How to Make a Practice Point for ANY CROSSBOW BROADHEAD!
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- Опубліковано 24 сер 2024
- Frustrated that you don't get a practice point for most broadheads these days? No worries! Here's a handy tip that's worked well for us. Works on our Rage Trypans, and pretty sure it'd work on most broadheads. Good luck!
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Bunjie (The O.B.) is a 2010 Excalibur Axiom Crossbow. After a decade of killing deer, hogs, squirrels--you name it!--with the "stock" 20" Easton Firebolt arrows, Bunjie experimented with heavy arrows during 2020 but has since decided to hunt with 20" ProFlight arrows from Easton, for a total arrow weight of just under 400 grains when tipped with a 100 grain Rage Crossbow Hypodermic Broadhead. This keeps ol' Bunjie around 300fps. Is Bunjie retired as of 2021?
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Thanks Rich always learning something here
that was fun. Oh 16 days till bear season and this place is full of them
rub it in, LOL good luck!
Or you could buy a SEVR and put the practice screw in it. Good info rich. May I suggest Marine Tex, much stronger than JB weld.
I have both the 1.5 and 1.7 SEVR on the way... Hoping my T-rex draw and the 1.5 will let me use mechanicals and still get a clean pass through with my bow.
Love my 2.0s
Thanks for the tip on how to create a practice tip. I love the “Glob it on” phrase!!
You should check out SEVR broadheads. All steel construction, replaceable blades, and they can be locked for practice.
I use the Trypans to hunt with. I use an old rage chisel tip practice head for sighting in. Works perfectly fine. Does tear up a target tho. Go to harbor freight & buy anti fatigue floor mats for $5 for 5 of them and place them in front of target to damper down on tearing up nice expensive targets
That's a GREAT idea! Thanks for the tip
Enjoyed it Rich
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Damn I’ve been school thanks Rich. 👍👊😎
16 days till crossbow season here in NJ.
wrap the threads in a bit of masking tape first to be extra sure you don't mess them up.
yeah i was thinking that...a great idea
I use the swhacker 3 inch 150 grain and I just put a piece of electrical tape over it and it doesn't open while it enters the target
Definitely going to have to try this! Curious if using this type of practice head, does that mean you can shoot it in a regular target designed for field points without chewing it up, or would you still need to use a target designed for broadheads?
The bag style targets don't work well with broadheads, probably have to still use field points with those
Just shoot sevr and u don't have these kinda issues lol although deflection was my biggest reason for switching from rage and after 17 🦌 in 2 yrs ill probably never switch to anything else. I did buy bunch of sevr's 125gr 1.5s this season since i switched back to vertical bow this summer figure they'll do better job on penatration than the 2.0 robustos i had been using with my ravin r10 not sure if gonna regret selling it or not but personally for me the crossbow was taking alot the enjoyment I get from archery hunting out of it for me not sure why but wasn't no longer getting excited abt just squeezing a trigger even though the 🦌 didn't go 50 yards i felt like im cheating myself outta the satisfaction/excitement I used to get when I used my selfbow but I still enjoy watching the videos and helping ppl that aren't capable of using other equipment every hunter we can get into the sport these days (regardless the weapon) helps alot in my book so keep up the awesome content.
glad you like the SEVR's
I bought some 1.5 Sevr and some Robustos to try. I’m also looking at the Afflictor mini hybrids.
I shoot NAP Killzones and they come with a practice head.... Good idea though....
Can you try this on an over-the-top, aka front deploying mechanical broadhead?
I used to super glue my used X-Acts closed, and that held for a little while. I'm bettin' this works even better.
We are having accuracy issues when taking out factory knocks and putting in luminocks. each is different. 4" left, 4" right, 4" low. Have you ever had this problem? Thank you.
Have not, you sure correct nocks? Ie flat or moon or whatever you are supposed to have?
For the SwAhacker you don’t have to fo that. Just use electrical tape instead of a band to keep it closed. It works and guess what ???you can remove the tape
Interesting! Keeps the blades clean, I like it!
Was wandering how it works pulling them out of the target if the arrow does not go completely through ? I did that with one of my Hypodermic broad heads and ruined it tying to pull it out of the target due to the fact that the blades are not seated flush where the broad head screws into the bolt . Any suggestions .
I don't shoot them at targets unless they're sealed like in this video. Or if I don't plan on re-using them. It ruins them. They're not meant to go backwards lol. Practice points usually do SOME damage to the target but it's the cost of doing business IMO.
Rich, I did glue the blades down before shooting at the target . Shot it once & when trying to pull it back out, it would not pull out .
@@robpearce5655 what kind of target
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@@Deathbybunjie you don’t have that problem with yours ?
wow first comment 2nd view i feel impotent :)
A few grains won’t make any difference so don’t worry to much about that.
Anything 10gr or more can gange how the bolt/arrow will fly. Plus unless thats perfictly flush with the way it was before the jb was added it changes the aerodynamics of the head. That too will affect its flight. Jb is some fairly heavy bonding so gotta be carefull with it.
@@daniel1697855 well a did say a few. I’ve added more that 10 grains to the head and saw no difference out to 40 with my setup
just don't GLOB IT ON LOL
@@georgekeith7969 with yours that you noticed. But not every one will have that and there may have been a change but depending on what equipment you have to check it you may not have seen what changes (again if any but normally there is) what they were. One that did change for sure if your FOC and that effects the life of the target and can give a false impresson on what your penitration is going to be. You wouldnt think 10gr can make that much of a differnce but as an example on my bow (granted its a veritical compound but the principles still apply) 10 more gr up front adds 3.4% more to my FOC and cause my arrow to drop another 2" at 30 yards woth a 31" arrow with 55lbs. If I go to my max 60lbs on my bow it only drops a 3/4".
@@daniel1697855 I’m sure my arrows drop some but maybe because I shooting heavy arrows 567 with 22% foc out of a crossbow it’s not that noticeable. There both hitting a spot on my target about the size of a half dollar at 40 yards without adjusting my speed ring so that good enough for me for hunting especially when I keep my shots to 30 and under.