Once the shafts arrived from Badger arrow, I cut them to length and epoxied the 50 grain brass inserts in place. The hunter asked that I use barred feathers and crest the arrows. The colors he picked were black, red and silver cresting to match the fletching.
While the cresting was drying, I assembled the 125 grain Woodsmen heads and the 100 grain steel adapters. I also placed 2 brass weight washers on the heads. Total head weight: 235 grains.
Over the course of the day I was able to get the first two shafts fletched.
As I said, to boost the arrow weight, I am messed around with string trimmer (weed eater) line. 4 strands is the max I can fit inside the shaft.
When I finished the arrows I contacted the hunter and he came over. We shot a few test arrows in my shop. The final weight came out to 760 grains. By using (4) 10 inch lengths of weed eater line bundled together and positioned in the front of the shaft, I was able to get a 15% FOC.
All the heads are razor sharp and ready to go. I had him take a few shots through the chronograph and he was consistently shooting 200 FPS with his 70 pound Jennings. He practiced with the broadheads for a few weeks prior to the hunt.
His new arrows deliver 67 foot pounds of KE at point blank but more importantly, they will have .674 Lb/Sec. of momentum even at 40 yards he will still be at 63 foot pounds of KE and .654 Lb/Sec. momentum
His whitetail arrows weigh 353 grains and shoot 285 FPS, giving him 64 Foot pounds at point blank but only .446 Lb/Sec of momentum. At 40 yards, he drops to 55 Foot pounds and .414 Lb/Sec of momentum.
That is a 150% increase in momentum at point blank and 158% increase at 40 yards. These will be deep driving arrows. Now he just has to hit the right spot.