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Old 10-30-2006 | 10:08 AM
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kry226
 
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Default RE: Blazer vs Feathers - personal test

ORIGINAL: Kathwacckkk

Over the past two years I have always bought new arrows when some of the feathers have gone bad. I had about 10 in the corner of my hunting room I was getting ready to throw away because I have not purchased a re-fletcher. I called my local archery shop and found out they refletch arrows for $3.00 / arrow for feathers or $3.50 for Blazers. I had 5 fletched in feathers with a factory right helical and the other 5 in blazers because I always wanted to try them.
My equipment is listed in the signature below. The first thing I noticed is the Blazers were extremely silent in flight. No whistle or anything. At 20 yards or less the impact was identical to the feathers. After 20 yards though, theblazers fishtail and impact to the right (between 2 and 6 inches) of the intended target. Repeated trailsthroughout the weekend experienced the same thing, with no consistency.The feather**** exactly where aimed and flew like darts, but did have a whistle.Occasional, the blazers would hit exactly where I wanted right along with the feathers. No matter how hard I tried and how much I shot, I could not consistently get the blazers to pattern. The fishtailhas me really concerned and I could not figure out if the blazers were hitting the rest or bow somewhere. Love the silence, hate the accuracy (or lack there of).
My experience is identical to yours with the exception that I cannot get better than a six inch group at 20 yards with Blazers.

I shoot a Mathews FX at 65lbs with Muzzy ZE drop away, 100gr Muzzy 4-blades, and Gold Tip 5575 carbons.

I got tired of the inaccuracy one session and I pulled my feathers back out and shot consecutive three inch groups at 30 yards and they also flew like darts. Boy, let me tell you how much better I felt after that. I thought there was something seriously wrong with me or the bow.

Bottom line is that Blazers work for some people, but not for others. Your experiences may vary, but these were mine.
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