jstanton007
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Has anyone had any issues with the Victory RIP V3 Gamer arrows? Specifically weight tolerance. Their website claims weight sorted and +/-0.5gr tolerance but I just picked up half a dozen from my local archery shop and there is a 5.3gr difference between the heaviest and lightest. I measured them all at 27.5" exactly and weighed them 3 separate times on my RCBS Chargemaster Supreme. The 3 times each arrow weighed the same as the time before.
Here is the arrow configuration:
Victory RIP V3 Gamer cut to 27.5" (8.2gpi, 225.5gr total)
Victory Stainless Steel Shok Half-Out (60gr)
Victory IP Knoxk (8gr)
AAE Hybrid 3-Vane Fletch (8.3gr each, 24.9gr total)
Without glue, total arrow weight should be about 318.4 grains, so with glue, and +/- tolerances, I would figure total arrow weight should be around 320 +/-0.5gr. Here are the weights as I measured (324.8, 322.8, 320.0, 320.7, 323.3, 319.5). Could they have got heavy with the glue on the insert and it added that much weight?
Am I being to much of a stickler on this? I realize as shorter distances this 5 grain deviation will not matter but what about at 60+ yards?
This same pro shop made me up a dozen Easton Axis 5mm with 3-vane fletch AAE Max and the 75gr steel half-outs and each arrow ended up +/-0.65gr of each other. I was happy with this but the Victory's at +/-2.65gr seems excessive.
Here is the arrow configuration:
Victory RIP V3 Gamer cut to 27.5" (8.2gpi, 225.5gr total)
Victory Stainless Steel Shok Half-Out (60gr)
Victory IP Knoxk (8gr)
AAE Hybrid 3-Vane Fletch (8.3gr each, 24.9gr total)
Without glue, total arrow weight should be about 318.4 grains, so with glue, and +/- tolerances, I would figure total arrow weight should be around 320 +/-0.5gr. Here are the weights as I measured (324.8, 322.8, 320.0, 320.7, 323.3, 319.5). Could they have got heavy with the glue on the insert and it added that much weight?
Am I being to much of a stickler on this? I realize as shorter distances this 5 grain deviation will not matter but what about at 60+ yards?
This same pro shop made me up a dozen Easton Axis 5mm with 3-vane fletch AAE Max and the 75gr steel half-outs and each arrow ended up +/-0.65gr of each other. I was happy with this but the Victory's at +/-2.65gr seems excessive.