Penetration test on a 30 gallon plastic drum

[DRT]

Thanx. I will get her a lock box with her own code.

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[DRT]

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[RickBarbee]

Thanx. I will get her a lock box with her own code.

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LOL/HUH ?

Rick

[DRT]

Wrong thread! But I just ordered arrows and with 100 grain heads they will be just over 12% foc. Hope that works.

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[Junkers88]

Hmm. I actually thought that heavier arrow would have blown through the barrel.

Richard.

[RickBarbee]

Hmm. I actually thought that heavier arrow would have blown through the barrel.

Richard.

I didn't expect that, but I expected it to do better than it did.
I actually shot it twice, with the same results both times.

Rick

[Junkers88]

I didn't expect that, but I expected it to do better than it did.
I actually shot it twice, with the same results both times.

Rick

Hmmm.. Yeah I'm surprised. Most of the stuff I read says that heavy, high FOC, arrows penetrate deeper than lighter/lower. Mine are 9GPI and 17%FOC and I like them. If I can find a blue barrel I'll try your challenge.


Richard.

[Bisch]

Penetration test on a 30 gallon plastic drum

Hmmm.. Yeah I'm surprised. Most of the stuff I read says that heavy, high FOC, arrows penetrate deeper than lighter/lower.

Generally, that is true, but there is always a point of diminishing returns, and I think 20.3gpp is way beyond that point!!!!!

Bisch



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[BAPilot2]

Chronograph the arrows and let's see what the speed of each is as shot from your bow.

[RickBarbee]

Chronograph the arrows and let's see what the speed of each is as shot from your bow.

The 640gr averages 208.
No idea what the heavy is doing. It's slow for sure, but I don't have a working chronograph, or access to one right now to see just how slow.

I actually never planned on doing the super heavy arrow shot, but was asked to by someone on another forum, so I did. Pretty much knew what the result would be, but expected it to be a little better than it was.

I'm not trying to prove anything by doing this. I just thought of it, thought it would be interesting to see what would happen, and even more interesting to see other do the same thing with their setups.

I plan to sometime soon do it with the same 640gr arrow with a few different design 175gr broadheads just to see what penetration differences (if any) there will be between them.

Rick

[tradtiger]

Almost forgot about my old blue barrel dog house. Here's what a 700-grain 31" carbon arrow, with 300 grains of Tuffhead 2-blade broadhead will do from 20 yards when shot out of a 70-lb recurve (67 or so at my 27" drawlength). I'm pleased and ready to book a hunt for the elusive Blue Wildebarrel.




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[DRT]

Come on hunting season. These ole boys will shoot anything. Ain't nothing safe.

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[RickBarbee]

That is AWESOME Ellis !!!!!!

Rick

[tradtiger]

That is AWESOME Ellis !!!!!!

Rick

Thanks. Feel really good about that set up.

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[RickBarbee]

If that is the JW bow, then it is 69# at 27".

I know because my son used to shoot it, and his draw is exactly 27"

Here's what I figure your specs are:

I'm guessing you have a 100gr brass insert to hit that weight.

Draw weight 69# @ 27"

Total arrow weight - 678gr

FOC is high at - 27.9%

AWESOME !!!

Rick