Toxic Broadheads
#1
Spike
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Toxic Broadheads
Has anyone had ANY experience with these new broadheads - good or bad?
The remind me of the ole Browning Serpentine broadheads which never became popular due to being difficult to sharpen at home. However, I am wondering being that these new Toxic broadheads have replaceable blades that MAY change things now - especially IF they fly well and are devastating on deer, etc.
http://www.americanhunter.org/blogs/toxic-broadheads
I'm curious about them!
The remind me of the ole Browning Serpentine broadheads which never became popular due to being difficult to sharpen at home. However, I am wondering being that these new Toxic broadheads have replaceable blades that MAY change things now - especially IF they fly well and are devastating on deer, etc.
http://www.americanhunter.org/blogs/toxic-broadheads
I'm curious about them!
#2
I've seen these, don't think I'll be spending my money on them. With that much blade grabbing meat, and a punch/cut design, you better have a he11 of a lot of energy behind one of those things to get the job done. That's a LOT of broadhead to push, and as you mentioned, it's none too easy to sharpen. That thing is going to grab meat and slow itself down FAST - if you don't have the power to push that much blade length and "compressing" meat through the animal, then you don't need to be playing with these. Even pushing 325fps+ out of rather aggressive bows, I'm not sure I'd be willing to take that risk.
Quite likely to be 'less-than-aerodynamic' too. Not saying they won't kill deer, but I'm not sold on any dirty science that these would be better than any other blade in the game.
Quite likely to be 'less-than-aerodynamic' too. Not saying they won't kill deer, but I'm not sold on any dirty science that these would be better than any other blade in the game.
#3
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Thanks Nomercy 448.
That's pretty much what I figured. Also you do not have to sharpen these your cellphone because they come with razor-sharp, factory blades that are user replaceable just like the Muzzy or a Thunderhead blade.
That's pretty much what I figured. Also you do not have to sharpen these your cellphone because they come with razor-sharp, factory blades that are user replaceable just like the Muzzy or a Thunderhead blade.
#4
It also makes me itch just a little that the shape of this broadhead is actually a "Biohazard warning" emblem, not "toxic". Very different badging in the safety world.
#5
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Probably works good
But I go with the philosophy of an old saying.
Forty dollars here; 30 dollars there. Pretty soon we're talking about real money.
But then I'm different. I sharpen reusable broadheads. Maybe I'm just too cheap to experiment a lot. And I'm cheap enough to realize more than one broadhead works.
Forty dollars here; 30 dollars there. Pretty soon we're talking about real money.
But then I'm different. I sharpen reusable broadheads. Maybe I'm just too cheap to experiment a lot. And I'm cheap enough to realize more than one broadhead works.
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But I go with the philosophy of an old saying.
Forty dollars here; 30 dollars there. Pretty soon we're talking about real money.
But then I'm different. I sharpen reusable broadheads. Maybe I'm just too cheap to experiment a lot. And I'm cheap enough to realize more than one broadhead works.
Forty dollars here; 30 dollars there. Pretty soon we're talking about real money.
But then I'm different. I sharpen reusable broadheads. Maybe I'm just too cheap to experiment a lot. And I'm cheap enough to realize more than one broadhead works.
#7
I bought 2 packages of the Toxic broadheads last season and they worked great. I shoot a Mathews Creed that shoots at 272 fps with my setup. I arrowed a buck on my very first hunt with these broadheads and had a complete pass through at 15 yards. As far as accuracy goes, at 20 yards, I was hitting the bullseye and keeping it very close at 30 yards. I also paper tuned them and they flew very good. I'm a stickler for proper arrow flight. To make sure that they flew as good as I thought they did, I had a buddy shoot it too and he hit the bullseye at 20 yards also.
#8
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I bought 2 packages of the Toxic broadheads last season and they worked great. I shoot a Mathews Creed that shoots at 272 fps with my setup. I arrowed a buck on my very first hunt with these broadheads and had a complete pass through at 15 yards. As far as accuracy goes, at 20 yards, I was hitting the bullseye and keeping it very close at 30 yards. I also paper tuned them and they flew very good. I'm a stickler for proper arrow flight. To make sure that they flew as good as I thought they did, I had a buddy shoot it too and he hit the bullseye at 20 yards also.
Interesting...thanks for the info.
#9
If you believe in "razor sharp from factory" claims, then we have a difference in experience. I've yet to find a broadhead that was hunt-ready and "razor sharp" right out of the box, even those that you mentioned. With this much blade involved in these "Toxic" heads, they need to ACTUALLY be razor sharp, as in grab a razor blade (not a utility knife blade - a razor blade) and grab a broadhead, when the same light pressure makes the same small nick in your arm, then go hunt.
It also makes me itch just a little that the shape of this broadhead is actually a "Biohazard warning" emblem, not "toxic". Very different badging in the safety world.
It also makes me itch just a little that the shape of this broadhead is actually a "Biohazard warning" emblem, not "toxic". Very different badging in the safety world.