BugleMIn
New Member
I always shot aluminum arrows with thunderheads. They were a deadly combination. When I switched to carbon arrows I couldn't get consistent groups with the thunderheads. Archery shop said my broadheads were "planing" and causing inconsistency. I needed to switch to mechanical broadheads.
I switched to Steelhead 100's. They shoot very accurate, they kill the game quickly, but I don't like them. You have to be a jeweler to change the blades. The dinky screws never go back in right. And they tear the crap out of my foam pad in my quiver. It's the way the blades are folded, they don't sit well in the foam and are always popping out.
Question: Is it only 3 blade fixed broadheads that plane? I hear people (who have carbon arrows) say they shoot muzzy's, do they plane?
What causes planing and are there other corrections to make to minimize it, i.e. fletching, different weight of broadhead, etc.
I'm ready to go back to the XX78's and forget the carbons.
Thanks
I switched to Steelhead 100's. They shoot very accurate, they kill the game quickly, but I don't like them. You have to be a jeweler to change the blades. The dinky screws never go back in right. And they tear the crap out of my foam pad in my quiver. It's the way the blades are folded, they don't sit well in the foam and are always popping out.
Question: Is it only 3 blade fixed broadheads that plane? I hear people (who have carbon arrows) say they shoot muzzy's, do they plane?
What causes planing and are there other corrections to make to minimize it, i.e. fletching, different weight of broadhead, etc.
I'm ready to go back to the XX78's and forget the carbons.
Thanks