Muzzy Broadhead reviews
 

Thinking about switching to Muzzy broadheads this coming up season. What's every ones view on the performance and damage a Muzzy broadhead can do?

I have used muzzy heads for as long as I can remember always happy very strong great blades goes thru bone well highly reuseable also clean put in new blades and go used one head on a bear, caribou and a number of whitetails still have it and its simple !!! I have always used 4 blades always been good to me ! H H

The newer Muzzys look better than the older style. Like Hatfield I used 4 blade muzzys for a long time until I had a bad issue with them. I switched to the 3 blade design. And for my light weight bow I use the Muzzy Phantom - a cut on contact head.
But now I currently use Slick Trick Viper Trick broadheads. IMO they are stronger and fly truer than Muzzys.
For some reason, no matter how well my bow was tuned I always had to adjust my sights when I switched from field tips to Muzzys. Not so with the Slick Tricks. Both my FTs and the STs hit the same POI out to 50 yards.

Are these Slick Trick heads mechanical or fixed?

Slick Tricks are fixed. Same basic design like a muzzy. Think the manufacturing process might be a bit better with the tricks.

Considering price, performance & damage, which head would you use?

I like them both to be honest. I arrowed my first buck with a muzzy 3 blade. I do feel the slick trick is more consistent on weight distribution though. If you will be practicing with broadheads then save money and go with the muzzys. On the other hand if you will be mainly practicing with field points than the Slick tricks are better in my opinion. The Slick Tricks also seemed sharper straight out of the package.


That being said I a have been giving the expendables a chance the last few years. I've shot several with the rage 2 blade and haven't lost one yet. The only problem is the head is toast after each deer I've hit. Tried Grim reapers and had great success with them as well but the replacement blades are hard to find where I live. Last year I shot Xecutioners and took one buck and he only ran 60 yards but it uses orings and I really don't like that. I have also tried NAP killzones. the one doe I shot I never found. Might have been a little high but did get a complete passthru.

I think I'm going to give the Muzzy heads a try. Just not too sure if I want to go with the 3 blade or 4 blade head. Thanks for the input, KG!

I have used the Muzzy 4 blade 100 grain head for many years with great success. Recently tuned my bow up, upgraded arrows, but stayed with the same Muzzy's. Completed a full walk back tune and they fly right with my field tips. The real advantage of the Muzzy for me was that you receive practice blades with the pack. Therefore, I practice with the heads, change the tip + hunting blades and I am good. Don't even have to unscrew the head from the arrow.

last three bucks I shot with an arrow and 4 blade muzzy distance to death buck a--40 yards--buck b 45 yards -- buck c 15 yards nough said !

Ended up buying the 100 grain 3 blade heads. Put the practice blades on today to see how true they shot compared to a FT. You guys weren't kidding, dead-on with FTs!

IMO, if you were going with Muzzys like you did, the 3 blade was the better choice. The issue I had stated earlier with the 4 blade version was this. (now this is after I've taken several deer with them). I had a perfect broadside shot at 15 yards on a decent buck. The arrow flew true and hit exactly where I wanted it. I was positive it was a solid double lung hit. I waited a half hour and started to follow the blood trail. After 100 yards I started to be concerned. A bit farther and I jumped him. As it was getting dark I backed out and went back in the morning and found him 75 yards from where I jumped him. Examination of the shot showed the impact point right behind the front shoulder 1/3 up the body but the exit was just in front of the rear leg. I surmised that one of the blades hit the edge of a rib and turned almost 90 degrees, went through the length of the body cavity and exited out the opposite side in front of the hip.

