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New Archery Products “New Razorback”

Plywood: 2 points
Steel drum: 3 points
Tire: 2 points
Cutting diameter: 3 points
Accuracy: 4 points
Blades: 4 points
Non-Mechanical head: 2 points
Total score: 20 with a blade sharpness rating of A

This is New Archery products latest head. It is a 4 blade cut on contact style with a 1 1/8” cutting diameter. It also has the traditional “RazorBack” rotating blade system. The blades actually rotate around the ferule. There are two main blades, and two smaller bleeder blades. They are encased in a composite material, which is wrapped around the main portion of the threaded ferule.
I found the accuracy to be very good, as good as any fixed blade head I have tried. In the plywood test the head penetrated up to the back of the blades, but not going all the way through. I had to dig it out of the plywood, and I did so very carefully. I found that the two small bleeder blades had come loose from the ferrule. It appears as they are just pressed into the body, I am not sure, but once they are out, they are out. I guess you could use some epoxy to glue them back in, but it’s not something I would want to do for my hunting heads. In the tire it penetrated to the back of the blades, stopping short of making it all the way through. I do the tire test before the plywood, and I figure the 4 blade configuration slowed down the penetration, which I have found typical of 4 blade heads with the exception of the Muzzy 100 grain 4 blade. In the steel drum, penetration was very good. The razorback went through the first side with the tip of the main blade sticking out the back. Remember though I had to shoot it without the bleeder blades. Here is where the problem comes in. The tip of the blade was all that was left! They main blade broke into several small pieces, and the composite portion of the ferule was split into 3 pieces. I was not really surprised though. I studied the head prior to testing it, and found some things I thought would be a problem.
Overall the razorback is a sharp good shooting head, but not very durable At 10 dollars a piece I think there are much better choices. There is potential for a very good head here, but it will take some major overhauling to fix some of the problems.



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pdq 5oh

Thanks 5 shot. I was interested in these, but it sounds like the Muzzy 100s will be there this season. Take care.

Phil.

jamaltwy

thanks 5shot ,

again you save me some money!!!! almost sold on these and was going to try them on my next hog hunt...don't need anything that fragile..back to gold tips and muzzy's

Antler Eater

Thanks for the info my friend. It is always nice to know about a product from an unbias source. Something you won't find in the magazine articles. <img src=icon_smile_shock.gif border=0 align=middle>

5 shot

Thanks for the Thanks guys, <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>. It would seem that the two most intresting heads of the year are turing out to be not so intresting! too bad, but at least we get to find out before everyone has to find out on an the buck of a lifetime!

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moonge

well that is not good, I was lloing forward to this head coming out but it sounds like it isn't even worth looking at. I always question the use of plastic on any broadhead and that was one of the things I didn't like about the original razorbacks. oh well, too bad.

5 shot

I think maybe New Archery products has exspanded it's product line so much that maybe they are getting away from what they do, or did best?

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