Hey all,
I was visiting family last week and while talking to my Father-in-law I discovered he had some (9) old bear razorheads, mounted on screw-in adapters. He no longer uses them and I was glad to take them off his hands. I have never played with them before so I have some questions about them
1. Is there anyway to mount them on wood shafts without cutting off so much of the taper?
2. The bleeders seem to have a little "play" in them. They aren't really loose, but can slip around a little bit in place. Is that how they are designed? Do you use a little glue to tack them in better?
3. I mounted one on an arrow that flies good out of my bow with a Magnus I 135 gr. head. When I shot it, the arrow kicked quite a bit. It was only 1 arrow and I only shot it a couple of times but don't these heads normally have very good flight characteristics?
Thanks for your help
Nathan
I got some old razorheads that I put on my cedar shafts for this season. They fly good. I know what you mean about cutting off the taper though. I suppose you could slot the taper for the bleeder. I mounted mine with epoxy and kind of cleaned the epoxy out of the slot with a piece of thin metal while it set up. The bleeders don't seem to hold super duper tight at first, but when you pull them back towards the fat end, they sort of lock into place. If they won't, then your taper is still too long.
p.s. I haven't weighed the heads but I believe they are about 125gr. It shouldn't be that different. Which way are they kicking?
I have some of the old green Bear heads, both with and without screw-in adapters. Here are the weights:
w/adapter and no bleeder - 150 gr.
w/o adapter and no bleeder - 111 gr.
bleeder = 9 gr.
The ones I have weighed that were glue on were just over 100 grains. (101 - 104)
The Adapter installed ones were between 143 and 147.I wouldn't use them as glue ons myself; but if I was shooting a bow in the 40s I might.