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Author Topic: What weight broadhead?  (Read 840 times)

Offline D

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #20 on: December 11, 2012, 09:55:00 PM »
250 grain homemade single bevel head with 100 grain brass insert and a 20 grain piece of alluminum shaft as a collar.

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #21 on: December 11, 2012, 10:13:00 PM »
I polled at 125 grains. I have 100 grain brass insert as well.

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #22 on: December 11, 2012, 11:55:00 PM »
250 grain VPA Terminator 1 1/4" or Big Jim Big-3 at 300 grains...
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #23 on: December 12, 2012, 12:25:00 AM »
not counting the 100 grain brass insert? 265 grains
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #24 on: December 12, 2012, 08:21:00 AM »
200 grain Razorcaps.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #25 on: December 12, 2012, 08:31:00 AM »
The choices by guys shooting carbon are going to be a lot heavier than for those for wood or other material.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #26 on: December 12, 2012, 08:52:00 AM »
Broadhead 140-150
         Insert 50-100
          Total 190-250
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #27 on: December 12, 2012, 10:16:00 AM »
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Originally posted by Charlie Lamb:
The choices by guys shooting carbon are going to be a lot heavier than for those for wood or other material.
Good point.  No pun intended.  Seems like 200-250 is a pretty common denominator.  I wonder how many shoot single bevel vs. double...

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #28 on: December 12, 2012, 01:35:00 PM »
125 grain head 125 grain steel adaptor standard inserts.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #29 on: December 12, 2012, 01:37:00 PM »
I shoot Ace 160s and 200s depending on setup.

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #30 on: December 12, 2012, 01:38:00 PM »
The poll is going to be messed up I'm afraid. You didn't say how much up front weight you said broadheads. Most carbon shaft users are adding weight with adaptors or inserts.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #31 on: December 12, 2012, 02:03:00 PM »
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...mostly 125 or  135 on 42 grain adapter
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #32 on: December 12, 2012, 03:38:00 PM »
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Can't vote on my phone...will later...

But....mostly 125 or  135 on 42 grain adapter
So...I voted for 175-180.......been so for 25 years and have never seen a need to change.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #33 on: December 12, 2012, 04:34:00 PM »
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Originally posted by screamin:
The one that flies the best out of my bow, which right now seems to be 225.
X2 except I am currently shooting 150 grain Steel Force Hellfires with standard aluminum insert. I just placed an order to 3rivers for 100 grain inserts and I will be shooting 100 grain broadheads as 200 grains total weight flies best. Although I may switch it up and go with Simmons Interceptor at 205 grains with a standard insert.  

I ordered the brass inserts mostly for my old arrows I am going to make into small game arrows.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #34 on: December 12, 2012, 04:54:00 PM »
190gr Simmons Interceptors
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #35 on: December 12, 2012, 04:55:00 PM »
Simmons LandSharks 165 and TigerSharks 175 both screw on's.

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #36 on: December 13, 2012, 07:18:00 AM »
200. I'm suprised how few votes 125 is getting.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #37 on: December 13, 2012, 08:25:00 AM »
I use 50 gr inserts and have tried a number of heads with them - I use 175 the most so that's what I polled. If I was supposed to add insert weight, then I'm at 225.

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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #38 on: December 13, 2012, 11:34:00 AM »
I try to set up all my bows set up to shoot arrows with 125gr tips and use weighted inserts to accomplish this. This helps me keep the broadhead budget in check and cuts down on confusion.
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Re: What weight broadhead?
« Reply #39 on: December 13, 2012, 11:46:00 AM »
100 grain brass inserts and 175 grain VPA's, maybe someday 180 grain GK Silverflames if I hit the lottery   :D   but the175 grain tip weight seems to fly best from my setup
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