How Much Weight Up Front

[BUCKY]

45# bow 27" gold tip arrow 100grain brass insert 200 grain head,520 grain arrow.

[mongoose]

with so much weight up front, do'nt that weaked the spine? I see all kinds of set ups and it seems that you can add whatever you want up front?  

[JimB]

Any setup has to be tuned.The right combination of spine and front end weight won't be weaked.

[Steelhead]

I would look at the 150 grain 2 blade Magnus Stinger and or the 150 grain 4 blade stinger for your rig if you wanna go with a 150 gr head.Great head and reasonably priced and fly beautifully.The Diamondtip is great to guard against tip curl.Thier razor sharp and the trailing edge of the blade is razor sharp as well.Thats good for arrows that dont pass though as they continue to cut as the animal runs and the head moves around inside.

[30pointbuck]

Was at cabelas yesterday and was looking at those
which is the reason i asked which broadhead would tune better 2,3,4 blade. Was also looking at the Muzzy anybody shoot those ? I didn't see any 150 gn.

[JimB]

I haven't hunted with or shot the Stingers but used to have some.They are a wicked looking little head.I bet they would fly as well as your field points and with the small bleeder at the back,they should penetrate like a 2 blade.You may want to get a KME broadhead sharpener if you don't have one,to resharpen them after shooting.

[Javi]

Originally posted by mongoose:
with so much weight up front, do'nt that weaked the spine? I see all kinds of set ups and it seems that you can add whatever you want up front?    

Yes, but most who build with extreme FOC compensate by using a stiffer shaft from the get go..  An example might be a bow which tunes with a carbon shaft with a .500 spine rating to significantly increase FOC one would jump up to a longer shaft of say .400 or even .340 and then add the weight and by bare shaft tuning gradually cut the shaft to tune..

As a not the shorter the shaft the higher the FOC for a given point weight...  And the heavier the gpi of the shaft the more point weight required to increase the FOC.

[Javi]

Originally posted by 30pointbuck:
Was at cabelas yesterday and was looking at those
which is the reason i asked which broadhead would tune better 2,3,4 blade. Was also looking at the Muzzy anybody shoot those ? I didn't see any 150 gn.

If you're looking for a really tough BH in the 175 - 195 grain range... take a look at the Steelforce Phathead.. I had him build me some that weighed 175 grain by using the African ferrule and the 125 grain blade for my compound and I'm seriously thinking of using the African head for my longbow.. tough head with an 0.080 thick blade and a lifetime warranty..