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[fxstdavew]

What are the benefits of a red hot bolts over the standard parker bolts ?

[Redhotscott]

I asked the same question.alot of people that I talked to who shot them said they were ok but went back to the regular Parker arrows.they said they weren't worth the straight $

[FuzzyFultz]

The standard Parker arrows are Carbon Express Syrge. They are good straight out of the box out to around 40 yards for me. But need about   130 grains of weight on the front. Not including a 100 grain field point or braodhead. I have a thread started in the General crossbow section about these and the Easton 2219 aluminum arrows. Entitled Most Accurate Arrow I think it is. I am currently trying to solve the FOC problem adding 130 grains of weight. I did spin test several of these arrows and found that they where fairly straight. I fixed about three I think out of 6 that had a small wobble in the insert. Took care of the problem.

[bigrnyrs]

The Red Hot arrow is the premium CX bolt and has the buff tough finish. But in my opinion the biggest difference is that the Red Hot arrow comes with the 51 grain hevi hit insert. This with a 100 grain point makes that arrow have about a 11% FOC. This will improve accuracy especially at longer ranges. There is nothing wrong with the Hunter bolt, they shoot fine, but the Red Hot offers a little more precision at longer ranges.

[briarpatch]

I've shot both...out of the box....I got much better consistency with the Red Hots than I did with the Hunter arrows.  I stayed with the Red Hots for hunting, and have found them to be as durable as they are consistent.  Based on my (limited) experience....the Red Hots were worth the extra money to me.

[FuzzyFultz]

bigrnyrs, on 09 February 2012 - 08:10 AM, said:

The Red Hot arrow is the premium CX bolt and has the buff tough finish. But in my opinion the biggest difference is that the Red Hot arrow comes with the 51 grain hevi hit insert. This with a 100 grain point makes that arrow have about a 11% FOC. This will improve accuracy especially at longer ranges. There is nothing wrong with the Hunter bolt, they shoot fine, but the Red Hot offers a little more precision at longer ranges.

Yes, that is about what I am thinking about  adding to the Carbon Express Syrge. But I am also thinking about just going strictly aluminum and selling all my carbon arrows. I have a dozen in the Syrge and a half dozen in the Cabelas Stalker X  arrows. Used a very little and most not at all. I also put the Parker nocks on the 12 Carbon Express Syrge.

You can check out my post from a few minutes ago in the General Discussion area entitled Most accurate Arrow. I have figured a way to add weight without removing the insert.

[Hardawaypoints]

My Parker Hurricane just wouldn't group Red Hot arrows well.  I tried everything I could think of, but the FOC was just too light to make my bow as accurate as it could be.

I switched over to GT Laser IIs with a heavier brass insert and my bow shoots like I knew it was capable of.

Jim

[FuzzyFultz]

Hardawaypoints, on 03 March 2012 - 07:59 AM, said:

My Parker Hurricane just wouldn't group Red Hot arrows well.  I tried everything I could think of, but the FOC was just too light to make my bow as accurate as it could be.

I switched over to GT Laser IIs with a heavier brass insert and my bow shoots like I knew it was capable of.

Jim

That is why I got away from carbon arrows. You can make the carbons shoot well with enough FOC, around 18% or higher usually. The aluminum have no issue with FOC and the spine is easy to find just by looking , especially if you are fletching your own.The Easton 2219 is an arrow that has been overlooked somewhat today with all the carbon arrows out there. But I can assure you that they are an arrow to be reckoned with. They are not as tough, but you can depend on them all working fine from your bow. No flyers and spending money for not so true shafts. The Gold Tip from what I have read are really probably one of the best affordable shafts out there now when it comes to carbon. But I can still build Easton 2219s for half the price of carbon. And they will be very very accurate.

                        Fuzzy