BROADHEADS.The Lighter Side of Replaceable-Blade Light/lightweight: This is archery's current mantra mantra (măn`trə, mŭn–), in Hinduism and Buddhism, mystic words used in ritual and meditation. A mantra is believed to be the sound form of reality, having the power to bring into being the reality it represents. . Light bows make toting your weapon during a high-altitude hunt easier. Lightweight arrows make those bows faster. Light broadheads make that arrow shoot flatter. Nowhere has weight trimming been more noticeable than in replaceable-blade broadheads. Recently 125 grains was voguishly light-the industry standard for hunting broadheads. Lighter models have now replaced them as the most popular broadhead weight in the business. Bob Mizek, New Archery archery, sport of shooting with bow and arrow, an important military and hunting skill before the introduction of gunpowder. England's Charles II fostered archery as sport, establishing in 1673 the world's oldest continuous archery tournament, the Ancient Scorton Product's production manager, tells me 100-grain replaceable-blade heads now compose 50 percent of their total sales. Muzzy's Michele Crummer says 100-grain and lighter heads make up nearly 75 percent of their sales, attributing this to the carbon arrow's meteoric me·te·or·ic adj. 1. Of, relating to, or formed by a meteoroid. 2. Of or relating to the earth's atmosphere. 3. popularity. One hundred-grain heads, even lighter, are here to stay. Lighter heads balance lighter arrows. With average carbon arrows weighing eight to nine grains per inch--the heaviest weighing maybe 12-a 100-grain head provides ample Front Of Center (F.O.C.) balance and consistent, manageable flight. Even with my 30-inch draw length and 70-pound draw, a 100-grain broadhead gives me 10 to 12 percent F.O.C., well within accepted limits for broadhead accuracy. Given a shorter draw length and lighter shafts, you may make due with an 85- or even a 75-grain head. You could screw in a 125-grain head and boost F.O.C. to 15 or 20 percent, maintaining accuracy and arrow groups, but you will sacrifice trajectory Trajectory The curve described by a body moving through space, as of a meteor through the atmosphere, a planet around the Sun, a projectile fired from a gun, or a rocket in flight. in the process. This is a matter of balance. You can have your accuracy and flat trajectory too. The kinetic energy kinetic energy: see energy. kinetic energy Form of energy that an object has by reason of its motion. The kind of motion may be translation (motion along a path from one place to another), rotation about an axis, vibration, or any combination of crowd need not worry. We're talking replaceable-blade broadheads, not energy-gobbling mechanicals, and unless elk-sized or larger animals are at stake, the discussion is moot An issue presenting no real controversy. Moot refers to a subject for academic argument. It is an abstract question that does not arise from existing facts or rights. . Most of us hunt deer. It becomes a matter of how much dirt you wish to penetrate behind the animal after a pass-through. Lightness aside, replaceable-blade models have won over bowhunters because they are convenient and, as important, inherently accurate. Slide in a fresh set of blades, and you're bowhunting Bowhunting is the practice of taking game animals by archery. Technique In contrast to a rifle hunter, who may shoot effectively from ranges in excess of 200 yards (about 180 m), archers will usually restrict shots to 45 yards or less, depending on factors such as shaving-sharp again. With a reasonable amount of bow tuning, your average replaceable-blade head groups as well as field points. If it does not, you need to spend more time tuning your bow. Combine supreme accuracy with lighter weight and you get the whole of modern archery in a single package. Today's bowhunters want more speed without sacrificing accuracy. Today's archers want to shoot farther with the same degree of confidence once enjoyed at shorter ranges. Today's equipment is more accurate than ever. What was considered a long shot 10 years ago is feasible today given sufficient skill and practice. Lighter heads flatten flatten - To remove structural information, especially to filter something with an implicit tree structure into a simple sequence of leaves; also tends to imply mapping to flat ASCII. "This code flattens an expression with