Broadheads and practice
#1
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: longwood florida USA
Posts: 42
Broadheads and practice
I am practicing with the 3 blade fixed muzzy using the practice blades. When I change to the cutting blades should I at least shoot the arrow with new blades at a target to ensure it will be accurate. If so what affect will this have on the sharpness of the blades?
Bones
Bones
#2
RE: Broadheads and practice
I am practicing with the 3 blade fixed muzzy using the practice blades. When I change to the cutting blades should I at least shoot the arrow with new blades at a target to ensure it will be accurate. If so what affect will this have on the sharpness of the blades?
#3
Join Date: Feb 2003
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RE: Broadheads and practice
I would absolutely recomend you shoot the real thing. I've shot several bows that shot the practice tips to a different point of impact than that of the real heads. For example, both my bow and my brother's bow shoot the real head 3" further to the right than the practice heads. Its probably a good idea just to keep a set of practice heads. In a pinch, you can always sharpen them.
#4
RE: Broadheads and practice
Agrred. Shoot the real blades. Replace them for hunting. Keep the old ones for next year's practice. In my case the blades that come with my heads are designated as scrap--they get used for practice. That's just one of the advantages of heads with replaceable blades.
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Broadheads and practice
One of the advantages of heads with non-replaceable blades - Magnus, Bear Razorhead, Zwickey, Steelforce, etc - is your practice blades and hunting blades are one and the same. You just sharpen them up before hunting.
Putting new blades in replaceable blade heads always left a question mark in my mind... Will the broadhead still shoot the same? Even though the odds were very much in favor of the head shooting the same, I never did like that small bit of uncertainty. That's the main reason I went back to good ol' cut on contact heads.
Putting new blades in replaceable blade heads always left a question mark in my mind... Will the broadhead still shoot the same? Even though the odds were very much in favor of the head shooting the same, I never did like that small bit of uncertainty. That's the main reason I went back to good ol' cut on contact heads.
#7
RE: Broadheads and practice
I'm kind of new at this sport.Then I should stop practicing with field points and practice with the same arrow head that I will be hunting with?
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Chuck
Thanks fro the imfo.
Chuck