I'm with u.....since I built heavy arrows I can afford to drop it down...I'm around 55 currently but I'm so tempted to drop to 45...shooting is so much more enjoyable, arrows behave better, and the bow is ultra whisper. I'm totally fine with limiting my shots to 30 and in...I set up for 20 and in...
I think 450-475 is plenty as long as you are using a good cut on contact head and more foc. My arrows the last two years were 455 with 15% foc. I had 5 pass through shots including one that exited the leg bone and another that was a hard quarter shot and went through the whole body cavity. I’m at 475 this year because I had to go with a different arrow but I’m still around 15% foc.
So are we considering a switch maybe?
That’s what I think about this whole debate is the head is probably more important than the 50 grain weight difference everyone is gettin tore up about. Of course a razor sharp 2 blade 1” cut will penetrate better than the 12 blade 4 inch ultra whacker smacker mechanical. I think most of the people who choose a mechanical over a fixed blade do so because they fly just like field points and if you’ll spend 30 minutes workin on your bow you can shoot any fixed blade right with field points way farther than you’ll hunt. Just don’t see an upside to mechanicals unless you’re too lazy to tune
I shot the kudu points last year, they are great heads, fly straight. My only complaint is I could never get them nearly as sharp as I wanted. The only way to really sharpen them is by hand with a diamond stick. Takes a lot of skill to get them scary sharp.
Probably not. But if a man gifts you a bow, seems rude to not post up over a feeder and try to stick a doe with it.
I just like walking up to deer that look like they got a sword shoved through them.
Not all fixed blades are created equal. Those old muzzy trocar replaceable 3 blades don’t group with anything else with my bow, field tips, mechs, or other fixed blades. Nothing to do with tuning. Everything else hits within a 2 inch circle but those particular heads were like throwing knuckleballs.
You can 100 percent tune your fixed blade heads to fly well. Then you have to repeat that perfect form in the heat of the moment. If you don’t your bow isn’t in tune And the broadhead will not hit where you expect.
Something about an entrance wound that looks as if you should be able to reach in and snatch out the heart is very appealing. I’m definitely happier with 2” rage hypodermics than anything short of a centerfire rifle. They usually run farther from a handgun or muzzleloader than when they have had a 2” sword ran through them.