parentheses into an equivalent canonical form." trajectory and give the archer a greater margin of error when ranges become a bit farther than usual, adding five to seven fps to the average setup. They do this without sacrificing one bit of durability. Ask NAP's owner Andy Simo or Muzzy's Michele Crummer and they will tell you: Not a single bit of dependability has been sacrificed to make heads lighter. Decreased weight normally comes with decreased cutting diameter: A 1 3/16-inch-wide 125-grain becomes a 1- or 1 1/8-inch 100. Incidentally, all other factors being equal, decreasing cutting diameter also increases penetration. This also accounts for the lighter head's dependable flight characteristics. Whether you'rr pulling 60 to 70 pounds and wanting more speed, shooting moderate weight during cold late seasons or simply preferring not to tug heman weight, today's replaceable-blade market has a head for you. Muzzy muz·zy adj. muz·zi·er, muz·zi·est 1. Mentally confused; muddled. 2. Blurred; indistinct. [Origin unknown. Products A stop-for-nothing Trocar trocar /tro·car/ (tro´kahr) a sharp-pointed instrument equipped with a cannula, used to puncture the wall of a body cavity and withdraw fluid. tro·car n. tip, unsurpassed flight and no-fail interlocking interlocking /in·ter·lock·ing/ (-lok´ing) closely joined, as by hooks or dovetails; locking into one another. interlocking Obstetrics A rare complication of vaginal delivery of twins; the 1st blades have earned Muzzy a reputation as one of the most rugged replaceable-blade heads in bowhunting. Muzzy also has one of the best lightweight broad-head lines around. The Muzzy 100-grain, 1 3/16-inch-wide, three-blade screw-in is the company's most popular. On the lighter side, Muzzy's four-blade 90-grain and new three-blade 75-grain screw-ins, both with a one-inch cutting diameter, give up nothing in "Bad To The Bone" toughness. New for 2001, a 100-grain, four-blade screw-in with one-inch cut features MuzzyFlage Green and Gold camo. Muzzy's Glue-On and Glue-In 200 and 300 Series heads are made for the carbon-arrow aficionado A Spanish word that means fan, devotee, enthusiast, etc. There are loyal aficionados of every subject in the computer field. looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. streamlined fit and less weight. By eliminating the screw-in adapter, the bowhunter saves up to 15 grains and eliminates loose broadheads completely. No matter what brand of carbon you shoot, these heads will probably fit it, with five four-blade and six three-blade 100-grain glue-on sizes, plus three threeblade, 100-grain glue-ins for A/C/C 3-39 through 3-60s. New Archery Products NAP's Thunderhead thun·der·head n. The swollen upper portion of a thundercloud, usually associated with the development of a thunderstorm. Noun 1. 125 can be credited with much of the popularity of replaceable-blade beads today. As much as any, the Thunderhead epitomizes replaceable-blade perfection. Today, Thunderheads remain as popular as ever with 100 grains now top dog and the Thunderhead 85 offered to those wishing to go lighter still. A scalloped scal·lop also scol·lop or es·cal·lop n. 1. a. Any of various free-swimming marine mollusks of the family Pectinidae, having fan-shaped bivalve shells with a radiating fluted pattern. b. ferrule A ceramic, plastic or stainless steel part of a fiber-optic plug that holds the end of the fiber and precisely aligns it to the socket. The fiber is inserted into the ferrule and cemented with an epoxy or adhesive, which gives it long-term mechanical strength and prevents contamination , center-locking washer washer Orthopedics A flattened disk of metal with a central hole used to distribute stress under a screw head to prevent thin cortical bone from splitting; serrated washers are used to affix avulsed ligaments, small avulsion fractures or comminuted fractures to the , Oring and NAP's chisel chisel Cutting tool with a sharpened edge at the end of a metal blade, used (often by driving with a mallet or hammer) in dressing, shaping, or working a solid material such as wood, stone, or metal. tip assure top flight and dependability. The Thunderhead Pro Series sports microgroves along the length of each scalloped surface. These groves act like the dimples on a golf ball, adding stability and tighter arrow groups at longer ranges. These come with a slightly higher price tag, but you'll still be able to buy