Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: huntertrapper on March 22, 2008, 02:37:38 pm
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i have some trade points but my arrrows arent spined right and i need to buy broadheads tp put on good spined arrows. also turkey will be here soon an i need to be ready. anyone ever shoot MA-3 broadheads from 3rivers. any sugg. on good broadheads? and what to glue them on, what kind of glue?
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For glue ons I prefer the Wensel Woodsman or Grizleys. Any glue on, fixed blade broadhead will work OK on turkeys as long as you do your part. I think a 3 blade will give you a bigger,better hole. I usually use the amber archery glue sticks for points but any glue should work fine. Pat
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I used to use five minute epoxy with metal heads and do the whole bunch all at once.seemed to work good.never had any come loose.(Doing stone heads now)Only shot a couple of turkeys with arrows,used the same arrows I used for deer.(2-blade magnus) Good luck ! Frank
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hey thanks guys, magnus is one i might consider good broadheads. i know mike hutson uses them and if some of you guys do then i think ill use em. thanks guys.
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I would recommend a 2-blade head. If you hit a turkey in the wing butt, sometimes it's hard to get the kind of penitration you need with a 3 or 4 blade head. For head on or up the bung hole shots anything will do, but the thick base of them big wing feathers is tough. Saw Filer
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okay sounds good, i figured to go with a two blade anyway. thanks.
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Wolverines by Grizzly are better than 2 blade MA's IMO. Think they are 140 grain and like said 2 blade. Wing shots are tough on putt-putts its a tough place ta penetrate as also said........bob
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I like the zwicky 2 blade and use hot melt glue so I can change the tips if needed,,, The MA-3 is a mild steel head and don't really hold an edge that well,, just my experience.
wvflintknapper
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i am gonna buy the hot melt glue iv seen it used before sounds tough and i dont want to lose my broadheads in my target. ;D
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Hot melt may er not work.Use epoxy (gasp ! ) if ya wanna be sure.........bob
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hot Melts are fine and good...but I have lost a few because of bad cohesion....so I am with Bob....use a good two part epoxy....and be done with it
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I prefer hot melt(the archery stuff) so I can adjust if the point becomes untrue. I know epoxy will soften with heat but will it be as strong after heating? Pat
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I use the two bladed magnus heads really like them,and the ferrral tite by bohning glue stick never had a problem and can change heads whenever I want
Dennis
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I like Grizzlies and Wensels. I also use hotmelt glue sticks. But I buy them out of Woodworking Cataloge, it seems to be better. I like to be able to remove them for 3-D shoots.
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i like the magnus 2 blade. right after i attach the heads i go and shoot them into my fence. this will bend the tips a lil bit then i resharpen them. that way the tips are a lil less pointed and less likely to bend if they hit bone.
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Spare the Fence and just reshape them.......... >:D
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Hi, The Howard Hill heads is my choice of hunting head at the moment. And i've heard that the hot melt glue can make the heads fall off when shooting into 3D targets because it gets warm and soft. So i've always used the 2 part epoxy but i have two sets of arrows. So i do not have to change the heads over.
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okay, 2 part epxy got some of that. i saw the howard hill.. expensive. ;D
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Hi, Yeah but they have never bent or broken (so far) :-\. And i've taken Rabbit,Turkey,Deer and Boar with them. But you've got to use what feels best for you, that way you can mark it of the list of things you worry about when you are out there! I've got some great knapped heads which i am going to use this year made by Cowboy. I cannot wait to use them. :D :D ;D :D So i may be up for trading some Howard Hill heads???
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Nothin wrong with MA3's killed lots of deer with them..Never had a problem. Use a fine file FLAT as to make contact with two blades during each stroke, I could always get them razor sharp. I preffered the smaller of the 2 sizes they have, and three blades is better than two is my belief....
Brian
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okay thanks for all the info. cromm yeah i could doa trade. aint got much but, couple tanned hides and feathers and hazel shafts.
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If you want to keep the heads from coming off, get a tap and die set and run the threader inside the head socket. Then hot glue it and screw it on or rasp the inside and hot glue it. There is no glue that is plastic or resin base that will bond permantly with metal except JB Weld. And it doesn't bond with wood.
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kinda of thread it on, sounds good idea.
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Ya gotta degrease the inside of the ferrule so the glue can stick well. Little drop of soap and a q-tip swished inside 'em does the trick. I only lose points now when they are inside a tree!
Can't go wrong with a Zwickey HT, they have a new chisel cut style head that I'm hearing good things about.
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okay thanks all these tips are great. :)
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Well I guess after this Morning.....I like the Magnus Snuffer 125 grains the Best....both flew true and took me Home 40 pounds worth of Tom Turkeys!!!! :o :o :o
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yeah i guess they did work well didnt they. ;D
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I've read a little bit on MA-3's. Said you get the things sharpened and they'll take the hair off your arms!
WBMM
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as far as the magnus goes... i have found that if you buy magnuss scew ins at a disount store and use a torch and a couple pairs of pliers then you can get the screw in prtion out.... just sand the insides a little then glue em up with some gorilla glue... never failed me yet....
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The best glue I have found for broadheads and points is that stuff 3rivers carries, called QuickStick hot melt. It comes from Kimsha Archery I beleive. Its a hot melt glue, but even when its cool, it has sort of a rubbery, gooey consistency. It really holds points on well, and since I've been using it the last several years, I have not had any problems with points coming off at all.