Very impressed with the G5's
 

Well I have been trying to pick up the Slick Tricks but no one carries them around here....I wanted to get a new head that I can easily go to the store and buy in a pinch....picked up the G5's at Gander Mountain and shot them this morning after re-nocking all of my arrows.

They flew extremely well time and time again. They are expensive but they sure moved fast and were on the target faster than I can remember any other fixed head I have shot! And they were quiet......

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only problem is they come out of the package about as sharp as a butter knife. Takes some work to get an decent edge on them.

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I've never really sharpened blades before---just bought replacement blades all of these years on my Muzzy's. What is a good sharpener goherd?

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i like them and they fly very true but out of my bow they hiss

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they sell a montec diamond stone sharpener that supposedly works pretty well on them. I sharpen my strikers with the G5 sportsmans stick, and cant complain. It does the trick.

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ty TEmbry

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I've heard people have problems with this before, however, after doing a little digging a found that it's merely the way they are made that makes them appear to be less than razor sharp. That being said, you're not going to have any problems with their sharpness:D

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so wahoo---you have shot them right out of the box and it made a good clean pass through on a deer?

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I've never sharpened my Montecs before and I havenow killed 4 deer with them

3 were complete passthroughs and the other made a hole in the opposite side but the back half the arrow was still in the buck.

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misconception imo. a blade with a 60 degree angle on it wont feel razor sharp to the touch, but is plenty sharp when it comes to cutting. put a 30 degree angle on that blade, and the edge wont hold near as long but will feel sharp enough to cut you by looking at it. the montec is designed for a 60 degree angle put on it. the edge will hold its sharpness much longer this way.

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Thanks guys for the info on these broadheads. I will just use 3 for practice and 3 for the woods. The blades will remain sharp.

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Just got some strikers this weekend. I won't be shooting them until next weekend when I get my new bow. I have to tell you, they're razor sharp. Not sure why you guys are having problems with dull blades.

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FYI - if you change your mind, you can get Slick Tricks from Cabelas, or like I did, directly from Slick Trick. www.slicktrick.net.

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Exactly what i was going to say, I asked G5 about it.. They say the Montec is designed more to be like a meat cleaver vs a razor blade.. Very strong and lots of tissue damage..

They can be sharpened quite a bit with the sharpner made my G5..
I shot them for a while and didn't care for the "hiss", otherwise a good head..

I much prefer the Striker though.. I have nothing negative to say about the Striker...

RE: Very impressed with the G5's
 

yes.

of course, a couple times at a target to make sure they were flying true, but yes other than that