standard Thunderheads. Barrie Archery Barrie Archery just keeps coming up with new ways of looking at broadheads. Barrie was the first to use titanium titanium (tītā`nēəm, tĭ–) [from Titan], metallic chemical element; symbol Ti; at. no. 22; at. wt. 47.88; m.p. 1,675°C;; b.p. 3,260°C;; sp. gr. 4.54 at 20°C;; valence +2, +3, or +4. in a broadhead and this year designed a head with a slide-on replaceable-blade cartridge to allow replacement of three blades all at once. The Titanium (Ti) has become Barrie's hallmark head. Titanium combines the lightness of aluminum with the strength of steel. Now offered in 100 and 85 grains (besides 125), the Ti offers a one-piece ferrule and Unicut cut-on-contact tip, a self-centering steel "Blade-Lock" collar and .030 stainless blades. The new Warhead 100 Fixed allows the bowhunter to choose between fixed- or mechanical-blade cartridge systems. The fixed cartridge offers .030-thick blade design with a Tri-Cut, pre-aligned tip for better penetration and 1 1/8-inch low profile for increased accuracy. This design allows someone who is all thumbs to replace all three blades at once. The Premier 125 is one of Barrie's faithful standbys, long respected for tough "Power-Point," strong .030-inch blades and a self-aligning collar. This three-blade head now comes in a 1 3/10-inch-wide 100-grain and a 1 1/8-inch 75-grain. Rocky's Advantage comes assembled, surgically sharpened sharp·en tr. & intr.v. sharp·ened, sharp·en·ing, sharp·ens To make or become sharp or sharper. sharp , with tip pre-aligned. Its Tri-Cut tip aids penetration (aligned with three .030 stainless blades), a 100-grain head cutting 1 1/8 inches wide. The Razor Lite 100 (also in 125) combines a cut-on-contact tip with pre-aligned, .030 stainless blades for deep penetration. The Razor Lite also features a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter and a self-centering locking collar for maximum accuracy. WASP wasp, name applied to many winged insects of the order Hymenoptera, which also includes ants and bees. Most wasps are carnivorous, feeding on insects, grubs, or spiders. They have biting mouthparts, and the females have stings with which they paralyze their prey. Archery Products WASP was first to introduce replaceable blades to archery. Today WASP is responsible for some of the toughest replaceable-blade heads in archery, sending Hammer SST SST: see airplane. l00s through 10 sections of flattened flat·ten v. flat·tened, flat·ten·ing, flat·tens v.tr. 1. To make flat or flatter. 2. To knock down; lay low: The boxer was flattened with one punch. 55-gallon drum--unscathed and blades intact--to prove that choosing a lightweight head does not mean sacrificing dependability. WASP keeps things simple with the Hammer SST (Stainless Smart Tip) and Cam-Lok. The Hammer SST comes with the Trocar tip pine-aligned to provide a straight cutting path for three 13/16 inch-wide stainless blades. It's also available in grain weights of 75, 85, 90 and 100. The Cam-Lok model features the same dimensions, plus blade-locking insurance collars in a 100-grain, three-blade design. CCL-SST (Carbon Compression Lock A compression lock (also known as a muscle lock, muscle slicer or muscle crusher) is a grappling hold which causes severe pain by pressing a muscle into a bone. ) 85- and 100-grain models are available with .020 inch-thick blades and 1%-inch cutting diameters. These slide over and lock into place on today's carbon arrows, eliminating the need for adapters or glue. North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Archery Group The Straight-Razor is Satellite's most modem head, featuring a case-hardened steel Noun 1. case-hardened steel - steel with a surface that is much harder than the interior metal steel - an alloy of iron with small amounts of carbon; widely used in construction; mechanical properties can be varied over a wide range pyramid tip with edges aligned and at the same attack angle as its three blades for cut-on-contact performance, a continuous cut assuring deep penetration. The 100-grain Straight-Razor includes .027-inch stainless blades and a 1%-inch cutting diameter. The Satellite Mag is a proven design that has been around since the 1980s. With a hardened-steel chisel point and three-blade design, this head remains a top contender today. Available in 100 and 75 grains, the former provides a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter