mechanical question
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Cahunter805
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Travis
Mechanical broadheads shouldn't be used to fix arrow flight. A properly spined arrow and Tuned bow will shoot fixed blades true. Sometimes it takes some minor tuning to get everything working together though.
I shoot mechanicals for deer but if I were elk hunting I'd probably use a fixed blade.
Mechanical broadheads shouldn't be used to fix arrow flight. A properly spined arrow and Tuned bow will shoot fixed blades true. Sometimes it takes some minor tuning to get everything working together though.
I shoot mechanicals for deer but if I were elk hunting I'd probably use a fixed blade.
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The short answer is... No. Switching to a mechanical won't be a magical fix. If your local pro shop can't fix it, its time for a new bow or to cash in on its warranty... especially if you're shooting Hoyt.
This would be the equivalent of shimming a scope with pop-cicle sticks because your bases won't tighten down. You owe it to whatever you're shooting at to be 100% and not just trying to get it there "good enough".
This would be the equivalent of shimming a scope with pop-cicle sticks because your bases won't tighten down. You owe it to whatever you're shooting at to be 100% and not just trying to get it there "good enough".
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Have you paper tuned? Walkback Tuned? How are your field tip vs broadhead arrows grouping?
What's your current setup?
What's your current setup?
mostly shot mathews over the years, the MR7. just got the new triax tho. i dont work on my bows either i always have the pro shops do the work. Generally they are fairly close, but i want the same. its like shooting a rifle, i want it to shoot through the same hole, is it reasonable, probably not, but thats what i want.
Travis
Travis
>im yet to shoot broadheads with
>my new bow. still
>just putting arrows through it
>and sighting it in.
>
>whats whats all the hype about
>the mechanicals then. most
>things i read is they
>fly so much better than
>fixed.
>
>Travis
Here's the other thing I always read about Mechanicals Orion. " I'm heading west on a hunt this fall and all I've every shot is Mechanicals at whitetails. What fixed-blade Broadhead do you recommend?" Which leads me to believe even they know Mechanicals are inferior and may not always penetrate. If that's the case why do they use them at all?
#livelikezac
>my new bow. still
>just putting arrows through it
>and sighting it in.
>
>whats whats all the hype about
>the mechanicals then. most
>things i read is they
>fly so much better than
>fixed.
>
>Travis
Here's the other thing I always read about Mechanicals Orion. " I'm heading west on a hunt this fall and all I've every shot is Mechanicals at whitetails. What fixed-blade Broadhead do you recommend?" Which leads me to believe even they know Mechanicals are inferior and may not always penetrate. If that's the case why do they use them at all?
#livelikezac
i guess... i dont know the answer to that. i would assume that they are asking because they are coming out west to a state that mechanicals are illegal, but i think you have a fair assumption as well.
I just dont know much about the mechanicals. some guys love them and i hear they are more accurate.... but thats what i hear and thats why im asking. never used them.
got a new setup and thought id try them since im hunting in a state they are legal in, maybe i shouldnt??
Travis
I just dont know much about the mechanicals. some guys love them and i hear they are more accurate.... but thats what i hear and thats why im asking. never used them.
got a new setup and thought id try them since im hunting in a state they are legal in, maybe i shouldnt??
Travis
My family and I have shot a bunch of deer with mechanicals. They get the job done and some are fairly cheap. I just dont care for them on bigger game than deer. Grant it some are better than others and we haven't tried them all. Its just once you've had a few bad experiences your kinda gun shy. I should say, all of the bad ones were on quartering shots, where we had bad penetration or no exit. If all we took was broadside shots, Id use nothing but expandables. A lot of guys use them with great success, even on elk.
As far as flying better, fixed vs expandable. Not much of difference if the fixed is spin tuned out of a tuned bow. All i see is a little tighter groups out to 70, with less drop for expandeds. At 40 yards I can't tell a difference.
As far as flying better, fixed vs expandable. Not much of difference if the fixed is spin tuned out of a tuned bow. All i see is a little tighter groups out to 70, with less drop for expandeds. At 40 yards I can't tell a difference.
the last pro shop that cut and did inserts in my arrows glued them in. in the past, whatever pro shops used i could heat up and turn my broadheads and sometimes get them to spin better, but these even if i heat them up the inserts just wont spin. its a little frustrating with fixed blades. anyone had this experience before with them hard gluing them in.
Travis
Travis
LAST EDITED ON Jul-19-18 AT 06:12PM (MST)[p]I shoot a mechanical head every chance I get, spitfire 125.
They've produced more blood and faster kills than any of the dozen + fixed heads I've used over the last 45 years.
Learn where to put it, and get close enough to make sure it gets there and you'll be fine with almost any head.
To expand on Broadhead spinning, a bunch of heads use the insert to push the blades into the tip, and they're stamped so the length can vary slightly. Try spinning without blades.
They've produced more blood and faster kills than any of the dozen + fixed heads I've used over the last 45 years.
Learn where to put it, and get close enough to make sure it gets there and you'll be fine with almost any head.
To expand on Broadhead spinning, a bunch of heads use the insert to push the blades into the tip, and they're stamped so the length can vary slightly. Try spinning without blades.
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In my experience mechanicals are more forgiving than fixed and give consistently better flight. A lot also has to do with the size, quality and design of the fixed blade head. Its an extremely devisive subject though and you'll get a lot of people who have an agenda that will argue anything positive about mechanicals. An expert archer with highly tuned equipment and great form can probably get fixed blade heads to shoot like mechanicals. The rest of us ? Well, my advice would be to try some for yourself and see.
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I like mechanicals! All I shoot. Good luck.
Well I'm late to respond, but here it comes. I always shoot 125 Thundersheads. Coming from close to sea level then traveling to altitude things change. T Bombs would take awhile to group even when bow was set up when I left home. To answer the question from where I stand openers are a little more (no, a lot more) forgiving. This could be with your release, rest, or your bow not being tuned or other issues as well. If they are legal and you want to, go for it. They will not expand your effective range as 50+ is still 50+. You make a slight mistake or the animal moves, it's a bad day for everyone.
With that being said, what did you use and how did it go?
Simo
With that being said, what did you use and how did it go?
Simo
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