Monsterbuck
Active Member
I was preparing to refletch some arrows and wasn't sure which vanes I wanted to use, I've read a lot of good things about both the Bohning Blazer and NAP Quick Spin vanes. I had Bohning send me a sample of the Blazers and I bought a small package of Quick Spins. I used a new set of IW arrow wraps and fletched three arrows with each type of vane.
I decided to do my testing at 30 yards because a lot of the shots on deer I get are around that range and I figured it would give me a better indication of how the vanes affected flight than 20 yards would.
I decided to begin by shooting a few rounds with my field points to see how well they flew and grouped and then switch to broadheads to see how the flight characteristics changed.
I began by shooting the three Blazer equipped arrows.
These grouped well with field points at 30 yards.
Then I shot a group with the three Quick Spins.
They also grouped well and right in with the Blazers and where my regular arrows had been grouping. (The low arrow was a slight dip in my bow arm that I realized as I released).
I decided to try shooting all six arrows into the target next to see if they still grouped together. MISTAKE! As I fired the third arrow I heard a different sound on impact but shrugged it off. I shot the other three and went to check out my grouping.
Well my testing was now down to only two Blazer fletched arrows as the Quick Spin centered the shaft of one of them.
I decided to shoot no more than three at a time and both vanes continued to group well. After about 30 to 40 shots with each brand I replaced the field points with Muzzy 3-blade broadheads exuipped with practice points.
The Muzzy tipped arrows with Blazer vanes continued to hit right where they had been with field points, grouping well. The Quick Spin fletched arrows still grouped fairly well but consistently hit 3 to four inches lower. I'm not sure what to attribute this too. Any difference in weight did not effect the flight with field points. I shot at least another 30 to 40 shots with each brand vane and the results were consistent, the Blazers grouping right with my field points and the Quick Spins consistently shooting low.
Now I don't claim to have any real scientific evidence based on my own personal testing of these two brands of vanes that one is definitely better than the other. I can only say that with my own set-up the Blazer vanes performed better with the broadheads I intend to hunt with than the Quick Spin vanes and any arrows I re-fletch from now on will carry them.
I decided to do my testing at 30 yards because a lot of the shots on deer I get are around that range and I figured it would give me a better indication of how the vanes affected flight than 20 yards would.
I decided to begin by shooting a few rounds with my field points to see how well they flew and grouped and then switch to broadheads to see how the flight characteristics changed.
I began by shooting the three Blazer equipped arrows.
These grouped well with field points at 30 yards.
Then I shot a group with the three Quick Spins.
They also grouped well and right in with the Blazers and where my regular arrows had been grouping. (The low arrow was a slight dip in my bow arm that I realized as I released).
I decided to try shooting all six arrows into the target next to see if they still grouped together. MISTAKE! As I fired the third arrow I heard a different sound on impact but shrugged it off. I shot the other three and went to check out my grouping.
Well my testing was now down to only two Blazer fletched arrows as the Quick Spin centered the shaft of one of them.
I decided to shoot no more than three at a time and both vanes continued to group well. After about 30 to 40 shots with each brand I replaced the field points with Muzzy 3-blade broadheads exuipped with practice points.
The Muzzy tipped arrows with Blazer vanes continued to hit right where they had been with field points, grouping well. The Quick Spin fletched arrows still grouped fairly well but consistently hit 3 to four inches lower. I'm not sure what to attribute this too. Any difference in weight did not effect the flight with field points. I shot at least another 30 to 40 shots with each brand vane and the results were consistent, the Blazers grouping right with my field points and the Quick Spins consistently shooting low.
Now I don't claim to have any real scientific evidence based on my own personal testing of these two brands of vanes that one is definitely better than the other. I can only say that with my own set-up the Blazer vanes performed better with the broadheads I intend to hunt with than the Quick Spin vanes and any arrows I re-fletch from now on will carry them.
