yes do that they would need bow.release or finger style,cam type.....
Yep
well took it to the archery shop today n the guy there said long as you have 5 grains of arrow weight (including tip/broadhead) for every pound you shooting then you're safe. hopefully ill make it to the 3-d shoot in crystal river tommorrow n see whether i got it sighted in as well as i thought.
My two cents worth...
The Easton arrow charts are designed to tell you if the spline of a shaft is appropriate for your setup depending upon draw weight, length, and point weight. It DOES NOT tell you if an arrow is "safe" to shoot from your bow. Five grains per pound is a very good MINIMUM hunting weight arrow as reccommended by the AMO (Achery Manufacturer's Organization) for most "modern-style" compounds. However they still do reccommend SEVEN grains per pound on most of the older style compound bows. Older style bows being those with steel cable systems, plastic or nylon cams, and plastic limb rockers.
The issue is the amount of weight the bow system transfers to the arrow vs what it retains in itself. The lighter the arrow, the nearer dry-fire condition you'll experience in your setup. The extra, non-tranferable energy vibrates back into the bow itself and puts a big strain on the older bows. The heavier arrows will diminish the amount of unspent energy and be much gentler on your older bow; which will greatly increase the years of service you get from that bow.
Ever shoot a bow with a seven or eight grain per pound arrow and then fire a five grain per ound arrow from it and you'll notice a significat increase in sound and felt vibration. If you wish to use the lighter arrows on your older bow, deck it our with vibration dampners, Sims offers the best. It'll make life easier on the older models.
Now, because you are shooting an older bow, before you go to the woods, do a check on the amount of foot pounds of energy you are producing with both the old and new arrows. You may find that the energy lost by going to the carbon shafts may not be worth the gain of a few feet per second in arrow speed.
I have not been to the shop in Inglis and do not know their qualifications as bow techs. Anybody can open a store and sell and setup equipment and if they made their determination based upon an arrow chart, you may be endangering your season by hunting with a setup that can fail on you. I've repaired HUNDREDS of blown cable systems because the archer chose carbon over aluminum to shoot from bows that were not designed to shoot carbon arrows.
Sorry for the full tutorial...best of luck!
