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Hedgelj

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I understand how to zero with field points. Once I have that figured out, I want to shoot my broadheads to confirm that they have the same point of impact.

Upon impact with the target, they will open up, how do you retrieve them? Pull out or push through?

How fast will this tear up a target?
 

Chass

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Real blades will tear a target up quick. What are you shooting? A lot if broadheads also come with practice blades, this might be an option.
Personally I shoot G5 T3s, they call them something else now. But they fly exactly like field points so I dont practice with them anymore. Most mechanicals really should fly damn near the same as your field point of the same weight.
 

Hedgelj

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Real blades will tear a target up quick. What are you shooting? A lot if broadheads also come with practice blades, this might be an option.
Personally I shoot G5 T3s, they call them something else now. But they fly exactly like field points so I dont practice with them anymore. Most mechanicals really should fly damn near the same as your field point of the same weight.

Spitfires same weight as field points.
 

Jackalope

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Any broadhead, be it mechanical or Fixed blade should fly the same as a field point out of a properly tuned bow. When someone has trouble with a fixed blade broadhead planning and eliminate that problem by switching to a mechanical, the problem was the bow not the fixed blade head. Essentially what they did was remove the blades and tuck them inside the ferrel. This essentially acts like removing the wings off an airplane and storing them inside.

The best way to correct this issue is to first walk back tune the bow. This should be done regardless of the btoadhead. Dial in your 20 pin. Draw a line top to bottom on a target and shoot two arrows at 20, 30, and 40 all using your 20 pin.

If you notice that the arrows do not fall in a straight line down the target say the 30 group is a little left, and the 40 group a little more left, then you need to move the rest to the right as it is obviously throwing arrows left. Don't worry about resetting your 20 pin again, just shoot the same three groups from those same three yardages again. Do this until all the arrows fall in a straight line down the target.

Next is broadhead tuning. At 30 yards fire a broadhead, then a field point. If the broadhead impacts left of the field tip move the rest right. Basically, move the rest in the direction you want the broadhead to go to meet the field tip. The rest movements should be very slight. 1/16 or so.

In the end however, there will always be a slightly different POI of a fixed blade and a field tip. This is because there are blades on the front that the wind can push from the side. Since this happens on the front of the arrow it changes the poi. It should, however, be no more than an inch or two at 40 yards. If you get good enough to stack 2 inch groups at 40 and it bugs you, then just move the sight a tiny bit to correct the POI.
 
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giles

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Any broadhead, be it mechanical or Fixed blade should fly the same as a field point out of a properly tuned bow. When someone has trouble with a fixed blade broadhead planning and eliminate that problem by switching to a mechanical, the problem was the bow not the fixed blade head. Essentially what they did was remove the blades and tuck them inside the ferrel. This essentially acts like removing the wings off an airplane and storing them inside.

The best way to correct this issue is to first walk back tune the bow. This should be done regardless of the btoadhead. Dial in your 20 pin. Draw a line top to bottom on a target and shoot two arrows at 20, 30, and 40 all using your 20 pin.

If you notice that the arrows do not fall in a straight line down the target say the 30 group is a little left, and the 40 group a little more left, then you need to move the rest to the right as it is obviously throwing arrows left. Don't worry about resetting your 20 pin again, just shoot the same three groups from those same three yardages again. Do this until all the arrows fall in a straight line down the target.

Next is broadhead tuning. At 30 yards fire a broadhead, then a field point. If the broadhead impacts left of the field tip move the rest right. Basically, move the rest in the direction you want the broadhead to go to meet the field tip. The rest movements should be very slight. 1/16 or so.

In the end however, there will always be a slightly different POI of a fixed blade and a field tip. This is because there are blades on the front that the wind can push from the side. Since this happens on the front of the arrow it changes the poi. It should, however, be no more than an inch or two at 40 yards. If you get good enough to stack 2 inch groups at 40 and it bugs you, then just move the sight a tiny bit to correct the POI.

I believe this is a crossbow based upon the forum so the tuning is pretty limited.

In my experience broadheads will often shoot a touch lower than field points.

To the OP make sure you have a target that is rated for broadheads. Bag targets you will lose your broadhead. It will work on the target, but you shouldn't need to shoot much to adjust your sights.
 
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Jackalope

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I believe this is a crossbow based upon the forum so the tuning is pretty limited.

In my experience broadheads will often shoot a touch lower than field points.

To the OP make sure you have a target that is rated for broadheads. Bag targets you will lose your broadhead. It will work on the target, but you shouldn't need to shoot much to adjust your sights.

Well shit the bed. Shows me for not checking the forum. Uhmmm. I got nothing then. 😅