Broadheads
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The first thing I do after putting my BH's on is spin them. It's was as smooth as silk. Can't wait to shoot it!
No, the only way is to spin it on your hand or a finger. A arrow tipped with ferrule of a BH only wouldn't make contact with the table to show any wobble if one is present. I guess looking down the ferrule as it rolled might show obvious wobble but not minor wobble, IMO.
Hortontoter
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No problem Dick. That's just how I do it and just my opinion. The pros or guys who know a lot more than me might have other methods that are better. Place a paper plate on a table and spin it on that as well. It should spin like a top.
Yea, you just need a spot to rest the point of the head so that as little as friction is applied as possible. I like to sit mine on a glass able and gently blow on the fletchings to get the arrow to spin. I cradle the arrow by making a "d" with my left hand using my pointer finger and thumb.
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I spin them on the palm of my hand too. You can feel any imperfection. If there is the slightest bit of wobble, that head will not fly right. If you are using shafting material that can be heated,(aluminum), most generally you can heat the insert and rotate it until you get a perfect spin. The glue will often times be heavier on one side or the other of the insert and that is enough to un-center the broadhead and cause poor arrow flight. I make sure I spin my inserts before the glue sets up on carbons as once it sets, there is no way to fix the issue without ruining the last inch or so of the shaft.
Ditto to what both Jesse and Brock both said! When I shot the aluminum orange xx75's 2018/2117's back in the 80's I did the same thing that Brock mentioned about heating and rotating the insert while still hot to get the perfect spin.
Whelp, I cleaned the blood off the arrow I shot my buck with last year and removed the muzzy and screwed on the SS magnum 100 and got an unbelievable true perfect spin. Then went and shot one shot at 20 yards and got this:
Then stepped back to 30 yards and shot this:
Then after three shots at 40 and a very small sight adjustment I got this:
All I can say is WOW! What great flight I got with this head! I am going to try and kill a deer with this same arrow I did it with last season. I will be swapping this same head with 4 other arrows and hopefully I'll get the same results so I'll have 5 in the quiver when I take to the woods here in about 2 weeks.
I'm glad I gave these heads a try and will be looking forward to seeing how they perform in the field. Thanks to all those who suggested me and others to give them a try!
Whelp, I cleaned the blood off the arrow I shot my buck with last year and removed the muzzy and screwed on the SS magnum 100 and got an unbelievable true perfect spin. Then went and shot one shot at 20 yards and got this:
Then stepped back to 30 yards and shot this:
Then after three shots at 40 and a very small sight adjustment I got this:
All I can say is WOW! What great flight I got with this head! I am going to try and kill a deer with this same arrow I did it with last season. I will be swapping this same head with 4 other arrows and hopefully I'll get the same results so I'll have 5 in the quiver when I take to the woods here in about 2 weeks.
I'm glad I gave these heads a try and will be looking forward to seeing how they perform in the field. Thanks to all those who suggested me and others to give them a try!
Put my practice SS Mag 100 BH on 3 of my hunting hunting arrows and all were in the 2.5 inch bull at 30 yards. I'm set! Damn those heads shoot good! Never moved a pin after I set it up for my field points. Lol
Hortontoter
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Spinning on your hand or a table works pretty good. One of those G5 spin testers with the bearings works really well, too. If you're a cheap redneck like me, you can do well with a small narrow cardboard box. Cut the top off so it looks like a box with no lid. Then cut two v-shaped notches in sides opposite each other. Set your arrow in the notches and spin it with your fingers. You'll see any wobble in the point of the BH if one exists. Another tip, if you're having trouble or questioning the wobble... Before you start spinning, use your eyes to line up the tip of the BH with a line behind it on the table. I like to put a piece of tape down and use the edge of the tape as my line. As you spin the arrow, the tip of that BH should not leave that line, unless it's out of whack of course. I find that using a reference like a line on the table helps to REALLY dial in those BH's that are just ever-so-slightly out of square.