Things To Consider:
• The larger the blade surface area, the more steering ability the broadhead will have. Therefore, larger cutting diameters are harder to tune and may require more fletching and slower speeds.
• Mechanical broadheads still need to be aligned
to spin true.

Step 1: Tune the Bow
If you want broadheads to fly like field points as much as possible, you must be able to tune your bow to shoot perfect bullet holes through paper at 5 ft, 15 ft and 30 ft.
Broadheads will react exactly opposite of a paper tear. For example: A high tear will result in a broadhead that impacts lower than a field point because the broadhead blades are steering the arrow in the direction the point is forced.

Step 2: Broadhead Alignment
There is a tolerance between all broadhead manufacturers broadhead shanks and the inside diameter of the insert itself. The best way to illustrate this is to wiggle the broadhead right before you tighten it down. You will notice a little play there and depending on where the center of the point ends up when it is firmly tightened, will result in either a broadhead that wobbles or spins true. To correct the problem and make all of your broadheads spin true, use the following steps.

1. Use a spinner like the Pine Ridge Arrow Inspector and a box to put the point up against. You will be able to see if it is spinning true or wobbling. (see figure 1).

If it is wobbling you will see a circular motion created by the tip of the broadhead as it is rolled on the spinner. If the broadhead is properly aligned the point will stay stationary as the broadhead spins.

2. Rotate the arrow to the high side of the circle and
mark the top of the broadhead with a marker.
(see figure 2).

3. Rotate the arrow 180 degrees opposite of the mark and press the tip of the broadhead on the counter top.
(see figure 3).

What you are trying to do is push the broadhead around slightly in the insert until the tip is dead center in relationship to the center of the shaft.
The reason you mark the broadhead is to see if you have applied too much pressure or not enough.
With a little practice you will be able to align the broadhead to the arrow in less than a minute.
Note: Every time the broadhead is taken off the shaft it must be realigned. You may need to realign the broadhead during practice also, as impact can affect broadhead alignment.

4. If you are paper tuned and your broadheads are aligned properly and still experiencing problems with grouping, then you need to consider creating more drag on the rear of the shaft with a fletching change. Consider feather fetching, a four fletch configuration with 2.5”or 3” vanes or small vanes (2.3”) in a 6-fletch pattern.