broadhead question
09-06-2013, 08:58 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2007
Posts: 1,083
No I don't use the (heavy) ones designed for crossbow as the arrows I make have a 110 gr brass insert, don't need the extra weight. I'm using the Slick Trick Magnums in my bows. The 100 grainers the Phoenix and Vortex, and the 125 in the Cyclone; just to meet the minimum arrow weight requirements for that bow. (calls for 425 gr arrows).
Considered the slightly wider Griz version but decided not to fix something that isn't broken....for a change. Partially motivated by knowledge that bigger isn't always better where broadheads are concerned. I had planing problems with the original (large) Thunderheads.
Considered the slightly wider Griz version but decided not to fix something that isn't broken....for a change. Partially motivated by knowledge that bigger isn't always better where broadheads are concerned. I had planing problems with the original (large) Thunderheads.
Sounds like some good advice. I personally use mechanicals, trying out the G5 T3's this year. But have always heard positive things about the Slicks.
09-08-2013, 03:23 AM
#12
Spike
Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: PA
Posts: 68
I use G5 montecs I think they shot about 3 inches different then the field points. The fact that the broadheads dont shoot the same as the field points has never bothered me. Just get a broadhead target and tune your scope in for the broadheads. Shoot at a couple different distances until you have a good feel for scope's cross bars and your done. Unlike bows, crossbows are set it and forget it so you dont need as much practice shooting. I only shoot field points when I unload my bow at the end of the hunt. Other than that I practice with what I hunt with.
