putting together my hunting arrows and using 2 blade single bevel Grizzly broad heads, 175 grains. I started to try and match the broadheads with arrows that make the broadhead horizontal when they are nocked. I was wondering if people have found that it really matters, or if they have better flight if the broadhead is vertical?
I probably will try this myself, but wondering what everyone else has found or does?
I do that also. I don't think it matters for arrow flight but I do it to keep my sight picture consistent.
Personal preference on how you align them. Doesn't affect flight.
Agree with keeping them out of sight picture but haven't seen any changes in flight on how I mount them.
I mount broadheads so the arrow spins true no matter which way they are oriented. The only exception is with stone and trade points. With them I mount them the same as the self nock. It keep my brain less cluttered.
I prefer vertical, seeing the angled line of a flat blade messes with my head. Some believe that a vertical wide solid blade, like a wide Ace or Delta, can catch air coming bent out of the bow. I am not so sure about that, that may happen, but something else has to be going on for that to matter much.
Quote from: last arrow on September 11, 2018, 09:31:51 AM
I do that also. I don't think it matters for arrow flight but I do it to keep my sight picture consistent.
Ditto!!! And I prefer horizontal when canted at full draw.
Bisch
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I've had Deltas come out of a perfectly tuned bow squirrely when mounted horizontal. Did not change up anything other than turn them horizontal and they flew perfectly.
That being said, I am a fixed crawl shooter and I use the end of my arrow as my aiming point, so I like my heads turned horizontal so the blades (2 blade heads) don't stick up and mess with my sight picture/aiming point. I guess if a guy got used to the blades up/down on his arrow/sight picture, it wouldn't matter as far as that's concerned.
I prefer to have mine horizontal to the ground when I cant my bow. That just keeps the blade kind of out of my sight picture and doesn't distract me quite as much from focusing on the spot.
I shoot mine horizontally to the ground. I'm sure it is splitting hairs but the horizontal alignment may potentially catch less cross wind in the period of aiming to when the arrow begins spinning.
It matters a lot to me. Maybe I do something funky when I drop the string but if my heads are aligned perpendicular to the string, they fly straight and consistent. Anything else and they go all over the place. Even if they're mounted the same, they don't all land the same. It mattered less with Grizzly heads than with Deltas, I suspect, due to the narrower width. But it still made a difference.
I mainly shoot Simmons heads and have found that any orientation normally doesn't affect my arrow flight. I put an o-ring behind them and set them at about 2 o'clock and 8 o'clock where they are the smallest in my field of view. Especially the big treesharks.
Once again, thanks again for all the help!
What Bisch said!
Terry