Broadhead hits high

Trad Bow 1979 · Jul 24, 2018

Hey guys,
So I'm shooting a bowtech reign 6 at 29 1/2? draw and 60 pounds. The rest is a QAD drop away. My arrows are Goldtip Kinetics 300 spine with 40 grain weights in the front. Broadhead is a 100 grain slick trick standard.

At 40 yards the broadheads hit 3 1/2?-4? high. Windage is dead on. I'm thinking it's too small of an adjustment to do with the rest. I figure maybe raising the knock loop a hair may do it. Or I could make a small sight adjustment. Thoughts?

Deepcolor · Jul 24, 2018

Drop your rest 1/16? and shoot a couple arrows. My guess is you will need to go a total of 1/8?.

elktaker · Jul 24, 2018

Slowly drop the rest if you have clearance or slowly raise the nock (little harder to be precise)

4? at 40 yards is a lot. I broadhead tune farther than I hunt. Typically at 80 yards and micro tube the rest. Mark where your rest is now and you can just move it back if you make it worse.

If anything you are overspined a little which is fine and shouldn't cause you any issues. (Just comparing to my setup 67 lb full length 300s with 125 heads 20 grain inserts)

Trad Bow 1979 · Jul 25, 2018

I'll try it this weekend, I was hoping to avoid it. My rest has good tick marks for windage but nothing for elevation. But yea I guess that what I need to do.
Thanks guys

Dryfly · Aug 3, 2018

I would shoot thru paper at different distances and see how my arrows are flying.
If the flight is perfect, adjust your sight.
If the flight is less than perfect, then either your rest or nock point need adjusted.

Joe2Kool · Aug 13, 2018

Hey 82nd, does your post name mean what I think it means? Pic below is my stepfather's, circa 1967. If my guess is correct, when were you in?

And thanks for serving.

WiscoKid · Aug 13, 2018

Maybe totally off, but I also had the QAD on my Bowtech BTX when I bought it and I could not get it to paper tune. That being said, I worked in an archery shop all through college and I wasn't just some schmuck tinkering. I finally made up my mind to switch rests and all my problems went away. I know QAD is a very very popular rest, but just wasn't and isn't for me (especially on a bowtech). Went to a schaeffer XV and its been the cat's ass. Great groups with multiple broadheads past 60

Trad Bow 1979 · Aug 16, 2018

>Hey 82nd, does your post name
>mean what I think it
>means? Pic below is
>my stepfather's, circa 1967.
>If my guess is correct,
>when were you in?
>
>And thanks for serving.
>
>

Yea man I was in the 82nd Airborne 99 thru 03. The red devil refers to my batallion and regiment.

Appreciate it man!

Trad Bow 1979 · Aug 16, 2018

>>Hey 82nd, does your post name
>>mean what I think it
>>means? Pic below is
>>my stepfather's, circa 1967.
>>If my guess is correct,
>>when were you in?
>>
>>And thanks for serving.
>>
>>

>
>Yea man I was in the
>82nd Airborne 99 thru 03.
>The red devil refers to
>my batallion and regiment.
>
>Appreciate it man!

Tell your dad thanks for his service from me as well

deadibob · Aug 18, 2018

As has been said, start with making sure your bow is in tune. Paper tune, walk-back, bare-shaft tune. If that isn't right, nothing else will be. Distance and broad heads will always magnify tuning issues. Some broad heads never impact the same as target tips. If your bow is tuned and broad heads still impact differently, just adjust your sights for the broad heads.

With the cost of broadheads these days, they often don't get practiced with enough. Good luck getting dialed in.

Lhedrick1 · Dec 9, 2018

I shoot big heavy 2 blade bradheads (more common in traditional bow hunting) and I have found spine strength to play a big part in tuning. I shoot a 65 lb Mathews Heli-M and between two arrows (a 55-70 lbs cheap Buck Blaster and 55-65 lb Carbon Express of some sort) my broadheads shot 12" lower and 6" to the right when going from the Buck Blaster to the CE.Also arrow flight was was significantly different (for the worse) between the two.

When I first got the bow, I had it around 60 lbs and was shooting snuff can sized groups at 40 yards with my 135 grain Zwickey Eskilites. With an increase of 5 lbs +/- in draw weight, arrow flight went to hell. Went to the stiffer shaft and they dont fly as good as they did with the lower poundage but good enough for hunting. This summer I need to experiment but I am thinking with the heavier broadheads, I may need a stiffer a heavier arrow.