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The Affects of Adding a Stone Arrowhead

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PrimitiveTim:
I've been making arrows and shooting them with just blunt tips.  The arrows are well spined with the bow I'm using but when I throw an arrowhead on there won't it change the way the arrow shoots?  Won't it weaken the spine some?

How do you practice shooting with stone arrowheads.  I don't' want to break an arrowhead that I spent a lot of time working on but I want to make sure that the spine is still true for that bow.

Basically, how much is putting a stone on the end going to make a difference.

Ed Brooks:
I went on e-bay and bought like 30 or 40 Cheep stone points for like 5-10 bucks. they have been fun to shoot. Good Luck.
Ed

PrimitiveTim:
Yeah, I was thinking I might just use a flake that weighs close to one of my points and mount it and shoot it.

PEARL DRUMS:
If your arrows arent already tuned to your bows, adding any broadheads will make your flight erratic. It has to leave the bow flawlessly with field tips in order to get flawless broadhead flight. Simply switching from hunting point to field point wont affect spine unless the grain weight changes. Generally speaking most of us wouldnt know if the weights flucuated 15-20 grains, just get them close as you can. Shoot your stone heads into blocks of closed cell cheapy foam, like the cheap coolers are made from. It wont hurt the edge and it will stop the arrow several times. I dont often shoot my broadheads because I know my bow and arrows are tuned and I know the broadheads will fly true as a result.

aaron:
like pearl said, just use field points or blunts that exactly match the weight of your stone heads.

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