Broadhead Help!
 

Been using Muzzy 100 gr for years now, after a few bad experiences w/ mechanical heads. Got a new VTEC set at 72# w/ 125 gr tips. Looking at Steelhead 125's by Rocket (1 1/4" dia). Wanted totry mechanicals againcause Im going out for Antelope and want consistent accuracy at 45+ yrds. What Mechanicals do you recommend, I want good penetration and strenght (didnt get a P&Y Deer cause my previous mechs didnt make it through the ribs, too big a cut dia. i think) or should i stick with fixed blades? Please help, plan to purchase soon.


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RE: Broadhead Help!
 

1st. thing don't blame the head becuase u made a bad shot![:@]
then if u really want the low down on broadheads go to 5shot.com this is the guy who test all the broadheads!;)

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The only mech. heads I use are Razortips from Grim Reaper. They fly great, and they don't have any o rings. You might want to try the G5 Montec heads if you stay with fixed. They fly great, and right with my field points out to 40 yards. That is as far as I have ever shot them.And a lot of people like theSlick Tricks, they say they fly great too. Good luck.

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Thanks for the 5shot link, was very helpful. Leaning more towards the Rocky Mt Snyper. Any thoughts? (PS the hit was a double lung shot, the broadhead just didnt cut the rib... Trust me, i can relive it like it was yesterday). Also, feel free to comment on my website, its just pics of my recent kills...

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RE: Broadhead Help!
 

Nice Deer.

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I've only shot one mechanical broadhead and haven't had a need to switch to anything else. I shoot 100gr NAP Spitfires and love the way they fly.

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First of all, let me be the first to welcome you to the forums. We hope you are entertained as well as edumacated....[&:]

Now, to answer the question. Forget the mechanicals and try Magnus Stinger 4 blade. Holy cow, are these things incredible. They fly, like, unbelievable! Do some searches on this and the technical forum, they have been a topic of conversation lately. Of all the posts on these babies, I am yet to see one negative. Give 'em a try. Just my 2 cents.

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Mechanicals came out as a result of people not getting good results tuning the larger fixed blade broadheads or being to dang lazy to tune them. I admit that some of the older and larger heads of just a few years ago could cause one to pull their hair out trying to tune them but those days are gone.

There are far too many fixed blade broadheads out on the market now that will fly every bit as well as a mechanical.Even at distances to 60+ yards. My personal favorite is the Slick Trick. Some other very good heads are the Magnus Stinger, Wasp boss and bullet, Razor Caps, NAP nitron, G5 montec, Sonic & Liberty heads, and Steel force.

IMHO there is no reason to use a mechanical head any more and risk something mechanical needing to work or break on the hunt of a lifetime.

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I shot NAP spitfire 125grn heads.. I LOVE them. If I were going for the longer shots I'd probably buy the NAP Spitfire XP 125 grn heads. Same thing as the regular spitfires but with a blade tip. It's a bit more then the regular Spitfires but should have no problem going through an animal at 45+ yards.

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I'm with ya 100% on this one BigBulls. You did leave out Rocket Aeroheads Ulitmate Steelhead though! I shot a number of mechanicals over the past 6-8 years. I tried a pile of them and on whitetails haven't had any real major problems. But in 2000 I decided to try the Wasp Jackhammers on Co Elk. BIG mistake. I shot at one bull at 45 yards and a small twig the size of regular pencil lead pulled my arrow off course just enough to hit dead in the shoulder bone. The arrow stopped dead and bounced out. Total pentration? 1.5". Second Bull took a nice 25 yard shot to the onside lung and likely back through the liver. Never recovered that animal, but other hunters on the other side of the mountain did several days later once the meat had spoiled and been mostly eaen by the local wildlife. The arrow never left the animal. I have never felt so sick in my life. The bull was jumped up by other hunters so many times he headed all the way around the other side of the mountain. I was hunting San Juan Natl forest and it happened to be the opening day of muzzleloading, so there were hords of hunters coming up the mountianside. I had gotten up extra early and hiked in the dark to the upper meadows and was able to get close to this nice 4x5. It made me sick as I tracked him. I would go down the mountian several hundred yards and run into another group of hunters. They each told me that they had seen a 4x5, but it was moving on so quick they did not have a chance to get a shot. I realized then I might not get this one back at the rate he was moving around the mountain. So since then my quest has been for extremely accurate fixed blade heads, and plenty of arrow weigh along with practice at 70+ pounds of draw weight to ensure plenty of energy is transferred THROUGH the animal. I don't want to waste any ON the animal. Of the two deer I shot last year with the Rockets, I can say that they will do the job with absolutely no problem. I am also shooting a 10.6 grain per inch hunting arrow, so I got plenty of energy stored in my arrow. I called American Broadhead company last year and got them to send me a 100 grain Sonic head to test last year. I shot it through a ton of things, and so far the blades are still intact and amazing sharp for all the wear they have received. I bought 4 packs of them for Co since my tests and others have shown them to be awesome heads. They do fly great out of a well tuned bow, and don't fly too bad out of a not so tuned bow. But you hit the nail on the head with this post!