100 Grain broadheads -WHY
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It is hard to find 125 grain broadheads anymore. So I have to ask why does everyone like 100 grain broadheads so well? I guess I'm old school but like the toughness of a good solid 125 grain or greater broadhead. Plus it helps keep my bow quite with the added arrow weight. I don't shoot big game past 30 yards, so the reason everyone wants a .lighter setup is for flatter trajectory at longer distances? Play nice no bashing :)
I think you answered your own question. Speed and trajectory are usually the reasons to shoot a lighter head.
Where are you having trouble finding 125s? All the archery shops in my area still sell them.
Matt
Every manufacturer makes them. Just may have to order them online. 100 gr heads are just part of the speed craze. You gain a whopping 5 FPS and worse arrow balance. Big box stores stock them cause they sell and most people don’t know a damn thing about their equipment.
I use 100gr heads, right in front of a 50gr brass insert. Because I do know a damn thing about my equipment
I do the same as cnelk and just screw a 100 grain head into a 50 grain insert. I used to shoot 125's but when 100 grain heads became more popular, I switched and improvised. It's nice being able to run into Wal-Marts every spring and restock when they're running their clearance sales.
Use the google machine and you can easily find 125 grain heads. Best of luck in finding what you are looking for!!
I shoot 100 grain heads because they tune out of my bow. Tried 125 and different weight inserts, but had to run the rest way out to tune. I’ll take tune over speed any day, not concerned about missing my target faster than the next guy.
I tried shooting an old 125 grain Rocky mountain Head. (I don't remember the name they are gigantic. Compared to the newer modern broadheads. ) Out of my new modern compound. It was pretty comical. Not the best arrow flight.
There's a reason manufacturers have gone to smaller 100 grain broadheads. They fly better
I don't have trouble finding them online, local shops only stock 1 thing -RAGE- I shoot lower poundage so I use COC. I find it is easier to tune with heavier FOC. I don't care what you use but I was curious why they were so popular. Choices are definitely better with 100 grains. I love VPA heads .
Dirty Mike , dimensions are the same size on heads I use available in 100 or 125.
I use a 100 gr head with a 75 gr brass insert....cnelk already covered this.
I’ve been shooting Iron Will the past few years. Before that, Exodous, Magnus Serazor, Magnus Stingers and Slick Trick. All have a 125 gr head and are very good BHs.
Not sure why anyone would shoot those wimpy little things! Broadheads don’t start getting real till about 200 grains...
I agree. The bigger the head, the more metal used, which in most cases means the stronger the head.
If one can’t find 125 heads they won’t likely find anything in the woods to shoot them at anyway. They are everywhere I look and search. Easy peasey
I have both and shoot both with a heavy insert. If I go to 100 gr. boadhead, I just add a 20 gr. FACT weight to the insert. I can also add a 5 gr. brass washer if I want to be exact but 5 gr. usually doesn't make much difference at my shooting ability.
I generally prefer a 100 grain head because they generally smaller profile than their 125 grain counter parts. Smaller profile equals better accuracy in my mind
My current setup is 60 grains of weight (insert and collar) and then 100 grain point. I have a few arrows with 125 grain points and 40 grains insert and a few arrows with 100 grain and 60 grain insert. They both fly well. I find 100 to be more common and made by more companies thou
I have killed 72 deer with 100 grain Jak Hammers. They work every time and make huge holes. I change the blades after every kill. Spare blades are cheap and I started using them years ago when a bow shop gave me a pack to test. Worked great on my Mathews and Holt and now Ravin. No need to change for me. BTW the archery shop I go to has lots of broadheads in all weights.
100 gr BH and a 50 gr brass insert is the exact same weight wise as a 125 and aluminum 25 gr insert.
Smaller profile usually lends toward better penetration from a smaller cut diameter, probably negligible though...
Cnelk x 2.. I use a 95 grain insert and 100 grain head. 100 grain heads are generally easier to come by in a pinch and also like Ermine mentioned, smaller profile and more accuracy.
