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!

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.

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

Good Luck
TB

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

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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