can cold affect arrows??

[missy83]

Quick question, can the cold air warp an arrow. My friend was shooting her bow today and couldn't group her arrows. Last week she had no trouble with her groupings. The arrows being used are junior composite for 30 to 50 lbs.

[TurkeyRookie]

I cant speak to the physics aspect, but was your friend a lot more bundled up because of the cold weather, perhaps the added layers hampered her form.

[Dobermanhunter]

interesting question, I know that it can affect bullet zeroing. like if you zero a rifle in warm temps it will impact higher in the cold because the air is less dense. so with that said I could see arrows being higher but it shouldn't affect the group size itself. im new to bows though so I don't have much of an answer for you.

[robster]

Maybe the cold is affecting her. Shivers! Usually its not the equipment but the user!

[topher]

Could the cold make the arrow a little smaller? As.most things contract in cold.. I don't know much about how an arrow flys..

[Snowwalker]

interesting question, I know that it can affect bullet zeroing. like if you zero a rifle in warm temps it will impact higher in the cold because the air is less dense. so with that said I could see arrows being higher but it shouldn't affect the group size itself. im new to bows though so I don't have much of an answer for you.

First cold air is more dense then warm air. Powders burn slower in cold temps then they did when it was warm.. You may be thinking of zeroing at a low altitude and then shooting at a higher altitude and finding the Point of Impact is higher because then air gets less dense the higher you go.

[MikePal]

Watch this video....you can see the amount of flex and arrow goes thru in flight, so I'm going to say, if your shooting in cold temps and the carbon arrow is cold it's not going to flex near as much as when the arrow is warm....so I will say YES temps will affect the arrow flight.

[toddc]

carbon has extreme resilience to temp change so by the time you shoot from your stand they would have climatized and shoot consistent

[hammer4]

[QUOTE=MikePal;754473]Watch this video....you can see the amount of flex and arrow goes thru in flight, so I'm going to say, if your shooting in cold temps and the carbon arrow is cold it's not going to flex near as much as when the arrow is warm....so I will say YES temps will affect the arrow flight.

This seems very likely to me.

[Snowwalker]

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This seems very likely to me.

X2 The cold stiffens the carbon and increasing it's spine.