Rocket steelheads and Gold tip problems?
10-22-2003, 06:53 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Sep 2003
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Rocket steelheads and Gold tip problems?
There was a post on here about a month or so ago about the Rocket Steelheads and Goldtips not haveing much threads holding them together. My brother was thinking about trying them and I gave a few. I thought that they worked on mine but looking at them again we relized they don' t. I took a head and took the washer off and added some blue loc tight and screwed them on as tight as I could by hand. Will this work? He is going to try them out tomorrow but I wanted to know if anybody had done this with theres. These a Steelheads right from Rocket last year. Any help?
James D.
James D.
10-22-2003, 07:36 PM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Durant Oklahoma Durant, OK
Posts: 109
RE: Rocket steelheads and Gold tip problems?
I would not try it the washers are there for a reson.To allow full opening of the blades plus they are made of metal.Your inserts are more than likely aluminum and if the broadhead hits a bone your blades will pass the full openwidth it was made for and go past causing a smaller hole and more than likely cut into the aluminum and breaking off the blades which would be like shooting a deer with a broadhead.Don' t be cheap on broadheads find something that will work and keep them sharp.Hope this helps.
10-23-2003, 06:58 AM
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Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: Rocket steelheads and Gold tip problems?
I have done this and I can tell you exactly what will happen. The head will open up just fine, but the blades will fold back too far and the back of the blades will cut into the aluminum insert and probably into your arrow shaft as well. By folding back too far, the cutting diameter will be a little smaller than it should be. Ruined arrow, small cutting diameter.
If you don' t care about scrapping out an arrow and getting less than full cut, then go ahead and use ' em like that.
The problem with GoldTip and Steelheads is two fold. First, the counterbores in GoldTips inserts are deeper than most, but still within AMO specs. Their inserts will work with any head that is made to industry standard. The BIG problem is that the Steelhead' s threaded shanks are cut a full 1/8" shorter than AMO specs. They are counting on the insert makers to keep the counterbore depths either short or in the middle of their tolerance range so they can hang a thread or two with the steel washer in place.
If you don' t care about scrapping out an arrow and getting less than full cut, then go ahead and use ' em like that.
The problem with GoldTip and Steelheads is two fold. First, the counterbores in GoldTips inserts are deeper than most, but still within AMO specs. Their inserts will work with any head that is made to industry standard. The BIG problem is that the Steelhead' s threaded shanks are cut a full 1/8" shorter than AMO specs. They are counting on the insert makers to keep the counterbore depths either short or in the middle of their tolerance range so they can hang a thread or two with the steel washer in place.
