If folks didn't need to shoot 300fps+ there would be less planing problem IMO. I shoot 200 grain Muzzy Phantoms and the 200 grain Samurai at 230fps and 250 fps and have no problems whatsoever. They hit where I aim out to 40 yards.



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X2 on the sonics! Ive used them for the past 2 seasons with great results and Ive got a dozen brand new ones ready to go this year.
Flight is excellent and penetration is amazing. Ive also been very surprised at how heavy the bllodtrails are from such a small head.

Heres a couple of the deer Ive taken with sonics.

Ive never had a problem with any head ive ever used (well, some mechanicals had issues with penetration). Ive used all kinds of heads, 1970s bear file edge, went from there to thunder heads back in the 80s and shot those up until the mid 90s. Since then ive used sonics, liberty, slick tricks, monotec, magnus, Eagles, and several different mechanicals. Lost interest in the mechanicals. Ill be using Magnus and monotec with my trad bows and if I pull out the compound this year, it will be Muzzy. The key is to have your gear tuned. If your arrow, head, and bow are all tuned, you shouldnt be seeing much planning at normal distances with most any head now a days.

Sonics are very under rated. There only draw back is they can get ruined if u hit bone of rock, but we arent aiming for bone or rock. Im using the sonic pro 100 grains this year. They are the only broadhead ive ever shot that hit exactly with my field tips. Other than mechanicals of course. Im glad there is someone else on this forum who likes them. Also, very accurate at long distances. Alot farther than id shoot at a live animal. I killed a squirrel at 45 yards. Lucky? Yes. But they shoot as good as my FPs.

Hoyt, i must disagree about the toughness of sonics. I actually think they are one of the toughest heads out there. They are all steel, and have thick blades. The 3 deer I taken with them, all were complete pass thrus, after hitting some sort of bone and sticking a foot or so, into the rocky earth beind them. The 200lb 8 point, in my pic, in my last post, sliced through both scpulas like warm butter, not one head bent or lost a blade. The trick is to tighten the rear locking ring down with plyers as hard as you can ,I even use a little treadlocker.I do agree w/ you, they are very underrated ,but also very under priced.

You shouldl look at the quad pro by carbon express. The design of this head has been around for a few years, but was recently packaged by carbon express instead of eastman. I

Top notch heads here. They do plane alot and will tell you about it out of a bow/arrow combo not tuned, but I like em.

I have shot three deer with them, and broke the head only when i spined one of them. The ferrule broke, but the deer dropped.

I shoot Slick Trick 100 grain magnums and they perform very well. They also have four thick strong blades 0.035".

Several years ago, after a massive broadhead failure with Bear Razorheads, I switched to a chisel tipped broadhead made by Kolpin (no longer available). The three blades were inserted into the body at about a 60 degree angle (which seemed to match the hard helix of my fletching well). These broadheads "twisting" action actually helped to spiral them after launch and the arrows shot tighter groups than the fieldtips they replaced. They were also very tough heads...

Check with NAP...the last time I looked they were beginning to produce some very similar broadheads to help with high speed bows...

Be sure that your bow is TUNED though...I have not had any problems with any broadheads that I have tried...launch speed is 315 ft/s.