HuntingNet.com Forums - View Single Post - Arrow Flight different with broadheads vs. field points
Old 05-13-2003 | 12:50 PM
  #80  
Fletchead
 
Joined: Feb 2003
Posts: 87
Likes: 0
From: Ks.
Default RE: Arrow Flight different with broadheads vs. field points

Pin, this has always been one of those things we havent ever agreed on. I respect your history, and what youve done archery wise, but I also know to many well know target shooters and hunters who strive for, and do get both heads to hit together. I just recently read an article by a nine time Alaska archery champion, who after switching to a fall away rest achieved both hitting together. Does he know a few things about tuning. I would assume so. Once again, I paper tune, I bareshaft, I french, and if all these things pass muster, magically my bhds. hit right with fpts. It takes time to get there. Not just going by a chart, but trying different arrows. Finding the proper length, head wt. , f.o.c., helical and fletch size etc. Point being, sometimes you get lucky but as often as not it takes time. There is no physical reason why a bh.d cannot hit the same. Steerage. O.k. so why are you getting bhd. steerage. It is correctable. Ive just seen to many people go to a new setup, tune and magically have both hit together. People who supposedly know how to tune. I thing the guys name from Alaska is Lauber. He made a small rest change, accuracy stayed the same and the heads start hitting together. The only thing that makes sense is what was supposedly a good setup in spine, wasnt. That arrow was bangin the rest just enough to be redirected by the bhd. According to the thinking Im seeing here, he, and others like him should detune one setup or the other and get those heads to seperate. Thats assinine.

Pin heres one of the things where we may be getting off base. I see dedicated target guys, shooting two or three inch straight fletch,or less, seven percent f.o.c. or what have you. Yeah, your not of course gonna take that setup, screw on a bhd. and have them impact the same. We may be comparing apples to oranges. I had never really considered it, but I think were talking about two different things. Now the guys such as myself who target shoot just to stay intune and shape for hunting, are of course shooting totally different setups. My shafts and setup are basically the same. Screw on bhds, spin test, and other than a very slight f.o.c. difference which doesnt show up till 40 yds.or so ,away I go. Once again other than bhd. steerage, which is only if my spines off or my bows not in tune, theres no earthly reason why they dont or shouldnt hit together.The bhds. coming off the same as the fld. pt. Am I making sense here. I obviously see that a dedicated spot setup would definatley have to be detuned ,if you will in order to make them impact the same or even close.
Fletchead is offline  
Reply