Hill broadheads

[lpcjon2]

I want to try them and would like to know who has them cheap.Right now I shoot a Tembo 70#  @ 31" and Im using 60-65# poc@ 32" with a 125 woodsman.I dont know if they will be to heavy(145gr) and don't want to spend a lot to have it not work out.And the classifieds don't have them.Any help would be great.

[vtmtnman]

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[Prairie Drifter]

I think the 145gr are for 5/16" shafts,not 11/32"

[Orion]

The 145 grain are 5/16 ferule size.  11/32 heads are listed as 160 grain, but the half dozen I have are all 175 grains or more, at least they were before sharpening,

[lpcjon2]

My arrows are 11/32 do you think that 160 would work for my set up

[lpcjon2]

and if I went with a 145 5/16 what would I have to do to make them fit?

[Ben Maher]

they take a bit of sharpening but they give great arrow flight and i have used them on many pigs here in Oz ... i think they tend to take the better " file " edge rather than the razor edge but i have never had any breakages or bends etc .
once you learn the knack of sharpening them the are pretty easy to get an edge on and touch up with a file .
just my two cents
Ben

[COOCH]

lpcjon2 send me your address and I'll send you a few, got a bunch laying around.There is a bit of a learning curve to get them sharp but they fly great you shouldn't have a problem w/your set up

[TommyBoy]

If you like that design, I would suggest you look at the Simmons Interceptor. A much better head IMHO.  Someone bought them out and is starting to make them again. Better steel than HHBHs and alot stronger.

[Orion]

The 160s might be a bit heavy for your current shaft. 5/16 heads  will fit on 11/32 shafts, it's just that the shaft will be larger than the head ferule, which reduces penetration a little.  However, Hills are good flying and penetrating heads.  Sharpening them has also been a bit of a problem for me.  I have a difficult time getting them as sharp as some other heads like Magnus or Stos or Zwickey, for example.

[Overspined]

simmons are stronger, but seem too wide and radical. HH aren't the strongest, but decent. For nastalga, cool, but any straight head is likely a bit better, Girz, magnus, stos, zwickey.

[Hud]

I have found that because wood is spined on 26" centers, it is necessary to add 5 lbs for each inch of arrow over 28". Add 5 lbs/25 gr increase in point weight. Add 5 lbs for Fast Flight and deduct 5# for traditional longbow.
 At 70# @ 31"  70-75# spine, your adding 15 # for 3 inches, and 5# for added point wt., minus 5# for traditional longbow. Nothing added for FF string, assuming you are using B50, D97. It figures out to 85 - 90# spine with the 160 gr. maybe 80-85 lbs.

You might try shooting a few shafts that are heavier spine. If you can't find some, let me know I have some you can try, bare-shafts.

It helps to shoot arrows of the proper length, if you have more than 3/4 - 1.0 inch overhang with a broadhead, think of it as wasted. You gain nothing.

[lpcjon2]

Thanks Hud,I have some shafts that with 125 up front are tailing left(to heavy spine) I will try the 160 heads on them and see how they do.