from its .027-inch-thick blades; the 75 features the same, but with .020-inch blades. The Aero 125s I grew up with are now available in 100 grains. These 1 1/16-inch-wide heads with .010-inch carbon blades are great for budget-minded archers after deer and smaller game. Chuck Adams Bowhunting Gear includes the 100-grain Spear Point Broadhead, featuring a patented cut-on-contact point, 7178 aluminum alloy ferrule and three microhoned blades. The Super Slam Light Broadhead System offers choices tipped by the same cutting Spear Point. A 12-slot ferrule allows two-, three- or four-blade configurations that can be aligned with the Spear Point or fletchings with finished weights between 90 and 110 grains. Game Tracker Game Tracker's Tri-Lok System locks blades into place not only front and rear but at the midpoint mid·point n. 1. Mathematics The point of a line segment or curvilinear arc that divides it into two parts of the same length. 2. A position midway between two extremes. with a hook inside the aluminum ferrule. Blades are manufactured by the medical industry exclusively for Game Tracker and individually foil-wrapped to maintain sharpness. The TriLok SS is available in 80 grains with 1 1/8 inch cutting diameter and cut-on-contact Trocar tip; the Tri-Lok SS 100 offers the same cutting diameter but with a beefier ferrule and tip. A 100-grain Glue-On model fits 2300 AFC (1) (Application Foundation Classes) A class library from Microsoft that provides an application framework and graphics, graphical user interface (GUI) and multimedia routines for Java programmers. and 15/64 Beman shafts. The Saber SS 100 offers a 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter and .020-inch-thick blades, plus a stainless steel stainless steel: see steel. stainless steel Any of a family of alloy steels usually containing 10–30% chromium. The presence of chromium, together with low carbon content, gives remarkable resistance to corrosion and heat. , tri-edged tip that cuts on contact. For the bowhunter on a budget shooting deer or smaller game, the Terminator (1) A character that ends a string of alphanumeric characters. (2) A hardware component that is connected to the last peripheral device in a series or the last node in a network. Lightning provides 1 3/10-inch cut and .01-thick blades in 100 grains. Sullivan Industries/Innerloc Innerloc's "Center Locking System" consists of stainless blades with a curved, locking flange flange (flanj) a projecting border or edge; in dentistry, that part of the denture base which extends from around the embedded teeth to the border of the denture. flange n. 1. from the tip to the base. The blades are firmly secured between the chisel tip and ferrule by a full-length, threaded shaft down the middle. This holds the blades tight and allows efficient energy transfer down the center axis from the cutting tip. By combining various blade widths of their .020-inch-thick, hardened high-carbon stainless blades with different tip weights, Innerloc is able to assemble 16 various broadheads. Of interest here are the 85-grain two-blade and 95-grain three-blade with 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter and the 95-grain two-blade with more metal up front. Golden-Key Futura The Deadhead dead·head Informal n. 1. A person who uses a free ticket for admittance, accommodation, or entertainment. 2. A vehicle, such as an aircraft, that transports no passengers or freight during a trip. 3. will be sporting a new "Diamond" Tip this year. The Diamond Tip is a sharp-edged chisel point that is not only stronger but will also cut on contact. Add this to the company's front-loading, positive-locking Heli-Kill angled blade off-set option, and you make a great-flying, hard-hitting broad-head better. Available in 80 and 100 grains, the Deadhead allows hunters to choose from left or right helical helical /hel·i·cal/ (hel´i-k'l) spiral (1). hel·i·cal adj. 1. Of or having the shape of a helix; spiral. 