I shot the G5 Montecs last year and my best-friend shot the Crossfires. He will be shooting Crossfires again this year, but I won't be shooting the Montecs.

Both b-heads flew VERY VERY well. The cross-fire may have a slight advantage in this dept. but it is also a smaller b-head.

The Montec is TOUGH, very tough, and the no nonsense 1 piece design is really nice, but like the others mentioned, the blades aren't as sharp as I would like, and getting a good edge on them after they got dull was very difficult. The Crossfires are INCREDIBLY sharp, but they don't care a really good edge for a long time either, the nice thing is the blade cartridge can be replaced.

Penetration on both was awsome. I shot a very large doe at around 20 yards using a BowTech Liberty and got a complete pass-thru with the arrow digging about a foot into the ground behind her. My best-friend shot a pig of a buck and had the same results as my shot.

Now for the differance maker.... the blood trail. The Crossfires were very much like Thunderheads in that the blades are so sharp that you get an excellent blood trail. The G5 Montec, even though being a perfect double lung shot, left very little blood. The entrance and exit holes weren't nearly as impressive as I figured, but the big thing was that the blades were duller than the Crossfires and this made it easier for the blood to clot up in the wound. Both deer went less than 50 yards before hitting the dirt.