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What poundage would you recommend being able to shoot at before using expandable broadheads?


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Beautiful picture mic my wife shoots 47lbs with
spitfires work great!

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45# will generate enough KE to open GKF Reaper Mech heads


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Mic. I know people who shoot 40 pounds with spitfires that work great. Just dont panic when you shot something and when you find your arrow the blades are closed. I shoot 70 pounds and the first time I killed something the blades were closed after exit. The explaination I recieved was this.....The arrow slows drasticly as the vanes reach the skin. That slowing causes the blades to return to closed. Made sense to me. Good luck.

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I can only speak of spitfires, but as long as the broadhead is going forward the blades stay open, the second they are pulled backwards they close. Trust me on this one, I spined a deer with a spitfire this year, perfect triangular cut in the hide and all the way through the meat, when I pulled the arrow out it pulled real easy, I thought what the heck, the blades were closed, then with a thick glove on I verified forward open, backward close, everytime, they do not lock open.

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bow poundage is not a good measure. It does have something to do with it, but Kinetic energy is the factor most often used. Another thing to keep in mind is that not all mechanical heads work the same, or need the same amount of KE. A well tuned bow also plays a factor in how well the heads work. A good rule of thumb is 55 ft/lbs out of a well tuned bow should be able to produce good results with heads of 1 1/2" or less. Again though this is only a general rule and there are some exceptions.

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Thanks for all the help guys. I think I will buy some and try them out and see if the work for me. Any suggestions on what ones are the best?


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I would agree with 5shot's post, 50-55 ft/lbs of
KE is a good guideline for using mechanicals. I'd
recommend the Rocket Steelhead's as I've seen
some great results with these shot from proper
setups. Both the 100 gr.(1 1/8" cut) and the 125
gr.(1 1/4" cut) have chisel tips and 3 blades.

Here is a link to some broadhead test results:
http://www.american-hunter.com/broad...dhead_test.htm

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I shoot rockets and had good results my friend uses spitfires with good results I'd get both and see which one is more accurate

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Which mechanical is best depends on your specific setup and exactly what you want the head to do. Do you want a huge cutting diameter and do you have the KE for it, or do you want great accuracy and penetration like a fixed blade head? With some more specifics I can recomend some good heads for you to try.

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I used Nap shockwaves 100 grain last season with excellant results.

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I have been using rocky mountain gator's for the past 2 yrs' with excellent result's 2 buck's and a 350 lbs. black bear and several yotes all total pass through's

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I use NAP 100grain spitfires. They fly just like my field points. Like was mentioned earlier, dont worry about them being closed after a pass through, the skin snaps them back sometimes.

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This next is controversial. I believe that the potential energy (PE) that your bow stores gives you a budget. You then decide how to spend that budget. You can spend it on speed (lighter arrows) or on penetration (heavier arrows). With current compounds and heavy bows and hard cams you can have both - good penetration and a fast arrow as you start out as such a rich archer - rich in PE.

Most mechanicals also use up some of the penetration. They may not be cut to the tip. They might have a large cutting diameter. They may be of a design that spends some penetration to open.

With the above high PE bow, you still have enough budget to shoot a good mechanical.

One last complication is that it is the penetration capability at impact that is important - how much PE was coupled to the KE of the arrow, how much drag was on the arrow and how much that drag slowed the arrow down.

So I would agree with 5 point that the bow poundage is not enough information.

If you are shooting a relatively light bow, though, you could still shoot mechanicals by choosing one with a above average penetrating design - 5 shot likes the Rocky Mountain Snyper - and/or you could shoot a relatively heavy arrow. The relatively heavy arrow will have a little more KE off of the bow due to the better coupling of the bows PE to the arrows KE, it will have more momentum - more mass to go with the lesser velocity - and hence more penetration potential than a lighter arrow. And it will likely shed energy less rapidly in the air (just like the greater momentum helps the arrow penetrate a deer, it also helps it penetrate the air).

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