2. Having a shape approximating that of a helix. blade options to match fletching fletch·ing n. The feathers on an arrow. twist and increase accuracy. Archer's Ammo You may know this company better by the name Savora, after it's founder Duke Savora. With .020-inch-thick blades secured not only front and rear but at the midsection mid·sec·tion n. A middle section, especially the midriff of the body. by retaining rings, Savora heads assure dependability. The Champion 100 sticks to Duke's original design. The one-piece Smart-Point ferrule, 1 1/8-inch-wide Swept-Wing low-profile blades and Snap-Lock three-blade assembly make this head high-speed-accurate. More modern features are included in the Contender 100 and 80, most notably cut-on-contact tips, a replaceable chisel point on the 100 and a Micro-Point on the 80. Both feature .020-inch-thick blades and an accurate 1 1/8-inch cutting diameter in a three-blade design. Cabela's The mail-order giant has long been bow friendly and this includes broadheads. The Lazer Supreme is a machined 6061 aluminum-bodied head with an innovative threaded lock collar that secures the stainless blades solidly. The sharpened hollow-ground tip is replaceable, leading the way to three 1 1/8-inch-wide blades on the 100-grain model. The Lazer Pro Mag is Cabela's best-selling best·sell·er also best seller n. A product, such as a book, that is among those sold in the largest numbers. best head, with a hollow-ground point for deep penetration, surgically sharp stainless blades and hard anodized ferrules. The blades lock securely with a washer and O-ring. They are available in a 1 1/8-inch-wide Mini 90 with .020-inch-thick blades and a 100-grain Supreme with .027-inch-thick blades. Dependability in broadheads once meant trading flat trajectory in the process. Today's modem metals and better engineering mean you give up nothing in order to enjoy a lighter head. You can have faster arrows, flatter down-range trajectory and still depend on your point to penetrate deeply and hold together when it gets there. You can do it all with less weight. Replaceable-blade heads are tough, even in lighter sizes. The author took this heavyweight bull elk elk, name applied to several large members of the deer family. It most properly designates the largest member of the family, Alces alces, found in the northern regions of Eurasia and North America. In North America this animal is called moose. with a lightweight, Muzzy 90-grain, four-blade broadhead. Replaceable-blade broadheads spell accuracy. Even with a minimum of bow tuning, you should be able to get your replaceable-blade heads to fly as well as field points. The lower-profile, lightweight heads will offer even better flight characteristics. A well-tuned bow seldom has trouble grouping replaceable-blade heads well. After tuning his bow, the author was able to shoot this game-killing group at 40 yards, cutting off several fletchings in the process. This kind of broadhead accuracy gives the bowhunter the confidence necessary to make solid shots. Take a walk through these tough but tiny heads 1. Rocky Mountain Premium -- 100 grain 2. Rocky Mountain Titanium -- 85 grain 3. Rocky Mountain Razor Lite -- 100 grain 4. Rocky Mountain Premier -- 75 grain 5. Muzzy Team Fitzgerald -- 100 grain 6. Thunderhead Pro -- 100 grain 7. Thunderhead Pro -- 85 grain 8. Thunderhead -- 100 grain 9. Rocky Mountain T10 -- 100 grain 10. Rocky Mountain Premier -- 75 grain 11. Rocky Mountain Rocky's Advantage -- 100 grain 12. Rocky Mountain Premier -- 100 grain 13. Rocky Mountain Titanium -- 100 grain 14. Game Tracker Terminator Lightning -- 100 grain 15. Game Tracker First Cut -- 90 grain 16. Game Tracker Sabre -- 100 grain 17. Rocky Mountain Advantage -- 100 grain 18. Innertoc 3-Blade -- 100 grain 19. Innertoc 2-Blade -- 85 grain 20. Innertoc 2-Blade -- 95 grain 21. Golden Key Dead Head -- 100 grain 22. Game Tracker Tri-Loc -- 100 grain 23. Game Tracker Tri-Loc -- 80 grain 24. Rocky Mountain Warhead -- 100 grain 25. Muzzy #300 -- 100 grain 26. Muzzy #2300 -- 100 grain 27. Muzzy #2100 -- 100 grain 28. Muzzy #2200 -- 100 grain 29. Muzzy #3600 -- 100 grain 30. Muzzy #339 -- 100 grain 31. Muzzy #349 -- 100 grain 32. Muzzy #2200 -- 100 grain 33. Chuck Adams Super Slam -- 100 grain 34. Chuck Adams Spear Point 2-Blade -- 90 grain 35. Chuck Adams Spear Point 3-Blade -- 100 grain 36. Muzzy #209 -- 100 grain 37. Archers Ammo Contender -- 80 grain 38. Archers Ammo Champion -- 100 grain 39. WASP Hammer SST -- 85 grain 40. WASP Hammer SST -- 100 grain 41. Archers Ammo Contender -- 100 grain 42. Cabelas Mini Mag -- 60 grain 43. WASP Hammer SST -- 90 grain 44. Satellite Straight Razor -- 75 grain 45. Cabelas Lacer -- 100 grain 46. WASP Hammer SST -- 85 grain 47. Satellite Straight Razor -- 100 grain 48. Golden Key Dead Head -- 80 grain |
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