today i stopped at Dick's sporting goods on the way home from work to see if they still have any Summit Viper SS left..im going to buy me one tomarrow. had to get the check in the bank first..while there i seen broadheads on sale. i looked to see what they were and they were Rocky Mountain heads. i never heard anything bad about them. 50% off figured couldnt hurt to see how they shoot..if nothing else ill use them to beat up shooting small game or turkeys or yotes etc. i picked up a packof 100gr 3 blade Assassin mechanicals. they are the kind with the O-rings with 1 1/2 inch blades. figured they would be the ticket on turkeys if they shoot well...also bought a pack of rocky mountain "premiers" they are a chisel tip 3 blade head with a 1 3/16 inch cut. anyone ever use either head?? results?? any info?? both seem like good heads..and both are shaper than Muzzys. figured for half price i couldnt pass them up..normally sell for 25$ for a 3pack. i got them for 12.50 a 3pack.

also in the mail came my free Sonic. man that was quick..2 weeks i think. i was surprised to even get it..let alone that quick!! they arent really sharp..kinda dissappointed..but maybe they are "practice" heads..they cut paper but wouldnt shave. their design is pretty dang slick. although 2 7/8ths of an inch holes will be devistating the look kinda dinky...but put through the lungs of a deer i think itll put them down in a hurry.

i also already have 6 100gr 3blade muzzys...so id say im set in the broadhead department.

i dont know if ill shoot them today or not. i got about 5hrs of sleep in the last 2 days..i know i wont shoot upto par today. but maybe ill take a power nap and get out in the yard before dark..we will see. im not going to put them through a "5 shot" test...but will see how accurate they all shoot. i dont think ill use the mechanicals on deer. im only shooting 260fps and about 60lbs of KE..but think i will keep 1 in the quiver for turkeys if they shoot well and open for me.

I wish mine would come in its been about 2 weeks... Man you are in Broadhead heaven....

Still waiting on mine?????



TP

mine just came in the mail today. They do look dinky and not very sharp, but like you said they could be practice blades. I'll see if I like them tomorrow.

im speechless. all 4 broadheads hit within an inch or so of my FPs at 15yds. keep in mind im running on about 5hrs of sleep in 2 days(TOTAL hours!) i knew i wasnt upto par. i just had the itch and had to see how they all performed. so far the results look like the Muzzys and FPs hit dead on. ok time to see what all the fuss is about. threw a FP into the target..then put on the Assassin mechanical and released. i heard a WHAM..kinda sounded like glass shattering. my stomach dropped. there were cars parked in the distance behind my backstop(2 trees...6foot wood fence and a L shaped wall of hay balles 3 high and 2 deep..perfectly safe. "oh crap oh crap...not in the target..how the heck did i make it over the fence??" walked up there...it blew STRIAGHT through my BH target. the "glass" noise was the arrow blowing into my tarp i used to keep my hay dry(rots and falls apart quick if it gets wet) and it burried itself about 12+ inches into the hay bale!! but get this...it sliced a blazer clean off. the vane must passed right between the blade and the point for that to happen. that 1 1/2 inch cut was IMPRESSIVE too. i dont know if i cant get myself to use mechanicals or not....so far i know my muzzys hit dead on out to 35yds. ill do more shooting later this weekend..but man i cant get over that mechanical. muzzys usually burry themselves into the fletching or right before it..but ive had NO pass throughs on the target thus far..let alone an arrow BLOW through like it wasnt there! decisions decisions....

Well, ya'll grabbed 'em all up already! They aren't accepting any more requests for BH's.......Dernit!

My sonics were plenty sharp, but I'm kind of doubting being able to use them on Illinois deer after seeing a review a guy did on AT by shooting through a phone book... Bent the tips up pretty badly. I've been giving this a little thought over the last couple days, and I think they'd be fine blasting through soft tissue and lungs, possibly even ribs. I would NOT want to be shooting a Sonic in the event I squared a shoulder accidentally. I'd put a trocar-style chisel tip or something similar up against JUST blades when it comes time to bust through bone any day.

Also, I had to chuckle at the little press release which came with the heads... Obviously, they know people are going to look at it and instantly think how small the head is, so they go ahead and call attention to it. Then the writer says to remember that it's twice as big as a .50 caliber machine-gun bullet!

Upon reading that, I was like "Wow! Ya know, that's pretty awesome!"... Then my brain kicked in and I realized that bullets do their damage through sheer massive trauma; broadheads have to(or at the least should) rely on severing arteries and slicing through organs, causing loss of blood.

I'm not intending to slam the head, but these are just some observations and thoughts I've had after receiving mine.

couldnt agree more greg. neat design...but looks like they did more computer work and phsics etc then anything else. i dont like that colar design to hold the blades. what happens if it comes loose?? ohhh your blades fell off upon impact..and with a head of that design your blades fall out your going pretty much with a BARE shaft through the game. that video of it blowing through a bear and both sides of a 55 gallon drum still amazes me though. he had to have some SERIOUS power behind that and a decint arrow weight. it didnt fly as good as FPs at 15yds anyway.

the Rocky Mountain "premier" i bought used a design similar..its a chisle tip style..but has 3 blade slots on the ferrul. then a little slip colar(doesnt even screw on to the ferrul) holds on the blades. i shoot a right helical..should twist them on tighter. i wont like i hand tightened them(without slicing off my hands lol) and shot at 15yds a couple times. went to put that head back into the quiver and a blade fell off! somehow it came a little loose..blade fell out. i like that head..scarrrry sharp..but that blade fell right out.

since i got the sonic free ill beat it up and see what itll take. the Premiers were close enough to free. cabelas sells them for 30$ for 3..i paid 12. ill use them for stuff i wouldnt wanna dull a muzzy on. groundhogs etc. figure the manufacturers would somehow copy muzzys or come up with another way of locking blades inplace. i just cant see a muzzy loosing a blade unless you hit something you shouldnt have..like a brick chit house..and i bet it would still hold up better then most anything..

muzzys aer tough tough but my montecs are out penetrating them right now and shooting correctly so that is what i am shooting at the moment next year i think i will try themagnus snuffer ss those lookgood or the crimson talons

ya theres ALOT of good heads out there this year. i only bought the 2 packs of Rocky Mountains because of the price. i looked in cabelas and they had them for 30 for THREE. i paid 13 with tax! for that price its hard to go wrong. even if i beat them up and shoot grounghogs..turkeys...yotes etc with them..i got them cheaper then FPs!(not really lol but close!)