Just got some 5575 Gold tips, full lenght and with 2 inch razer feathers. Going to try 250 grain VPA broadheads and see if they fly.My bow is 58Lb Tree stick 60" and I draw 29.5 if I'm measuring correctly.I have other bows of different lbs . One of them hopefully will work.
What do you think. Thanks Gre
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i think those are some pretty nice looking arrows! :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
I couldn'nt resist buying them they got the color I like seeing on my feathers. Thanks
pretty arrows but the fletchings are waaaaaaay too small for hunting with broadheads.
I have yet to find that out. Thats why I'm experimenting. If they are not suitable no animal will be harmed. Don't the other guys that we can't talk about use this style of fleatching in their setups. Just asking Thanks Greg
Yes they do but its a "different kinda cat"....
I think you are going to find those "little fellers" lacking in the stabilization dept. as Rob said.
Neat arrows. Ya got some good shafts...
With UltraEFOC and turbulators they should be just fine.
Well if they don't the frist time out they will before I'm done. Thanks and I'll keep you up dated.
The other guys have center shot bows and they say the small fletching works good with broadheads, I don't know. If your bow is centershot and you have a good release it could work, good luck and keep us posted.
James..................
Couple years ago I tried 2" on some target shafts and was disappointed compared to 4 & 5".Let us know your result.They are fine lookin!
I used them on my wheel setup,and I tried the same arrows from my trad bows as well.I think if you're spined right they might work.One way to find out...
If the weather tommorow is desent, I'll give them a try.Bored and ready to experiment.
Great looking arrows!!
Nice looking arrows. And I can't wait to see your results.
I'm curious.... what is a "razor feather"? Is this a new material or just a different cut?
Well, see, Dick... if ya would get out and communicate with the world instead of shooting them straigh D shaped things ya would know all this.
Oh yea, but then at yours and my age we would forget we heard it.. LOL
It's a 2' low profile fletching. They sell them in vanes for the other guys. These just happen to be made out of feathers. They are prety stiff. But I was always under the impression if your arrows were right you didn't need fletching.
So my thinking is tune the arrow untill it flys straight. They are full lenght and can be weighted up front to obtain the desired flight.
I think there are some threads around here from O.L. Adcock and Ashby about those fletches and setting up arrows for them. Tried them myself with fieldpoints and had decent results. The turbulator stuff is interesting, especially if you have time to tinker.
There was a lot of posts back last year discussing the skinny strings and the "Turbulators" or short fletchings 1.5 to 3". Dr. Ashby and others have tried it with success. I'm like you if it bare shaft ok it should work with the BH and smaller fletchings.
Well,they sure are nice looking!I think it will work well.I am awaiting your critque.
I agree with Rob on that to. The feathers are a bit on the small side. I use nothing but 5 1/2 inch feathers on my shafts.
Go Big Or Go Home! lol
I shot the razors out of my compound and found they where loud,, Dick I think I still have some just for you if you want to give this a try on one of those huge 23/64 flying telephone poles you hill guys use.
if your bow bareshafts these perfect and it should be close with 200-250gr points you can use even 3/4 feathers if you want,,, if your getting a swing effect on the shot it will do the same thing to a certain point with the smaller fletch. also rule of thumb is the broadheads shouldn't be bigger than the fletch if your not sure about spine,,, another thing is if you don't already do this you need to take a broadhead file and file the inside of those arrow nocks so they do snap on (or stay on) and stay while the arrow is hanging and then when you lift the bow quick they come off--> critical to bareshaft tuning I think.
if these fly good I'd love to see how a 2" wide treeshark or somethingn similer will fly out of it.
as for broadhead vs fletch size I have a bow here that bareshafts perfect out to 30yds my max BS distance. I put a Treeshark on that arrow that spun perfect and it hit right on at 20yds. my other bows that BS good always have a little sway with the big heads but this time its dead on OR I see no kick or drifting so itt can be done.
Well I went out and shot afew arrows with 200 grain field points. They flew pretty good. They kicked alittle to the left, but hit where I was aiming. I'm going to play with them later today with broadheads. Haven't shot in a couple weeks. My release could be the biggest factor.Not rushing out to hunt anything until fall ,I've got some time to play around. I don't always think inside the box.
kicking to the left is not good,, hitting where your aiming is what the compounds do (sometimes me and my friends) But left is easy because your point is too heavy so try throwing a 125 if you have one laying around and see what it does.
depending on the kick you may need 150-175 (which as a test can be added on to a 125 with small washers or screw nuts if you have a scale.
everyone has that favorite way of holding the string but for now hold the string as un-obstructive as possible so hold it where it feels like its going to slide off accidently,,, this elimnates so much guess work and will get you good results faster.
I've noticed in the end when I do use my favorite way of holding the string I lose a tad of speed and the spine becomes a hair stiff which is good for broadheads they say.
Thats what I'm trying later today. Thanks Greg