I recently switched from 100 to 125 grain tips. On top of that I like to play with different broadheads in the off season. My current arrow setup is a 410 grain total, 350 spine, quickfletch and 125 up front. This gives me a roughly 11% FOC. The tuning is also spot on. I checked last night again, paper and walk back, both were just spot on. I recently picked up some G5 striker magnums. These are a replaceable 3 fixed blades and a 1.5 diameter. The big diameter is very attractive. My issue is that these things just dont fly consistent. For testing purposes I shoot at all distances to 60 yards but really like to make judgements at 50 yards. These are all over the map, from dead on, to 6 inches off, and random. I was noticing tonight that they simply dont fly like darts, they flip around. They do not enter at odd angles, but you can see they are not the sarts they should be. I got to thinking though, would this be due to the 2" vanes the quickfletches have and to shoot a large fixed balde it would be much better to go with a 4 inch or so?
Did you spin test your bh's on the arrows? Can you find an arrow that shoots dead on and it keeps shooting dead on? Sent from my SCH-I500 using Tapatalk
I have spun them and they look pretty good. They dont fly real bad, just not consistsnt. The head goes like it should, it just looks like the tail whips around, from what i could see. Donr get me wrong, at 50 yards i can put at least 2 of the 3 in the kill zone. I know that sounds good, but i should be tearing fletchings up at 50 yards.
Sounds like a bit of torque when you release. The fixed blades really show any torquing of the bow. I shoot feathers and not the blazer vanes. I find that a 3" or 4" feather fletching will stabilize any broadhead so long as the bow is tuned. It sound like yours is tuned.
number your arrows an see if it is the same ones shooting off all the time or if one time it hits where you put the bin an the next it hits off. if thats the case then it is a torque on the grip if not you may need to nock tune the arrow to find the sweet spot on the arrow
Hey thanks guys. I'm not ruling out torque at all. As a matter of fact, that very well may be it. I was also just curious if you should match broadhead type with fletching type for better results.
Going to a little bit longer fletching can help steer your broadheads. I switched to a 3 in. vane just recently because my set-up is pretty much the same as yours. I'm trying the Norway Industries Fusion Vane. They are really tough fletchings and they are known for steering broadheads very well at those longer distances. We'll see after I start shooting them more. Hope this helps.
I would suggest that your spine is just to weak and it manifests when you put that type of BH on there. You could check this by turning your DW down, maybe 2 turns on the limb bolts, retune and then shoot the BH and see what happens. I would think a .300 spine would be better for your setup with a 125 grain tip. A little to stiff is better than a little to weak. Good luck with it.
I have to agree. But two questions I have first before you start messing with your bow and set up is 1) are you shooting out side and can a cross wind be affecting the flight that you are seeing? 2) is the 1 arrow out if the 3 you shoot that is off target the first or the last arrow you shoot? If 2 of 3 are on the spot then I have to guess it maybe fatigue in form or a cross wind at the time of release
I'm thinking that you could greatly benefit from a little longer fletching. I shoot a 4" shield back trueflight and it can pretty well steer anything while in flight. I encourage anyone that struggles with consistency to try a real feather.
