Broadband Tuning

[wirehead]

I’ve lived under my rage expandable broadhead rock for 15+ years and I’m out of touch… do folks still tune fixed blade broadbeads? Is it still a concern that fixed blades have a different POI than field tips?

 

[Mighty Mouse]

Yes, broadhead tuning is still a thing. Scroll back through the archery sub-forum here and you'll find many threads on the topic.

Different POI between broadheads and field points can still happen if the bow is out of tune, but the steps to correct it are fairly simple. Below is a handy tuning guide for reference.

 

[wirehead]

Yes, broadhead tuning is still a thing. Scroll back through the archery sub-forum here and you'll find many threads on the topic.

Different POI between broadheads and field points can still happen if the bow is out of tune, but the steps to correct it are fairly simple. Below is a handy tuning guide for reference.
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Yup. Makes perfect sense… I guess it was wishful thinking that somehow bow technology made broad head / field point POI difference a thing of the past.

 

[Beendare]

Yup. Makes perfect sense… I guess it was wishful thinking that somehow bow technology made broad head / field point POI difference a thing of the past.

Nope...if you aren't tuning... you are shooting a bad arrow with your Mech heads and you don't even realize it. You can wring another little bit of accuracy out of that bow AND get better arrow performance if you tune

 

[wirehead]

Nope...if you aren't tuning... you are shooting a bad arrow with your Mech heads and you don't even realize it. You can wring another little bit of accuracy out of that bow AND get better arrow performance if you tune

I am tuning…

So who checks their tune (per chart above, as reference) and then goes full send with broad heads without checking fixed broad head POI?

 

[Felix40]

You definitely still need to broadhead tune but it is easier now than it was 20 years ago. I walk my broadhead and field point together with just a few groups at 20 yards. Then I do the same at 50. With new bows, drop away rests, and new better flying broadheads, it’s super easy.

 

[Beendare]

I am tuning…

Paper tuning with FP's is only the Half way point. ..

You actually have to shoot your BH's to the same POI as FP's to get it right.

Some will tune with a big Fixed BH and then shoot Mechs. The way to be sure is to shoot the actual head you are using which might wreck some heads if you are shooting mech heads.

In my system, I shoot 2 blades and those are easy to spin check, shoot groups and those are easy to touch up razor sharp and back in the quiver...sometimes with multiple kills on the same head.

 

[wapitibob]

Yup. Makes perfect sense… I guess it was wishful thinking that somehow bow technology made broad head / field point POI difference a thing of the past.

I remove the fp, screw on the broadhead and they both hit the same out to 60 which is as far as I’m going to shoot.

 

[5MilesBack]

So who checks their tune (per chart above, as reference) and then goes full send with broad heads without checking fixed broad head POI?

Shooting your BH's is how you figure out where they are hitting. That's how you check your tune. Then the tuning starts, until they're hitting with FP's.

 

[Billy Goat]

I am tuning…

So who checks their tune (per chart above, as reference) and then goes full send with broad heads without checking fixed broad head POI?

Those aren't paper tears, those are instructions.

 

[Idaboy]

1- paper tune of you have that set up available. If you don't have paper tune set up then skip to step 2
2- then bareshaft tune at 10, then 20yds
3- shoot rounds of BH, FP and bareshaft at 20ydsds. 3 arrow groups..shoot your BH first so not to destroy the other 2. you'll soon see what is tuned vs what is intermittent torque/release issue. Should be stacking arrows at 20yds...When I bareshaft tune first, my BH tuning goes quick
4- now shoot spin tested BH out to your hunting distance with FP to ensure grouping ok