Each year we see new and improved technologies in the archery industry, and with each innovation we see huge improvements in certain areas. Well, since the industry has showed us that carbon arrows are the superior shaft for hunting, more than 95 percent of hunters are now using carbon arrows. And now a problem has reared its evil head as a result.
Remember when we used to shoot aluminum shafts and we would screw our fixed blade broadheads in and when the blades did not align with fletching or simply not align the same on every shaft, we simply tightened them secure onto the insert then heat the insert up so that the heat would melt the glue that held the insert and then we would rotate the broadhead until it aligned perfectly with the vanes? (Those days were great.) Well, over the past few years the problem with carbon arrows is the insert has to be glued in with an epoxy or hard set glue; it is a one time deal. So when we go to align the blades we have to either cross our fingers, put washers behind the ferrule to shim the threads, install the broadheads first and then fletch the arrow to align with the vanes or simply live with it.
Well, I have said all that to get to this: Innerloc Broadhead Company has come up with a great solution to this problem. They have invented a broadhead in several models that has tunable threads. What this means is you screw the broadhead into your shaft, gauge how off the alignment is with the vanes and take the broadhead out. You then take an Allen wrench and tighten or loosen the threads into the back side of the ferrule until the blades are aligned and reinstall. This also means you can switch arrows at anytime and realign. How awesome is that!!
For those who love fixed broadheads and want them tuned, look this way. Check out there website www.innerloc.com.
Yours in archery,
T-Bone
Remember when we used to shoot aluminum shafts and we would screw our fixed blade broadheads in and when the blades did not align with fletching or simply not align the same on every shaft, we simply tightened them secure onto the insert then heat the insert up so that the heat would melt the glue that held the insert and then we would rotate the broadhead until it aligned perfectly with the vanes? (Those days were great.) Well, over the past few years the problem with carbon arrows is the insert has to be glued in with an epoxy or hard set glue; it is a one time deal. So when we go to align the blades we have to either cross our fingers, put washers behind the ferrule to shim the threads, install the broadheads first and then fletch the arrow to align with the vanes or simply live with it.
Well, I have said all that to get to this: Innerloc Broadhead Company has come up with a great solution to this problem. They have invented a broadhead in several models that has tunable threads. What this means is you screw the broadhead into your shaft, gauge how off the alignment is with the vanes and take the broadhead out. You then take an Allen wrench and tighten or loosen the threads into the back side of the ferrule until the blades are aligned and reinstall. This also means you can switch arrows at anytime and realign. How awesome is that!!
For those who love fixed broadheads and want them tuned, look this way. Check out there website www.innerloc.com.
Yours in archery,
T-Bone
Hey T-Bone,
Thanks for the info. Talk to ya later.
God Bless & Good Huntin'
Kristle Oberlander
P.S. How did your season end up?
Hope you had a good time up in Indy, sorry we couldn't warm it up for you. Or at least had the Colts in a playoff home game or something. Its also kinda hard to race at the brickyard this time of year. But it would be pretty cool to line up 40 or so pick-ups with snow plows on the front and let them go at it. I think you started something here.
Anyway, back to the broadheads, seems like a pretty slick idea. Sometimes you run out of "tricks" or what you want to try next, to get them blades to fly straight, may change a lot more than you want a shooter to deal with. Especially if hunting season is quickly approaching. This is another option to explore and may be the quick ticket. It might be a variable to help determine which area to trouble shoot. Sometime putting those fixed blades on can amplify a bow tuning problem that was not so obvious with field tips. If you eleminate arrow problems, it will let you know you need to look towards your bow.
Either way it is another tool available to help ensure those backstraps make it to the table!
Aim Small, Miss Small,
Todd - Indiana
Hey T-Bone,
You never cease to amaze me with each and every blog. They get better and better and this is a good point that u have addressed. I think this is a good solution to the problem. I am still a Thunderhead fan and love them fixed blades. Thanks for the new info.
Todd-NC