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Old 04-06-2007 | 02:54 PM
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I shoot with muzzy's 3 blade and want to line up my blades with the feathers. Usually I slightly heat the botton of the shaft and the turn the broadhead to line it up with the feathers..

I've tried it with a full metal jacket arrow...doesn't work..

How do you do it ?
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Old 04-06-2007 | 03:12 PM
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Don't bother. It really doesn't do anything for you (unless you have issues of blade contact on the riser at full draw) and you seriously risk damaging the arrow by heating it too much; the inserts are likely to be epoxied in and not hot-melt glued.
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Old 04-06-2007 | 03:41 PM
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Another don't bother.

It is 100% impossible to get your blades and fletchings to fly through the same air except under absolutely 100% controled labratory conditions. Which we all know ins't the case in the woods.

And KA is correct in that the inserts are epoxied inside the shaft. Once they are in the are in.
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Old 04-07-2007 | 09:02 AM
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Some say that lining up feathers and broadhead in the same line will help flight on long distances ??
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Old 04-07-2007 | 09:13 AM
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ORIGINAL: Robin Woods..

Some say that lining up feathers and broadhead in the same line will help flight on long distances ??

Then how does one go lining up a 2 or 4 blade head?

Lining up feather/vanes with broad heads is just an old wives tail it dont do a thing.


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Old 04-07-2007 | 04:33 PM
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If for some reason you are shooting at deer indoors...then go ahead and align.

Otherwise, it ain't worth it. Conditions out in the field are never the same.
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Old 04-08-2007 | 07:53 PM
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Another don't bother, it is unnecessary to align the fletch and the broadhead blades. NOT necessary.
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Old 04-08-2007 | 08:23 PM
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I dont think it really matters unless your shooting a drop away rest and need the clearance for the blades on your shelf. As I did last year. So when I make up my arrows I scew in a broadhead and line it up so when I fletch the arrow it is inline with the blades on my broadhead. Its the only way I know of to do it with carbon arrows without damaging them.
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Old 04-08-2007 | 08:27 PM
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This is fascinating. I am new to the use of carbon arrows and was about to start worrying about tuning my broadheads. In the past I didn't necessairly align my broadheads with my fletching but I did get them all oriented the same (heated the tip and turned the insert). This process is an old wives tale and unnecessary? I'm not being sarcastic with that question, it is genuine.
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Old 04-08-2007 | 09:07 PM
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You should always worry about tuning broadheads, at least making sure they dont wobble when you spin the arrows.
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