Just wondering if anyone uses 100gr bh I see most people using heavy bh but the 100-125angle are easy to come by in store. I need 200 up front but cant get any 75gr inserts right now just 100. I was looking at Muzzy phantom 100gr head. Thanks for any info.

Yep everyday and have for a few years now after I had to drop 25grs of tip weight for a faster bow to spine my arrows correctly.  Currently shooting the Phantom 100, Phantom SC and MX-4 heads off my Hoyt Buffalo.

Brandon, I realize this is not an answer to your original post, but personally I'd rather have the larger, heavier point. Lost Nation gives a $1 rebate on postage for Michigan shipments and they ship fast. Not as nice as being able to walk into the local Trad Shop (they folded last year) but still a good, local source.

I'm gonna try 100 grain brass inserts with muzzy 3 blade 100's for turkey this year. They seem to shoot really well out of my recurve.

I use a 31" Easton FMJ with 75 grain brass insert and 125 grain head.  I hunt with a bow at around #45 and to keep my arrow around 500 grains I need a light head.  When I hunted with a light weight carbon I used heavier heads.  Both worked well I just prefer the FMJ.

I haven't tried broadheads yet, but I'm shooting some arrows with a 100gr insert/100gr point, they tune just fine.

I have been shooting Easton Tribute 2016's 100gr insert but 125gr points works for me;haven't had any complaints from the customers I've taken .

I'm sure folks do and it will be fine in the right set-up, but for what it's worth, IMHO it will not be equivalent to a 200 gr. head with a standard aluminum insert.  My experience is that long heavy inserts internally stiffen the shaft like a footing...your mileage may vary.

I'd rather just use a standard insert and a big stout 185-200g BH

I'm shooting 100gr brass inserts with 150gr Magnus stingers. I've killed big hogs and elk with no issues

I would agree. Lighter heads with brass insert combinations aren't as strong structurally than a heavier head and standard insert.

The failure modes of a light head impede penetration upon impact of bone on the shots that may be off target a bit. (curled tip, bend aluminum ferrules, bent or chipped blade edges)

The construction of a heavier head by nature to become heavier naturally mitigates some of those failure modes seen in the lighter broadheads. (Full steel ferrules / Thicker blade widths)

With the traditional market where it is today with the endless options for heavier heads, I don't see a need to use a sub-150 gn broadhead if I am targeting 200 - 300 grains up front. (VPA, Simmons, Tuffhead, etc etc are some of the highest quality heads on the market and tailor their offerings to heavy, bomb-proof, traditional heads)

If I were to have my eye on a lighter head that really tickled my fancy, I'd buy the glue-on version and mount it to a 100gn steel ferrule, and run it with a standard insert rather than buy the screw-in version that most likely would come on an aluminum ferrule. At least I am mitigating one failure mode (ferrule integrity).

My $0.02

All the time, and that's a setup I really like for practicing because 100gr field tips don't bend as easy as 200gr field tips and are less expensive.

QuoteOriginally posted by old_goat2:
All the time, and that's a setup I really like for practicing because 100gr field tips don't bend as easy as 200gr field tips and are less expensive.

What the heck are you shooting at?

I do.  I shoot 200-225 grains up front.  So 1/2 of my arrows have 100 grain inserts the other half have regular.  I use the half with 100 grain inserts when I want to use a bullhead, a thunder head, judo point, stinger, etc.  I use the ones with regular insert when I want to run a heavy head up front I.e. Magnus 1 with steel screw in adaptor or a heavy one piece 3 blade.