Fixed or Mechanical Broad
#12
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Florida Panhandle
Posts: 273
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
"We all know what is going to happen. 5shot is going to come in here and post a link to his site. I will go ahead and take care of that. "
ROFL
I typically take mech's if I'm not 100% sure I can place my b-head where I want. This year I've had problems getting my b-heads to group, and thus, I've been going with mech's.
ROFL
I typically take mech's if I'm not 100% sure I can place my b-head where I want. This year I've had problems getting my b-heads to group, and thus, I've been going with mech's.
#14
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
Fixed- muzzy phantoms= big cut, huge hole, super penetration.
Mech- Rocket Sidewinders, they work great- nice hole in & big hole out
But there usually a one hit wonder. (bent blades & or furrel after 1 pass thru), but their cheap so I'm willing to but one per deer.
Mech- Rocket Sidewinders, they work great- nice hole in & big hole out
But there usually a one hit wonder. (bent blades & or furrel after 1 pass thru), but their cheap so I'm willing to but one per deer.
#16
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location:
Posts: 121
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
ORIGINAL: bigbuck7
The more moving parts you have the more chance their is something can go wrong.
The more moving parts you have the more chance their is something can go wrong.
#17
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location:
Posts: 74
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
I myself tried a mechanical broadhead about 15 years ago and it didn't open up due to the "O"-ring. I realize that these broadheads have changed since 15 years but since then I have taken numerous deer with the "ole reliable" Muzzy 3-Blade chisseled point. Bad to the bone!
I might add, using a Muzzy, you might encounter a few pass-throughs, that's a good thing. Good luck.
I might add, using a Muzzy, you might encounter a few pass-throughs, that's a good thing. Good luck.
#18
Thread Starter
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Berkley County WV
Posts: 49
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
My apologies gentlemen i did not intend or mean for any kind of argument. I have only used fixed broad heads and was just curious. I use Thunderhead 125s. Just have had many freinds try to convince me to switch to mechanicals. Though I have only been Bow hunting for 3 years the 5 deer I have taken with bow, none went more than 75 yards after shot, avg. shot distance was 25-30 yards, complete pass through all 5 times, shooting a PSE 1000c with a 4 inch over draw ,slings them at 261 fps. I was just wondering why some people want to change things that are not broke?
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Vinton VA
Posts: 2,978
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Colorado Springs, CO
Posts: 510
RE: Fixed or Mechanical Broad
Don't listen to them, if they didn't shoot super fast bows or if they could tune a bow right, they would fixed blade broadheads too. Good fixed blade broadheads hold up, both Muzzy and Thunderhead are in that ball park. I shoot 130 muzzy. Go back into the tuning manuals and read about arrow balance and flight. It will tell you for good flight and penetration 60% of the arrow weight in the first third of the arrow! Add that to razor sharp blades on a 4blade Muzzy and you are talking dead anything.
Gselkhunter
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