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martin45
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Broad Heads

Post by martin45 »

I shoot a125 grain Thunderhead broadhead out of my Phoenix it had a weird flight pattern whats wrong.
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Re: Broad Heads

Post by Bowster »

Welcome to the forum Martin45.

I think a little more information may be needed.

- have you just changed broadheads to the Thunderhead and this resulted?
- does the same thing occur with field points?
- by weird, what do you mean?

Personnally I have never had good luck with Thunderheads.
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I never could get Thunderheads to group well out of my Excalibur.
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martin45
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Re: Broad Heads

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The 125 feildtips shoot straight dead on target, the broadheads look like they are spiraling and about 1in low. They are new out the box
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If the field points shoot ok then it's probably the broadheads. If they are not straight then the arrow could spiral as you described. Roll your arrows on something flat and see if the very tip of the broadhead wobbles. If it does the broadheads are out of alignment and will need to be trued until the tip no longer wobbles.
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Re: Broad Heads

Post by sumner4991 »

Welcome to the forum. :)

I see this issue a lot when it comes to the Thunderheads. Not sure what the issue is, but, several people have trouble making them fly right.

There's another thread about broadhead problems . . .
http://www.excaliburcrossbow.com/phpBB2 ... =1&t=39629

Try those things.

There is a lot of good information in these forum threads. Most answers can be found quickly by using the search function. Try doing a search for Thunderheads and see what all comes up.
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Re: Broad Heads

Post by M.J.M. »

enormous wrote:I never could get Thunderheads to group well out of my Excalibur.
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