 5mm, 6.5mm etc) with a huge variation in price. Is it just personal preference? I read the 6.5 Hunter Classics are gtg and right down my alley price wise. My bow setup is a Bowtech Insanity CPX, 70lb limbs, 29” draw length, ata 32”, ibo 355 fps |
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With that bow, I would be looking at something with a 300 spine. I'm a fan of 5mm arrows. I'm running Victory RIP Gamers in a 300 spine. They were around 140 a dozen bareshaft from Lancaster. They weigh 8.8 gpi and are a 5mm or .204 id |
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Originally Posted By Wils91: With that bow, I would be looking at something with a 300 spine. I'm a fan of 5mm arrows. I'm running Victory RIP Gamers in a 300 spine. They were around 140 a dozen bareshaft from Lancaster. They weigh 8.8 gpi and are a 5mm or .204 id Damn!  *I've been out of the game for awhile. |
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Originally Posted By Former11BRAVO: Damn! *I've been out of the game for awhile. That's not even a high end arrow. For a .001 straightness your looking at around 200+ depending on model and company. They can get up there in price for sure. |
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Originally Posted By Goback: Just getting back in to bow hunting again and trying to decide on a new set of arrows. I get using the spine chart to figure out what spine you need but from there I’m lost. I’m looking at Easton arrows and they have so many different hunting arrows (4mm, 5mm, 6.5mm etc) with a huge variation in price. Is it just personal preference? I read the 6.5 Hunter Classics are gtg and right down my alley price wise. My bow setup is a Bowtech Insanity CPX, 70lb limbs, 29” draw length, ata 32”, ibo 355 fps Depending on point weight you’re going to need 300 to 250 spine arrows. Easton has a new 5.0 out that is light gli and comes in match grade with either half outs or hit inserts and impact collars. Some guys have broken them though. Victory has a new hunter long range that is supposedly out ( still waiting on mine). Same weight as the Easton but woven so stronger. The y come with a decent half out. Gold tip air strikes would be my other choice for 5 mm arrows. 5 mm seems to me the sweet spot for component availability with probably 4mm and 6mm being equal and then 6.5 mm being kind of a bastard. I’m currently shooting victory rip tkos and gold tip pierce platinums but want to shoot a stiffer arrow without adding weight so I am building some victory hlrs using podium archery components. The Easton 6.5s and the sonics are decent arrows, especially if you don’t care if you use factory components. |
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Originally Posted By bondryan: Depending on point weight you’re going to need 300 to 250 spine arrows. Easton has a new 5.0 out that is light gli and comes in match grade with either half outs or hit inserts and impact collars. Some guys have broken them though. Victory has a new hunter long range that is supposedly out ( still waiting on mine). Same weight as the Easton but woven so stronger. The y come with a decent half out. Gold tip air strikes would be my other choice for 5 mm arrows. 5 mm seems to me the sweet spot for component availability with probably 4mm and 6mm being equal and then 6.5 mm being kind of a bastard. I’m currently shooting victory rip tkos and gold tip pierce platinums but want to shoot a stiffer arrow without adding weight so I am building some victory hlrs using podium archery components. The Easton 6.5s and the sonics are decent arrows, especially if you don’t care if you use factory components. 300 to 250? All the spine charts I’ve read so far have said 350 to 300. My target arrows are 400. I had no idea about spine when I bought my target arrows but they were cheap. Im in the Easton VIP program so I’m going to stick with Easton for now so is there really a need to spend 200 on a dozen? |
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Originally Posted By Goback: 300 to 250? All the spine charts I’ve read so far have said 350 to 300. My target arrows are 400. I had no idea about spine when I bought my target arrows but they were cheap. Im in the Easton VIP program so I’m going to stick with Easton for now so is there really a need to spend 200 on a dozen? Originally Posted By Goback: Originally Posted By bondryan: Depending on point weight you’re going to need 300 to 250 spine arrows. Easton has a new 5.0 out that is light gli and comes in match grade with either half outs or hit inserts and impact collars. Some guys have broken them though. Victory has a new hunter long range that is supposedly out ( still waiting on mine). Same weight as the Easton but woven so stronger. The y come with a decent half out. Gold tip air strikes would be my other choice for 5 mm arrows. 5 mm seems to me the sweet spot for component availability with probably 4mm and 6mm being equal and then 6.5 mm being kind of a bastard. I’m currently shooting victory rip tkos and gold tip pierce platinums but want to shoot a stiffer arrow without adding weight so I am building some victory hlrs using podium archery components. The Easton 6.5s and the sonics are decent arrows, especially if you don’t care if you use factory components. 300 to 250? All the spine charts I’ve read so far have said 350 to 300. My target arrows are 400. I had no idea about spine when I bought my target arrows but they were cheap. Im in the Easton VIP program so I’m going to stick with Easton for now so is there really a need to spend 200 on a dozen? Spine chart is based on stock components and a 100 grain point. If you go heavier then the stock Easton and add a 125 grain head instead of a 100 your going to need to up your spine. Spine is based on a 28” arrow so the longer it gets over 28” the less spine it has and the shorter under 28” the more spine it will have. You will probably be just fine with 300s. As for need to spend $200 on a dozen arrows, no you don’t need to. The match grades are going to be consistent and take less tuning to get shooting well. I have shot both the 6.5 and the Sonic’s and they work just fine. If your buying off the rack pre fletched ready to go and you have the shop cut them down buy the 6.5s and you will never know the difference. If your going to buy shafts, cut them, square them, spin them, nock tune them, then fletch them and retune spend the money on the $200 ones. |