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Title: field point weight??
Post by: 3Feathers on November 28, 2015, 02:20:00 PM
Decided on a 165gr, broadhead with a 75gr. steel adapter for total of 240 up front.Question is which field point to use 225gr. or 250gr.??
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: Alexander Traditional on November 28, 2015, 02:21:00 PM
I would use the 250.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: JimB on November 28, 2015, 02:36:00 PM
I make custom weight field points for situations like that,using glue on field points and steel adapters.An example would be:a 100 gr adapter,125 gr field point and 15 grs of lead in the broadhead adapter's cavity.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: Msturm on November 28, 2015, 04:33:00 PM
250, if your concerned with the 10 gr. Hit it with a dremel grinding bit and take ten grains off the tip. Cut the rest similarly and you should be pretty close on all of em.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: damascusdave on November 28, 2015, 05:39:00 PM
I have some nominally 100 grain steel adapters that actually weigh 105 grains...if you check you might find yours to be over too

DDave
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: AZ_Longbow on November 28, 2015, 05:47:00 PM
Don't forget you glued the broadhead so that covers the extra weight for your points. I personally do not worry about 15-20 over or under. Never seems to make a difference under 30yards to me.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: LostNation_Larry on November 28, 2015, 07:29:00 PM
250 and don't look back.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: ISP 5353 on November 29, 2015, 02:09:00 PM
Weigh your finished broadheads and then use the 250gr field points.  Grind them down to match the weight.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: sfh761 on November 29, 2015, 07:24:00 PM
I've put my target points in a drill press and held a file against them beveling either the back end or front end until I hit my target weight. Removing ten grains is no big deal. Just keep your grain scale handy.
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: Stump73 on November 29, 2015, 09:21:00 PM
You can get some brass washers that 5gr and put 2 on a 225 fp and youll only be by 5gr
Title: Re: field point weight??
Post by: Stump73 on November 29, 2015, 10:00:00 PM
You can get some brass washers that 5gr and put 2 on a 225 fp and youll only be by 5gr