Wind and Broadheads
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Nontypical Buck
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From: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
i never had a problem with the Muzzy's out of my Bear Buckmaster with 2314'sandI know I never had that bow tuned as well asI have my current bow.
I guess that's one of the draw backs.I have 12 perfectly good Muzzy 125's that are of no use to me anymore. Six have never been shot.
I guess that's one of the draw backs.I have 12 perfectly good Muzzy 125's that are of no use to me anymore. Six have never been shot.
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From: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
lmao.I won't need that for a long long time. Of course, they are made out of aluminum and stainless. So, they won't rustfor about20 yrs or so.
I tried to give them to my buddy shooting a Matthews Switchback XT at 70 lbs. He's under 280 fps with a 125 gr tip.

I tried to give them to my buddy shooting a Matthews Switchback XT at 70 lbs. He's under 280 fps with a 125 gr tip.

#15
I'm not sure of my fps. I'm shooting a Bowtech Tomkat with a 29" draw and Gold Tip 5575's. I have my bow set at 65 lbs, but I'mtrying for 70lbs by hunting season. The guy at the shop said, if I'm not up to 70lbs comfortably by season,I need to stick to 100 grain broadheads. I'm working out daily now, and I'm going to shoot daily starting yesterday! (even if it's just in the garage)I have some time, help from my friends, and a lot of motivation. I'll be good!
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From: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
ORIGINAL: Javabird17
My ol'man has been shooting100gr Muzzy as far back as he can remember ..Never had problem with wind. Muzzys on his alum. shafts. Are you having a problem ? what shafts you using ?
My ol'man has been shooting100gr Muzzy as far back as he can remember ..Never had problem with wind. Muzzys on his alum. shafts. Are you having a problem ? what shafts you using ?
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ORIGINAL: davepjr71
What bow? DW? chrono'd speed? The answer to the last question will have a lot to do with why they are still working if it's slower than 280 or so. If I use my old bow even at 70# there are no problems with my old Muzzys.
ORIGINAL: Javabird17
My ol'man has been shooting100gr Muzzy as far back as he can remember ..Never had problem with wind. Muzzys on his alum. shafts. Are you having a problem ? what shafts you using ?
My ol'man has been shooting100gr Muzzy as far back as he can remember ..Never had problem with wind. Muzzys on his alum. shafts. Are you having a problem ? what shafts you using ?
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From: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
That explains it. He's probably around 270 fps tops even with the Matthews. It's an issue of the bow's speed and how stable the arrow is to begin with. If the arrow is close to instability from the start and you add wind it's going to not fly well.
After a few years out of the game I was hoping that Muzzys would be just fine. However, a few articles had meapprehensive if that was still the case. Both said that 280 fps was about the max for a fixed blade broadhead. In a fenced yard with no wind they did fly good and I thought I was in the clear. Then, I decided to shoot them at 30 yds in the wind and they broke loose on me. i just ordered some Wac'emtriton XL 125's to try. I've read some good articles on them and they should be good.
After a few years out of the game I was hoping that Muzzys would be just fine. However, a few articles had meapprehensive if that was still the case. Both said that 280 fps was about the max for a fixed blade broadhead. In a fenced yard with no wind they did fly good and I thought I was in the clear. Then, I decided to shoot them at 30 yds in the wind and they broke loose on me. i just ordered some Wac'emtriton XL 125's to try. I've read some good articles on them and they should be good.


