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Author Topic: Please help me decide  (Read 414 times)

Offline bmfer

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Please help me decide
« on: December 14, 2008, 02:01:00 PM »
I bought some CX250's this summer, then messed up and cut them too short. I have one bow with an elevated rest that I can shoot them off of, the problem is, for them to tune well, I need a 250 grn broadhead. I'm having trouble deciding on what setup to shoot, I know that some of the steel inserts were breaking, but not which ones. I prefer a three blade head. Any suggestions?
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Offline drewsbow

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #1 on: December 14, 2008, 08:48:00 PM »
I would go with a 125 gr steel adapter and 125 gr woodsman head . The 75 gr steel are the ones that have broken.  Drew
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Offline 30coupe

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #2 on: December 15, 2008, 12:20:00 AM »
What Drew said   :thumbsup:
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
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Offline BradLantz

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #3 on: December 15, 2008, 01:27:00 AM »
my brass inserts are 100 grains I think and make the shaft like 1/4" longer ... maybe not quite 1/4"   I got them at a local archery shop though, no idea where to buy them on-line like these

Offline 30coupe

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #4 on: December 15, 2008, 09:18:00 AM »
3Rivers. They are a sponsor here too.
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
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Offline Paul Mattson

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #5 on: December 15, 2008, 09:44:00 AM »
You may also want to try the glue-in Brass Broadhead Adapters (not Brass Inserts).  They come in various wts., these would replace your standard inserts.

Offline Slasher

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Re: Please help me decide
« Reply #6 on: December 15, 2008, 09:58:00 AM »
I have seen that some of the 75grn adapters had broken as well..
I am unsure if it is as much of an issue as some make it to be.. As I have had the alum adapters bend... The only report I saw said they had broken in the far side of a pig... I think that the force we worry about is the force when the arrow is pushing it into game, the force that seems to be breaking these is a shear force probably encounter after the arrow is in and the animal is running. (You know the shoulder or shield putting a sideways force... I don't know, but I can't see the real issue as I would think it would be stronger than the shaft itself... Much stronger than a wood shaft...)

By that time the purpose has been served... I would doubt that the force required to cause these adapters to break would exceed the force required to cause the damage alum inserts...
I have seen no problems and one that I shot over a wound up whitetail embedded into an oak hickory stump and then was used 3 days later to anchor a small whitetail.. I only had to touch up the broadhead... It's in my quiver today ready to go to work...
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