What broadhead flies best out of your Recurve?

Gen273 · August 10, 2010, 08:57:00 PM

Please give model and weight of broadhead as well as bow and arrow info. Thanks for the help!

DennyK · August 10, 2010, 09:27:00 PM

I use a Black Widow MAX 53@28 with 28" swaged 2018's with 5.25 shield cut feathers and 145 grain Snuffers.

caleb7mm · August 10, 2010, 09:38:00 PM

rose oak tomcat 51# @28"

52.5# at my draw

29.5" 500 spine beamen ics bowhunters, 4-4" parabolic feathers, 220 grain SS muzzy phantoms.

29.5" carbon express heritage 150's, 4-4" parabolic feathers, 50 grain inserts, 150 grain woodsmans.

SteveB · August 10, 2010, 09:46:00 PM

One tuned to your setup and spins perfect.

JimB · August 10, 2010, 10:41:00 PM

SteveB,I think nailed it.Just about any broadhead should fly well if the setup is truly tuned and the broadhead is mounted properly and spins true.I am using 190 and 200 gr Grizzly El Grandes out of 50-55# bows and they fly at least as well as my field points out to 35 yds.I spent a lot of time bare shafting and fine tuning with the broadheads plus I use a spinning jig to make sure they are mounted perfectly and spin true.I also set up some arrows with 160 gr STOS,on a lighter bow with the same results.I believe most broadhead flight problems are really tuning issues.

Steve Clandinin · August 10, 2010, 10:49:00 PM

JimB hit er on the head.My 5 or 6 go to bows Widow SA's and Shrew.2213's with 5" dowel up front ,75 gr steel adapter and 125 gr Zwick Eskimo 4 blade.Same with 2018,2020 and CXL250 all with 5-1/2' helical.All fly great.Bow weights55,58 and 60.

Bowwild · August 10, 2010, 10:51:00 PM

I agree with JimB. I've only shot 4 broadheads from my recurve set-up: G5 Montec Stainless, Bear Razorhead 2-blade, Magnus Stinger 2-blade, and Strickland Helix single bevel 2-blade. All are 100 grains and fly great and group with the field tips.

My set ups are a bit varied. The bows are all 44-48 pounds. I'm shooting two arrows:

Arrow 1: Beeman MFX 600, 27.5" long, 3, 4" feathers, 70 grain insert and 100 grain broadhead. Weight 424 grains.

Arrow 2: Easton 1916 Legacy with swaged nock replaced with uni-busing push-in, 3, 4" feathers, 27.5" shaft, ~24 grain insert, 100 grain broadhead -weight 416 grains.

KSdan · August 10, 2010, 11:04:00 PM

All I have tried shoot the same. Get a bare shaft to fly perfect, decent higher f.o.c., and I have not found any difference- they all shoot like field pts. Hope that helps.

Dan in KS

Zradix · August 10, 2010, 11:06:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by SteveB:
One tuned to your setup and spins perfect.

Gen273 · August 10, 2010, 11:08:00 PM

Thanks guys!

Bowwild · August 10, 2010, 11:09:00 PM

I remember a frustrating time in Colorado back in 1977. My broadheads wouldn't fly worth a snot. I thought it was the broadhead; bears, satellites, and savora ( the last two I would consider junk today). I didn't know much about bow tuning in those days and blamed poor arrow flight on the broadhead. I spent a lot of money (for me) trying to find a "good" broadhead. First doe muley I had a shot at the dad-burned arrow wind-planed half a body length -- fortunately I missed her.

Wish I knew then....

Benny Nganabbarru · August 11, 2010, 03:01:00 AM

Any.

Gen273 · August 11, 2010, 07:12:00 AM

Thanks again, I enjoy the info. I also like to hear about your hunting setup.

Jeremy · August 11, 2010, 07:31:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by JimB:
most broadhead flight problems are really tuning issues.

I wish more people understood that.

Gen273 · August 11, 2010, 07:40:00 AM

I know a lot about tuning compounds, but I know very little about recurves.

Matt Fowler · August 11, 2010, 07:55:00 AM

I shoot a Great Northern Ghost, 65lbs. I have always used ash shafts with heavy BHs. I liked the 190 Ribteks for a long time. Last year I switched to the 160 Snuffers. Wish they made a heavier BH.

Bill Carlsen · August 11, 2010, 08:27:00 AM

You will be hard pressed to find a broadhead that is as easy to tune as the Muzzy Phantom.

Gen273 · August 11, 2010, 11:51:00 AM

Thanks guys, anyone else want to share?

Tajue17 · August 11, 2010, 12:13:00 PM

my stuff is bare shaft tuned so Any broadhead thats mounted straight will fly perfect. BUT I think my 1st choice for this year

Palmer classic 53@28--Heritage 150's with 225gr left bevel wide centaurs & abowyers and 3 LW EV Howler's.

Widow PSA 45@28 -- Heritage 90's with 200gr (trimmed inserts) and abowyer 1st & magnus 1's 2nd and the smaller centaurs 3rd (because of the lighter weight) 3 4" LW shields..

August 11, 2010, 01:05:00 PM

I had a wide two blade fly erratic in a strong trailer cross wind. I had killed several deer with the same setup in different situations, but not with a quartering tail wind. I have since used Hills and Grizzlies, because they behave themselves in the wind. 160 grains, on 2018s with a 60 pound super kodiak.