My (Non-Existent-) Results od Broadhead Tuning....

[saumensch]

Hi,

tuned some arrows for BHs yesterday. The arrows were already bareshaft tuned for field points and fly absolutely great with 145 grain field tips.
So i tried 125, 150 and 180 grain BHs (Simmons, Silver Flames, SF XLs and Zwickey No Mercys) and out to 25 yards there was no difference visible. They all grouped well with the field points, hit where i wanted them to and flew perfect. I think from 10 yrds upwards the 180 Zwickeys dropped a slight bit more than the others but thats all.

I also treid diffrent psoitions of the Broadhead (vertical horizontal and diagonal) to the fletching and there wasnt a difference either.

Is it really that simple? Is that normal?

OK, those arrows were perfectly bareshaft tuned wich took me along time, but i wouldnt have thought that its just screw them BHs on and good to go.

Just wondering....

P.S. i will use the 150s becuase they are nearly equal to my field points and so ive got the best feeling with them.

[tradtusker]

you should be good to go with the 150s
back up and shoot 3 arrows with broadheads and 3 with field tips at 40m or the longest you can accurately group arrows tight and see what they do. the further you can back up the more you will be able to fine tune, (provided you can shoot consistent and accurate at the range ect)

If they are all tight and same impact point, its time to go hunting.
 
make sure your fletching has offset or helical for your broadheads.

[saumensch]

will try more distance.

Fletching is 4x4" helical and offset, should work just fine.

[cyred4d]

Sounds to me like you did it right. That is what is supposed to happen.

[Friend]

When expecting my BH's to shoot with my field points at 20 yards, I need to bare shaft tune at least to 25 yards. The further the better.

Have bare shaft tuned numerous times at 20 yards and always seem to find myself tweaking the set-up when shooting BH's at 20 yards.

[Don Stokes]

That's what bare shaft tuning is all about! I wouldn't change a thing.

[Bill Carlsen]

Sounds good to me!

[Javi]

that's why we do what we do.. well and it's fun to tune..

[SEMO_HUNTER]

A perfectly tuned bow and shaft should be able to handle any broad head you chose and shoot it well. I remember that experience from my wheelie days. I always had my set up tuned perfect and I could switch from one broad head to another and shoot all of them well. All heads in the same weight class of course.

Getting perfect arrow flight from different weight broadheads is not typical because it changes your spine. I'd take the advice on the 150's and go with it.

[Orion]

Though there probably is one best arrow set up for a particular bow, most bows will shoot a fairly wide range of arrow spines/weights quite well.  Better than most of us are capable of shooting.