New Arrows, old arrows and Sportsmans Warehouse

Time to doll out a +1...

Nearly two years ago I went to Sportsman's Warehouse (SP) in Lexington KY and bought a dozen Goldtip Hunter XP arrows and had them cut to 28" (didn't have my bow or arrows to compare them to). Later I got home (Cincinnati, back then) and realized they were cut too short. A few months later I shot off an e-mail to customer service just to see what their response would be and recieved a phone call from a new manager of the archery dept. a few days later. He told me to come back in and they'd re-cut some arrows for me and tune my bow for free.

This past weekend I finally made it in while visiting from friends. They cut me new arrows and did a quick review of my bow (I didn't have time to have it tuned) and now I'm back in the game with a dozen new arrows.

But wait, there's more! (Sorry, couldn't help myself)

These new arrows are a little different than the one's I've been shooting. They have 340 spine on them, vs the 400 I've been shooting. I have a 30.5in draw and I'm pulling 60lbs on my Bowtech Destroyer 340.

When I release my old arrows, they are rarely pointing back at me when I hit the target... no so with these! They point right back at me... giving me the impression that my arrows I have been shooting were not stiff enough... hence the problems I had with the fixed blade broad heads I started out the season with last year!

Moral of the story... I never hurts to ask and make sure your arrows are stiff enough! I'm excited about this... perhaps that can help explain the 3 shots I missed earlier this season! (It's probably a stretch, I know)

thats a great story, thanks for sharing it

Under spined arrows will cause you grief. Make sure you double check you sight since the stiffer arrows are probably a few GPI heavier than what you were using. Like you said it never hurts to ask. Great customer service there.

Nice story.....

well glad they took care of you, and its nice to see a company do that in todays world of things,where good customer relations is a dying thing!
Now on a side note, many yrs ago, since maybe not many know it, overdraws were the norm in bows, which would allow you to shoot a shorher arrow from a long draw bow, 3 or 4 inch overdraws were very common, they helped add speed to bows as well due to shooting a shorter/lighter arrow
not sure why they dropped there use?
other than, having a shorter arrow, can be like a shorter brace, it can cause smaller movements when shooting to have bigger impacts on where an arrow goes?
BUT I would think many older bow shops would still have them about
I used one for 15 yrs problem free?, killed me a small herd of deer over them yrs too Lol

Good stuff! Underspined along with an out of tune bow will give you a lot of trouble with straight arrow flight. Often some of the causes why people cannot shoot fixed blade broadheads and opt for mechanicals.

That's definitely why I packed up my Muzzy fixed blades and picked up the NAP Killzone's... I thought I was saving money by buying the cheap arrows from the local shop, but ended up spending a good bit more than I bargained for! The guy who ran the business said the arrows would work fine... I know now not to just take anybodies word for it!