Low KE Mech
 

Looking for a low KE Mech head for my Girl. She has a new Drenalin only shootin 42# with a 28" inch Draw.Never really looked in to these before only Bigger Heads was hoping someone had some experience in this area and could help me out. 5shot or anyone. Thanks Guys

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I wouldn't let her shoot any mechanical. NONE. I don't care how little KE they say the require to deploy the blades.

She needs to be shooting a smaller fixed blade head like the 1" slick tricks, Magnus stingers, NAP nitrons, Eastman first cut, Steel force, etc... etc...

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Man, do I agree with this one. I shoot around 55# with a 27" draw and won't even think of using a mechanical. Besides, there's no challenge placed on the tuning process.

Droptine, is this your girl or your daughter. Man, with a 28" draw length she must have a pretty long wingspan. She must be about 5'10". That's about normal to require a 28" draw.

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BGFisher,
Great Guess man, yeah she is my girl stands about 5'10" 130lbs...DD....and bowhunts, im not sure how it gets better than that....

But sure would like to hear 5shot ring in on this..I understand your guyszzzz reservations...and share them....I had her shootint Small fixed blades last year..and I got to believe with al the rearward opening mechs out there now there is probably a good one for her but i could be wrong.

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Well Tiffany Lakowski shoots rage expandables, and I believe she pulls about 54lbs and only has a 25inch draw. My wife pulls 53lbs and has a 26inch draw, but Im having her shoot Nap hellrazors, those or the montecs would be my top pic for low KE.

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dont let her shoot mhs

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I would venture that Tiffany is paid to shoot Rage heads. If you pay for my hunting I too would be more than happy to pimp off your products;) I'm with everyone else, go fixed.

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Watchthe deer that Tiffany shootsand notice how little penetration she gets on most of her deer.

And yes, she gets paid to promote a particular broadhead.

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Im not saying that it is the best choice even if Tiffany shoots them. What I am saying if this guy is dead set on his girl shooting mechanicals that rage broadheads or another rear deploying head would be a good choice. Ive seen Tiffany get more penetration on some deer than alot of profesionals do shooting fixed blades. Whats most important is that 2droptine needs to make sure his girl only takes close shots and the deer needs to be broadside.

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snipers looks likethey might be good to use for low poundage.they push to open might even penatrate better than fixed blades.
dont know, i've never used snipers.

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rocket steelheads or wolverines will work just as good as any fixed head this side of two blade cut on contact. with low poundage bow though i would try fixed heads because the bow is so slow and shots should be kept under 25yrds IMO that tuning them doesnt take nearly as much as it does for high speed. but if your short on time put a good small mech like the ones i said on and itll do the job ive seen it personally more then a few times with a few people i know shooting 45lbs -50lbs. and i shot them back when i was younger and my high county deer hunter (given to me after my dad got a new one way back when) was only shooting from 48-55lbs for a few years. stay away from big cuts thats what takes up the energy and not the blade deployment.

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I simply cannot fathom the need for a mechanical when you're shooting a 43lb bow. I did, a few years back,kill a 6pointer 20yds broadside with an NAP Scorpion broadhead. A whoppin' 6 inches of penetration, 45lb bow. I'm sure we could play a bunch of "what if" scenarios were it, say, a Rage or a Rocket Steelhead I used instead. However,that was more than enough fair warning for me.

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Ok kids,
After much research and deliberation I've have decided to go ahead and set her up with Magnus Stinger 4-blade. I feel the benefits of those 2 extra little bleeder blades much outweigh any slight difference in penatration that may occur.
Thanx everyone one for you input..
what ya think?

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like i said with the low poundage tuning should be easy but if you had to rush it the rocket steelhead or wolverine would be fine. the rage has too much cut for that poundage.

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I'm using stingers this year. They do require a little thought to go into fletching selection and bowtune, however. I've got best flight with 4" helical feathers and a dropaway rest. They also flew fine with 4" offset vanes but the groups started to open up with blazers. I'm not shooting blistering speeds either, about 235fps.

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Sorry it took so long to chime in. Had some computer troubles. Stingers will be an excellent choice for her. That said in a mechanical head, the 100 grn Rocket steelheads will penetrate about as well as anything on the market and would probably work fine.

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A have a buddy who refuses to retire his old bow. In 1988 it was state-of-art. Today is just art. He thought he could upgrade the bow by going to a mechanical. He is shooting 27" draw at 56lb. Long story short, last year he stuck a very nice deer, and the arrow did not penetrate for a kill shot, but wounded a deer we could not find.

I agree with majority of post: Go to a cut on contact style broadhead.

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I love my spitfires but I also am a 30" draw/70# for low ke I would stay away from any MH I like the nap razor caps, or hellrazors for a cut on contact head. I also have shot the Steelforce out of my 53# recurve and got a passthrough on a 350# bear! Also I don't know for sure and I'm not slamming the rear opening heads but I was taling to alocal warden and he said certain heads that open rearward (he mentioned the snypers) might be considered a "barbed" broadhead, and those are illegal here in IL. I doubt you'd ever run into that but something to think about?

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