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What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 21, 2024, 11:43:09 PM »
I'm just wondering what most folks like for broadhead weight? Shoot a variety of heads, from 160-250 grains, but predominantly 190-200 grains.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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Tusker Concorde 190
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 05:03:52 AM »
200 gr Semerod 54 or Wensel Woodsman.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 05:46:23 AM »
Currently shoot a 200 grains. But the weight is determined by what ever the current set up I will be hunting with. Really I have no prefered weight
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 07:11:53 AM »
Depends on what tunes, 200 or 250 is my goal. Heavier heads can be more robust.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 07:23:04 AM »
160 Ace is all I shoot for everything.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 10:32:23 AM »
My preferred broadhead has a published weight of 125 grains (but they usual run 5 to 10 grains heavier than that). I use a 100 grain steel insert so I don’t know whether to call that a 130, 200 or 250 grain head on your survey:)
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 10:38:16 AM »
We were using 155 grizzly broadheads but switched to the 160 Ace. I can honestly say that they have performed beyond expectations. We took numerous animals over the last year from deer to African plains game. All but one shot had exit wounds. The one shot was into the heart of a bull wildebeest that went only forty yards. Take a look at my Sofala thread.
I find the 160 grains give me the arrow weight I want and fly well
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Stringwacker, use broadhead weight.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 02:38:16 PM »
Pm woodies. 120 to 160 grains. On carbons, about the same, but I add another 100 to 125 grains with inserts and adaptors for 250 to 275 grains up front.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 05:42:43 PM »
Had excellent results with these 160 grain Ace Standards.
Thinking of trying a 3 blade VPA this season or perhaps a Magnus 4 blade (bleeders) .
I prefer to stay in the 145-160 grain range.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 22, 2024, 07:29:02 PM »
My preferred hunting arrow design has 350 gns up front....Three hundred grains up front is often a choice.
Depending on game size, the quarry itself, the BH grain wt availability and the bow that I am actually planning to use dictate the 300 or 350 gn up front choice.
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May 22, 2024, 07:55:58 PM »
I am shooting the Simmons Swamp Sharks. Advertised weight at 175gr so that's what I voted for but all of mine were 192 grains but they hit the same POI as my 175 grain field points.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 23, 2024, 08:06:59 AM »
145 to 160 Mostly Zwickeys or Woodsmen with adapters.
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May 23, 2024, 12:51:44 PM »
I want 225 to 300 grains up front for most of my arrow making. A combination of broad heads and brass inserts delivers that for me. For example, I am now armed with 125 grain heads on 100 grain inserts for a total up-front weight of 225 gr.
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May 23, 2024, 03:02:16 PM »
175-200 since mid 80s.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 23, 2024, 03:15:19 PM »
With adapter and glue about 180 for years and years.
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Re: What weight broadhead do you prefer?
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May 23, 2024, 04:29:04 PM »
Depends plenty on my overall goal for the arrow build and what other components weigh. For most of my hunting stuff I've used 200gn broadheads but I've been using heavy enough bows that I want that weight to help get into the 10gpp-12gpp range for the most part.
Currently using 150gn broadheads with one bow and the arrows are at about 500gn for the 45# bow, and that's using 70gn outserts. Very happy with the arrow build so far and keen to run some through some animals.
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May 23, 2024, 07:51:30 PM »
130 zwickey plus 75 woody weight. 205 grains
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May 23, 2024, 11:13:48 PM »
I specifically recall Johnathan Karch telling me that the Three Rivers guys hunt with nothing less than a 200 gn head.
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