After rereading this thread I got to thinking, some may say that my broadhead tests are too severe, after all what deer or elk has plywood, tires, and steel on their hide or in the body? The snypers did very well in my tests, penetrating the plywood as well as any fixed blade head, and going through one side of the steel drum without a problem, and only minor blade bending. The Tip and ferule were in excellent shape. Then I used one on a deer last year, the head preformed super on the buck, passing through and opening quickly. The shot was 23 yards with a bow pushing 66 ft/lbs of energy and well tuned. After passing through the deer it hit a rock in the ground, and the tip and ferule bent. Actualy the blade tip was fine, but the Ferule bent in and near the location that CG described. This is a weak point in the head, no doubt, but I still believe it is the best mechanical on the market. I have had many mechanicals fall to peices in the steel drum, and some even bounced off! It is cases like the one described in this thread that give me confidence that my tests are actualy fair and usefull in determining what heads are good, and what heads are not. I have seen more damage to broadheads going into animals and skipping across the ground in actual hunting situations than I do in my testing. What this tells me is that anything can and will happen when shooting into game, especialy animals as large as elk! I beilieve what CG said happend, and That is a problem, it may never happen again, or it could happen the very next time someone takes the same shot. Just choose your equipment wisely, and don't pick your broadhead based on a perfect shot, but rather choose one that will give you the best chance to recover your game with those shots that are not so perfect, or when something goes wrong. This is one reason I never recomend mechanicals for animals larger than deer. They really are not made to takle game that large, in my opinion anyway. For Those who insist on using them, I still recomend the Snypers or Steel heads as the best choice, but do so at your own risk.

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