Broadheads: do they weaken or stiffen spine?

[Tall Paul]

Okay, I've done my bareshafting and its flying straight at 20 yards.

Some people say to leave it a little bit weak.  Others say leave it on the stiff side.

My question:  If I'm using a field point and a broadhead that weight exactly the same, does the extra length of the Broadhead weaken or stiffen the shaft?

[Cory Mattson]

neither

same weight will fly to the same point of impact - same weight same effect on spine

[GRINCH]

Gotta agree with Cory makes no difference.

[gringol]

I agree with Cory, but I think you are going to get a lot of different answers on this one.  Hang tight...

[KentuckyTJ]

Im pretty sure even an olympic archer couldn't tell the difference. No worries.

[rastaman]

Some people say leave the shaft a little weak on bare shafting because feathers will stiffen the shaft some slightly.  Broadheads should fly the same.

[SlowBowinMO]

Unless the broadhead is so long as to look like a harpoon, the length will make no difference on a well tuned set up.  Weight and proper tuning are the keys.  Many people who bare shaft (myself included) like to have the bare shafts a hair weak, that is actually due to the compensation effect of the fletching on finished arrows, and doesn't really have anything to do with broadheads.

The most common problem with broadheads is to have them show/fly on the stiff side.  That is usually due to arrows that were stiff in the first place, but the archer did not realize it just by shooting and tuning with field points.  That's why I like bare shafting or broadhead tuning (same principle but the reverse of bare shafting).

In a properly tuned bow, a broadhead of the same weight as field points should fly to the same point of impact without issue.

[JamesKerr]

Originally posted by Braveheart Archery:
Unless the broadhead is so long as to look like a harpoon, the length will make no difference on a well tuned set up.  Weight and proper tuning are the keys.  Many people who bare shaft (myself included) like to have the bare shafts a hair weak, that is actually due to the compensation effect of the fletching on finished arrows, and doesn't really have anything to do with broadheads.

The most common problem with broadheads is to have them show/fly on the stiff side.  That is usually due to arrows that were stiff in the first place, but the archer did not realize it just by shooting and tuning with field points.  That's why I like bare shafting or broadhead tuning (same principle but the reverse of bare shafting).

In a properly tuned bow, a broadhead of the same weight as field points should fly to the same point of impact without issue.

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