Broadhead for Crossbow

[nyslowhand]

Only the easy ones, nothing too complicated! Simple tricks for feeble minds! LOL

[InkedLilPiggy]

Can the standard Muzzy 3 blade, 100 grain be used with a crossbow? I have a few sitting around, brand new, and would love to but then to use.

[Jmny]

For me it's simple. Try different broadheads until you find one that flies well,out of your bow. And has the devastating effect on the animal your shooting.

I found that the Rage 2 blade crossbow broadhead in 100 fly well out of my Barnett ghost 410. At a speed of approximately 400 fps and kinetic energy of 149, they fly extremely well, cut a good size hole, leave a fantastic blood trail that a person with limited vision could follow (usually a short distance).

To be honest don't know if they open before or on contact. But the clean pass thru shots leaving a wide blood trail are much appreciated, The ability to group black eagle zombie slayer arrows tipped with 2blade 100 grain Rage crossbow broadhead and shoot a group three arrows in a quarter diameter (supported on a rest). Venison in the freezer, short tracking distance and consistency of flight are the qualities I look for in a broadhead. And lighted knock helps these old eyes follow the backside of the arrow in flight. Haven't figured out a way to see when the blades open.

By the way, included in your 3 pack of broadheads is a practice broadhead to use when sighting( practice) in your bow. Everyone has their favorite broadheads with justified reasons. Believe the old saying " to each their own" is applicable

Ps: the grouping is so tight, I only shoot one arrow at target and pull same before taking another shot at target

[williamjason]

swhacker or crossbow, which is best for deer hunting

 

[PREDATE]

swhacker or crossbow, which is best for deer hunting

Neither. You'll want to pick up one of those Mossy oaks

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[Skillet]

LOL. Troll?

[Dave]

Have a Barnett Jackal it recommends 125 gr, broad head. Wonder what would happen If I used 100 gr.

[nyslowhand]

Typically when a crossbow mfger suggests some bolt/BH combination, it's usually because they've tweaked this s/u to make the supplied scope function across different yardage X-hairs/dots.

[growalot]

In 2014 my regular G4' s worked great.2 deer..the donation 6pt lung heart and wobbled around 20 yrds. Then the garden stand doe through far shoulder for a 40 yrds death spraying/ run. Both hit exactly on point of aim.

Edited January 2, 2016 by growalot

[Untwisted Pretzel logic]

I use the 100 grain fixed blade Carbon Express quad pro 1" with good success. They fly true are sharp and will go through a deer, I know that from experience. The best thing is that they are less than $18 for 3. no need to pay extra for the advertising of big name brands to get performance

I used Slick Tricks also with good success, however, Carbon Express work just as good for me

[RoadKill44]

In general the difference between fixed blades and mechanicals is flight drag reduction. In essence replacing your practice field tips with a broadhead adds fletching to the front of your arrow. Not only does drag reduce arrow speed but it contributes to flight instability. The mechanical BHs can reduce that “fletch” effect by as much as 50% over fixed blade BHs. That being said getting the arrow to fly straight from the moment it leaves the string is most important and will reduce those types of potential flight problems.  A vertical bow needs to be tuned but the guide rail of a Xbow is, in a sense, inherently tuned.  The key is to practice with BHs to insure they fly the same as your practice tips, whether they’re launched from a bow or Xbow.

 

Mechanical broadheads, though saving energy in flight, require energy to open. In general, initial velocities 200Ft/Sec or less dictate the use of fixed blades and velocities of 250Ft/Sec to 300Ft/Sec or more allow for the use of mechanical BHs because there is ample energy down range to open the mechanical blades. In truth, the dynamics of acceleration, initial velocity, drag and flight stability is an impossible nut to crack mathematically or by best guess-timations. The initial velocity, for most vertical bows, falls in the range of 200Ft/Sec to 300Ft/Sec whereas crossbows generally are capable of 300Ft/Sec to 380Ft/Sec. Therefore there is a good reason to consider mechanical BHs for crossbows.

 

In the end many consider the KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach and stick with fixed blades. Fixed blades are more predictable and there is less that can go wrong. Mechanical blades have to perform properly by not opening prematurely and opening correctly on impact. The tradeoff is mechanical BHs are generally equipped with longer blades, have less drag in flight and fly with more stability. Because there are so many other things that bring luck into the picture I would conclude that you can flip a coin to choose.

 

For me its 100Gr. Grim Reaper fixed blades for my bow (240FT/Sec.) and 100Gr Schwacker  2” mechanicals for the crossbow (350FT/Sec.).  Why Schwackers? They open after penetration. While energy is used to open the blades, no energy is wasted cutting the hide and bones on the nearside. With only three kills experience; all had small holes going in, one had a liver cut in half and two had two ribs taken out on the far side. None went more than 50 yards after hit. Of course most of it was practice and luck and I can’t say a fixed blade would have changed the results.