Dang! I've never heard of an arrow turning 90 degrees on impact like that. Same thing happened to me with my .270 last season. Entered behind the right shoulder and the bullet was lodged in one of hindquarters, never exited. Thank God she only went 15 yards or I would have never found her!

kinda hard to label the broadhead as the culprit---deer and turn in a second, depending on range a deer can turn 180 degree,s before an arrow gets there. same with bullet depending on distance ! The only arrow head I actually saw turn wildly was a mechanical a few years ago hitting at an angle and actually cartwheeling saw the slow motion video, I personally have crunched through shoulder and stuck into other shoulder at 30 yards no deflection, now with my xbow I blow the same 4 blade muzzys through both shoulders and stick arrow into ground

Muzzy has always been known as having the sharpest blades, out of the box, however, I had flight issues with my MX-3s and switched to Toxics. They fly well and leave wound channels that are second to none!

Haven't had an issue yet with shooting the practice blades. I did notice that the practice blades are totally different than the sharp blades. Any one have a problem with the sharp blades flight and no problem with the practice blades flight?

If you hit a small rock or ? the practice blade may plane a littif groups start enlarging change practice blade other than that its all good H H

I used the 4 blade version for years with no problems and harvested many deer with them. As for the deer turning - that wasn't an issue. I watched the arrow smack him behind the shoulder. Perfect placement and he was unalert at 15 yards.
I would have to count the number of deer I have killed with my archery gear and to be honest, the quickest kills I ever had were with Magnus Stingers. I had several deer go no more than 40-50 yards (sometimes less) stop, and fall over. But I've found them to be a little too weak in the ferrule and even a slight bend will cause erratic flight. I now use Slick Trick Vipertricks.

Bronko that is a tuff one then should ne have effect at that range I agree !

Hopefully these Muzzy heads will perform. For the money you can't beat it! If I'm not satisfied with them, I'm prolly going to switch to the Slick Tricks. Have heard nothing but good reviews about them! Just hoping they're not expensive!

They aren't. I personally use G5 montechs and slick trick standards (varies which rig I am using). They are around the 30 dollar range for a 3 pack. The G5's are a one piece design (blades and ferrule are one piece) and extremely tough. I have a few that have been through several deer each. Quick stoning and honing and off to the races they go again. The Slick Tricks with a steep angled design blade setup blow a pretty nice hole out the other side. Both fly dead on equal with my field tips out of a properly tuned bow.

All that being said, you should be fine with those Muzzy's. Muzzy BH's have accounted for thousands of whitetail, elk, hog, moose, caribou, hell pretty much every big game species on the planet.

There are actually 2 broadheads I have been meaning to test myself. Those Muzzy 100gr Phantoms cut on contact full blade design and those Slick Trick Viper Trick that Bronk is using this year. Haven't been able to due to a fall last year breaking my knee and now going through Dante's 7 levels of hell getting it back on track.

Man... Sorry to hear that about your knee, Super. Hopefully that 7 levels of hell will pay off and your knee will be good as new! The 2 reasons I went with Muzzy heads was because everyone who used them said these dudes perform well & fly true and the price of these heads were CHEAP! I bought a 6 pack of 100 grain 3-blade heads for around 25 bucks! I was paying more than that for a 3 pack of other BH brands! Can't go wrong with that!

Aww don't worry about SH54. He's been complaining about that knee for almost 1 1/2 years now! You know how those old guys are?!?!
SH54 - I had my daughter use those Muzzy Phantom 100 gr BHs in her lightweight bow. They shot really well. Unfortunately she hasn't been able to "test" them on game yet. But I'm sure they will be fine. Very similar to the Stinger but IMO a bit stronger.

LOL Bronk, they just did the full knee replacement (what I wanted them to do in the damn first place) so HOPEFULLY I'll be at least healed up enough to get in and out of a couple tree stands. Got the Bows out this afternoon and shot from seated position for a good bit. Had the wife retrieving arrows and shooting a bit too. Shoulder still twinges a bit right at the roll over but over all I think I'll be fine for bow season. Busted 2 nochs so I'd say I'm still in shooting form :D

I'd say you got a damn good one, if she'll retrieve arrows for you just so you can shoot your bow! haha Take it easy on that knee, Super.