logo
 

Go Back   HuntingNet.com Forums > Archery Forums > Technical

Technical Find or ask for all the information on setting up, tuning, and shooting your bow. If it's the technical side of archery, you'll find it here.

Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 08-22-2003, 06:08 PM   #1
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 6
Default will this work?

heys guys, need some info. i wanna start tuning my broadheads in and i was wondering if this would work. i have thunderheads and normally i take each body of the broadheads and put some old blades on to see how it shoots. after i shoot it i take the blades off and put them on another head. heres the question. can i just shoot the heads alone without the blades and get the same result. after awhile it gets really annoying changing blades. im asking u cause i dont wanna try it and possibly ruin a head and an arrow.



Scratchy
Scratchy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2003, 06:39 PM   #2
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Posts: 1,051
Default RE: will this work?

No. It will not be the same. You need the blades on them so you can tell if they are gonna plane on ya. If the heads aren' t perfectly lined up, and the bow not perfectly tuned, the blades will catch the wind more on one side and cause them to veer off. I usually keep a couple of arrows with old dull broadheads just for practicing with.
__________________
Danny
Life Member, North American Hunting Club
Life Member, National Rifle Association
Life Member, Buckmasters
Oklahoma Hunter Education Instructor
Danny45 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2003, 06:57 PM   #3
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Arlington WA USA
Posts: 718
Send a message via Skype™ to dick_cress
Default RE: will this work?

I' m with Danny45.

My hunting and target arrows are matched. I have two retired Thunderheads that I use for practice. I usually retire arrows that have taken animals to target use only. I know it' s not very practical but it' s a thing with me.
__________________
Bowhunter
Mathews Switchback XT, Shaffer Mat-1 Dropaway Rest, Toxonics K9 HD 5 pin, Dead On Range Finder, No-Peep, Fletcher .44 Caliper release, Beman ICS 400 Hunter Arrows, Sonic (7/8&quot 100' s, Simms Modular Stabilizer, Balcom Bowsling.
dick_cress is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-22-2003, 07:13 PM   #4
 
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: East Yapank NY USA
Posts: 3,457
Default RE: will this work?

The blades are what makes tuning them so much fun

Why would want to go and do a thing like that
__________________
Everyone always asks me what am I on?...........
What am I on???????
I am on my Bike 6 hours a day, Busting my A**...thats what I am on.

Lance
Rack-attack is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 08-23-2003, 07:40 AM   #5
 
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 15
Default RE: will this work?

I would have to agree with al the " No" answers. I shoot a 28 inch Gold Tip 3555 shaft with 4 inch feathers and a 90 grain Muzzy 3 fixed blade broadhhead At 60 lbs. I get almost identical results from them as I do from the same arrow with a field point. What I do to find a good starting point is look down the arrow shaft from the broadhead to the feathers and try to get them as perfectly in line with one another as possible. It' s alot easier to fine tune once you have a starting point.

Good Luck!!!
Buffy is offline   Reply With Quote
 
 
Reply


Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are Off

Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Off to work I go. moosehunter21 Young Hunters 11 04-02-2008 07:04 PM
26 ACP Work? Where do I get one. oldwun Black Powder 8 01-04-2008 05:08 PM
did a little dective work on my way to work bloodcrick Bowhunting 5 11-29-2006 01:30 PM
Do these really work??? TheBassMan Small Game, Predator and Trapping 7 09-12-2004 09:16 PM

 

All times are GMT -8. The time now is 01:41 AM.