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Testing Trophy Taker Shuttle T-Lock Broadheads

Recently I got a chance to test out the Shuttle T-Lock Broad heads. They are now offered by Trophy Taker after being purchased by them from Tight Point. As I understand it, the production quality remains the same and only the name has changed. These broad heads come in to the market a little more expensive than the average. This said what you are generally looking for in a broad head is the best quality for the best price. I am an avid reader of hunting forums and I have heard many people extol the virtues of these broad heads. I wanted to see if the praise was warranted.

The Importance of a Good Broad head

This might be the most important piece of gear that you have when you are bow hunting. The bow is important of course; as are the arrows but the broad head is what is cutting through the air on the way to the target and what ultimately causes the damage to the target. As mentioned, these Shuttle T-Lock Broad heads cost a little more than the cheaper versions at around $35. You might be able to do a little better somewhere but that is about the average. The qualities in a broad head that will make it successful are the flight characteristics and the penetrating force or tissue damage caused by the broad head. I will look at both of these in relation to the Shuttle T-Lock Broad heads.

The Flight

I was very pleased with the flight of the T-Lock Broad head. They have a Shuttle Blade design that offers excellent flight characteristics and they fly true. The Shuttle T-Loc broad heads come in a package of three, and come in a 100 grain model and a 125 grain model. The cutting diameter is one and an eighth for the 100 grain and one and three sixteenths for the 125 grain model. The flight of the two was almost identical, the diameter and wind resistance being about the same. Which you choose will depend on your setup and what kind of speed you have coming off of your bow.

The Impact of the Target

With the cutting diameters mentioned above, these broad heads will cut a good sized hole, and the three blade design will do more damage than a two blade design and offer better accuracy than something with four blades. Unlike other broad heads, losing blades does not happen with these broad heads. The T-Lock blade to ferrule setup allows for the guarantee against lost blades. The company must be pretty confident in the system to do that. With the decent cutting diameter of both the 100 and 125 grain versions, you will have more tissue damage and this will result in a blood trail that is much easier to trace. The blades on this broad head are thick and are non-vented so they will impact with bone-crushing force. The design makes them strong as do the materials; they are made of heat-treated stainless steel so they are far from brittle. You could fire these things into a 2 by 4 and not be concerned about them being damaged. I wouldn't recommend it though as it might be a struggle to get them out of the board.

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moving the nocking point while broad head tuning?

when broadhead tuning it says you must get your field points and broad heads to group together, it says that if your broad heads are grouping higher, to move your nocking point down. but wouldnt this then cause your field points to hit lower? and the gap between the two to remain the same?

If you bow is set up correctly for your field or target points then, when you change to hunting points you need to get the same weighted heads. If your hunting point is of a different weight you will then have to re-sight your bow for the new weight difference. Noting in your basic set up should change.

I suggest that when you buy your target points, you find your hunting points in the same weight class. This way when you decide to go hunting you will only have to make minor adjustment to your sights.

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