My podunk Walmart carry’s 100 and 125 I shoot 200 screwed into a 115 grain insert tho
I have been shooting a two blade single bevel broadhead. 150 grains and a 50 grain insert. Blew through the shoulder blade and came out right above the brisket of the last elk I killed.
On a compound I shoot 125 grain heads. But, the good deals and availability of 100 grain heads have me thinking of going the 50 grain insert route. Reckon that is the way I'll go once the last of the innerlocs I have are bloodied.
So, I'm guessing that is why everyone seems to have beat me to the punch. Pure availability and constant deals versus a 125 grain model.
Just got an email saying the broadheads I shoot are going up to $70 for 3. Looks like I’ll be switching back to VPA or Magnus heads. This poor butcher just can’t afford the cost.
Every manufacturer makes them. Just may have to order them online. 100 gr heads are just part of the speed craze. You gain a whopping 5 FPS and worse arrow balance. Big box stores stock them cause they sell and most people don’t know a damn thing about their equipment.
100 head and l use the Goldtip weight system depending what I'm hunting.
So far my 100gr'ers have worked just fine on my fmj's, all i've used for years
"100 gr heads are just part of the speed craze. You gain a whopping 5 FPS and worse arrow balance."
Simply not true.
I run at least 125 on top of a 50 grain insert. This season I’ll probably bump up with my compound heads and down with my recurve heads, so I can shoot 200grains for both and just stock one weight head.
The VPA heads I like are resharpenable and same dimension as the 100 grain head. I'll just keep ordering them on line I suppose. You guys are lucky to have a pro shop that carries lots of different broadheads.
Here's the difference between a 125 grain and 100 grain NAP Hellrazor. Not much. A little thicker spot at the base right above the screw in. In the last two years I've killed deer with 100, 125 and 150 grain heads. All worked fantastic.
I order Slick Trick Vipertricks in 125 and install them in front of a 75g brass insert.
where's the best place to buy brass inserts for Beman 400. I believe they're .244 ID.
Why 100 for me? Because they fly great out if my bow. I'm also shooting a "light" arrow depending on who you ask at 390gr's
Just shoot 175 grain heads and if you want speed shoot an arrow that weighs 7.5 gpi. I myself don't like a ton of speed I shoot heavy and quiet and rarely shoot beyond 40 yds. Sorry don't like light weight heads as most are fragile as well. Shswn
Tater, Braveheart archery
I consider the broadhead the most important part on a hunting arrow. If you shoot a 100g head with a 50g insert, why wouldn't you shoot a 125g head with a 25g insert instead? FOC is the same. As someone pointed out, typically the difference between a 100g and 125g head is heavier head is "beefier". Dimensions are almost identical. (Fixed BH models) Why wouldn't you want to shoot the beefier head?
Had good success with 100 grain stingers. Switched to 125 because they’re a little bigger and stronger
“ If you shoot a 100g head with a 50g insert, why wouldn't you shoot a 125g head with a 25g insert instead? “
Because I have a few dozen 100gr BHs. 50gr inserts are much cheaper than switching BHs. :)
Personally I always buy 125s and sharpen them down to 100s..... =D
Much prefer SS inserts over brass. A good deal tougher, which is why I use them, not to get more weight as they are not as heavy as the brass (but a bit more than aluminum). Weight? If needed (ok, wanted....) would seem to me putting it into constructing a more durable head would be the goal. Not what's on sale at wally world. Save those heads for cat arras.... =D
FWIW I do shoot a few 100 grain heads. They hit pretty close to the 125s and as stated, I'll use whatever for feral cats and maybe goats, follow up shots, etc as often they are free to me or close to it. But it may not work the other way to just screw on 125s to a shaft that may have been borderline with 100s. That could be some of the accuracy issues folks bring up.
Lots of 125s out there, if a shop doesn't carry any you might want to switch to a decent shop. Or order on line. Unless you like putting on your yoga pants and heading for walmart.....
One other point, so to speak.... there are several makers out there who offer 100 and 125 in a certain head, but basically all they do is add a weighted washer to the 100 head and call it 125. So you really don't get a more durable head nor the benefits of a more durable insert. You just get more weight, that's all. In essence.... your just getting fatter, not stronger.... or better lookin'.... =D