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Main Boards => PowWow => Topic started by: Boomerang on December 08, 2009, 08:28:00 AM
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100gr
125gr
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200gr
250gr
300gr
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175....cause its the weight I've been shooting 95% of the time since the mid 80s and its done the job for me over and over and over.
I have used heavier heads/adapters at times for certain animals...but you did ask for our favorite.
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125, for the same reasons Terry posted.
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Oh....and just for the record....I am counting the long adaper for the total weight. 135 grain head with the 42 grain long adaptor.
Sharpening takes off a little, and the epoxy brings it back to 175 or there abouts.
If you are not wanting to count the adapter...then 135 grains....which aint on the list...but I did vote 175.
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Had to choose 150 off the list, though it is actually 135/145...(Deadheads, Stos, Eclipse, etc.).
For me, that is the heaviest tip I can go on wood shafts. At 32+" of draw, the shaft needed on a 56# bow is 105/109# spine class. Not easy to locate..... Can't imagine what I would need to shoot the 215gr heads I wanted to use (Aboyer Whitetails).
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depends on what im hunting.
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With wood shafts I like 160grn glue on. Crabon shafts around 250grn total upfront. I like a brass insert and a steel adapter with my carbon shafts.
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I am not an fan of arrows that are too light. When carbons came out and most of us tried all the different methods of adding weight the experiments done by Bob Morrison caught my attention. Heavy FOC seemed to do two things...it added the additional weight that I was looking for and the heavier FOC afforded me demonstrable increases in penetration. I found I got the best of both worlds using heads in the 200-250 grain range (that's total weight with adapters, inserts, etc.) The deciding factor for me, however, is not the weight of the head, per se, but what weight gave me the best bare shaft results. A straight flying arrow is way better for penetration than a very heavy arrow that is not flying properly.
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NOT SURE: I have bowhunted for close to 20 years with a compound and 2 years ago I went all traditional.Always used 125gr.But now I think I need to go heavier.But how heavy? And keep front of center within it's limits.
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Been using the 135 grain-2 blade-magnus I on a 40ish grain adapter, so 175g, but I'm trying the 220g Phantoms this year(different bow setup)! Either way -on both bows - somewhere around 250 total up front with inserts included.
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iv been shooting 250 gr for a while now but have some grizzly's for the bigger game that weight 300gr
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Started shooting 250 gr this year and am really liking it.
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I checked 200, but actually I use a 100 grain b.h. with a 100 grain brass insert.
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I find 125 gr broadheads the most versatile for me and plenty strong enough in most versions.
With a 125 head I can build a total point weight of 125 to 350 grains with ease using available components, with any shafting material.
My total point weight is usually much higher than 125, but not always.
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160 gr stos with a 42 gr insert when shooting aluminum and just the 160 gr stos on wood.
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150 here, more or less not by choice. I have a 31" draw and dont have a lot of leeway on arrow lengh for tuning. I shoot a 32" arrow and 95% of the time a 150 grain head brings that right in to tune.
Everyone say a long draw is a good thing and it is but it does have draw backs just like being tall, you bump your head all the time. Beinging tall and having a long draw can be a pain in the but sometimes but i guess i woundn't trade it.
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My BH weight is 125 gr. I have a 100 gr insert on the front end of my GrizzlyStik Sitka arrows. My all time favorte BH is the Thunderhead 160 which is no longer available. It had a 1-9/16" cutting diameter and did it ever leave a blood trail!
I couldn't remember "Thunderhead" so I did a search on broadheads and although I didn't see Thunderhead I did see NAP. I clicked on it and I see Thunderhead offers an all steel Thunderhead Magnum that weighs 170 gr. I'm not exactly sure what the cutting diameter is for the magnum. Two different diameters were given on the website, 1-1/8" and 1-1/4". It doesn't matter, I won't be shooting them. I prefer a 2-blade, sharp to the point head with my 46-48#@28" recurves.
Bill
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160 Snuffer
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125-huge verity avail and weight is added with brass inserts-cheap common
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190 Gr Grizzly El Grande witha 100 steel adapter
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I shoot the 125 gr Zwicky Eskimos with adapter they work out to 145-150 depending on the amount of sharpening they have had (the older the more they've been sharpened). Ben
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160 grn isn't on the list so I picked 150
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160 snuffer and 215 abowyers
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175 gr woodsman elite does the job!! :archer:
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Same as longhunter95, awesome BH !!
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175 for the most part, but do use 125, 200, and 250 with different setups depending on the critter I'm after or arrow combination I'm shooting.
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Im currently shooting 125 grain WW + 75 grain adapter mated to 100 grain brass insert but I'm hoping to get to 190 grain WW + 125 grain adapter + 100 grain brass or 180 grain brown bear + 125 grain adapter mated to 100 grain brass insert.
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160 grain Woodsmans...
Something new in the works, Boomerang?
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zwickey black diamond deltas... they weigh 135 - but I figure after I sharpen them.. 125 was close enough.
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125gr Magnus Stinger 4-blade
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No favorite weight. The weight just gives proper tune for my different setups, and there are lots of ways to get there.
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I shoot full length Heritage 150s and 125 grain broadheads fly great out of my bows but i sure would like to go heavier. Im new to trad so i do have some trouble when it comes to tuning.
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160 single bevel Hills on cedar.