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Why does the majority gravitate towards 100 vs 125? Lots of threads on here about arrow weight and foc. Im searching for a heavier arrow next year. Is there a reason not to gain an easy extra 25 grains?





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I can only speak for myself but the insert weights were cheaper and easyer to play with total arrow weight and foc then messing with heavyer broadheads.

Anouther reason I went with 100's is when I got my first bow that's what came with the arrows my freind gave me as well and now that i think about it all six freinds I hunt with all use 100 grain heads so if need be I could just grab a head from them too use so there's that as well.
 
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CANDRUS said:
I can only speak for myself but the insert weights were cheaper and easyer to play with total arrow weight and foc then messing with heavyer broadheads.

Anouther reason I went with 100's is when I got my first bow that's what came with the arrows my freind gave me as well and now that i think about it all six freinds I hunt with all use 100 grain heads so if need be I could just grab a head from them too use so there's that as well.
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this, very well said!

brass inserts are cheap and easy. (use hot melt glue)

100gr heads are more common, more choices, more readily available and most people already have a pile of them laying around as well

i trade with my buddies or split a pack to try things out.

the industry standard is 100gr so thats what all the new releases are
 
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Industry standard...whaaat? Who says you have to use 100gr heads?

Why wouldn't you want more steel in your BH?

The working end of your arrow after all......hold the 150s I shoot in your hand and the difference is obvious.
 
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Depends on the head. If I can get the higher weight the the same profile then I consider a heavier head. However if the profile is too large I prefer the lighter head with my weight being added up front via an insert. Solids are a good example of this. The 125 are all together to large a profile.
 
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Manila2005 said:
The foc situation is why I never switched. I don't know all the technical aspects like some here do, but I felt like it would make the arrow nosedive prematurely and compromise accuracy. Just my two cents.
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From what ive read a lot of guys could afford to add weight to the front of their arrow and still be ok. Including myself. Maybe im wrong though





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CANDRUS said:
I can only speak for myself but the insert weights were cheaper and easyer to play with total arrow weight and foc then messing with heavyer broadheads.

Anouther reason I went with 100's is when I got my first bow that's what came with the arrows my freind gave me as well and now that i think about it all six freinds I hunt with all use 100 grain heads so if need be I could just grab a head from them too use so there's that as well.
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Are 125 heads really that much more expensive? Are we really only talking a couple bucks overall?

Thanks for the info so far guys





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blazinsoles said:
Are 125 heads really that much more expensive? Are we really only talking a couple bucks overall?

Thanks for the info so far guys
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I have never seen a 125 grain head that costs more then a 100 grain. I think 100 grain are easier to get since all stores carry them. Interesting when I started hunting in the late 80’s 125 were easier to obtain.

It doesn’t matter to me what a store carries since the heads I shoot need to be ordered. They are not sold in stores. I like a 125 grain head personally. As far as FOC goes. I have never heard of a downside to a higher FOC only positives.
 
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blazinsoles said:
From what ive read a lot of guys could afford to add weight to the front of their arrow and still be ok. Including myself. Maybe im wrong though
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I don't think you're wrong. Different situations will produce different results. I like my 100's. Making changes always requires making other changes in my experience. Once I find a setup that works I don't like to change anything.
 
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I went to 125 gr. Exodus last year with no regrets. They're on the business end of my Gold Tips, 8.9 GPI at a full factory length of 32". I was looking for that extra weight that you mentioned. I had pass throughs on all four of my deer so far. I'm working on #3 this season using the same arrow and broadhead with the same set of blades. It's a good set up for me.
 
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blazinsoles said:
Are 125 heads really that much more expensive? Are we really only talking a couple bucks overall?

Thanks for the info so far guys





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Well for me it was 30+ dollars for a pack of 125 slicks or 7 bucks for a pack of 20 grain insert weights and I made my own tool to install them.

So far me yea it was wiser and cheaper too keep my setup like it was and save cash and play with the weights to add a lil taw and foc.

Like I posted above can only talk for myself.
 
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I have always gravitated towards the 125's but the last couple of times I went to buy broadheads they only had 100's, so I shoot 100's... I still get pass throughs, they still tune ok, and I still get clean kills. I guess if I was taking marginal shots at long range I would go to the extra effort to get heavier broadheads but instead I just make sure to take shots that my equipment is ready for.
 
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I say this all the time here.......most hunters are use to bullet weights. Going form a 150 grain in the 30-06 to hunt whitetails and then a 180 to hunt elk makes a difference. What people don't see is that bullet is moving 2700 or so FPS and the total bullet weight has changed significantly.

When you take a 400 grain arrow that's going 280 FPS and change the point weight by +/- 25 grains it's NOT a big deal......What is a big deal is how that bow shoots. So if the 25 grains changes the way it shoots that's good.........and that's the whole purpose of adding weight (or subtracting it) from the front.

It changes the FOC, tuning & can have a huge effect on broad head & field tip POI. What it doesn't do is magically transform the bow because you added (or took away) 25 grains.
 
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25 "grains" is really not a lot of weight . I'd be amazed how many hunters would honestly even notice the difference. Yes....if you're under spined....or borderline... it absolutely could affect arrow flight. 25 grains isn't much.... companies market it as a HUGE difference for sales.... that makes good business sense. Try changing between weights.... I'd be surprised if the results honestly affected impact points at the distances most of us shoot. My opinion....
 
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