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Arrowhead Weight and Draw Weight
JackCrafty:
Thanks for your opinions guys!
Sasquatch, I wasn't aware of the "very wide broadhead" culture. 2" wide blades? If this is creeping into stone arrowpoint mentality we are doomed...
Caveman, thanks for that reply. Good to see his experimentation results at 20 yards especially.
JoJoDapyro:
I'll chime in as a newbie. Don't we use a heavy head to drag the arrow? When I hunted with a wheelie bow back in the day I shot the same weight broadhead as I did target tips. I got the same performance out of a broadhead as I did a target point. Why would a stone point be any different than a metal point? Billy Berger has a video of the difference in penetration between stone and metal, with very little difference. 50 seems light to me, kinda like the difference between a .22 and a .44 mag. Also just my .02.
Utah is also 7/8ths
JackCrafty:
JoJo, yeah, a heavy point puts a lot of weight forward and many archers are accustomed to heavy points on lightweight shafts. The system works for many people who have gotten used to it.
Some say a heavy front end makes the arrow more "stable". I don't know exactly what that means but tests have shown that speed is decreased on projectiles when the front is very heavy. The tail end of the arrow tends to rise up during flight and create more drag than an arrow with evenly distributed weight.
JoJoDapyro:
But speed isn't as important on a heavy arrow than it is on say a 24 inch carbon arrow that is lighter. From my understanding a heavy, slow arrow will have the same penetration as a light fast one. Like I said before, I am still learning. Topics like this are nice to see two sides to the argument, and take what others have learned and mold it into something that works for you.
Sasquatch:
Jackcrafty: Yep 2".
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