NAP Spitfires
 

Getting ready to purchase my first broadheads for my bow. I've heard a lot of good things mentioned about the NAP Spitifires. I was just wondering if any of yall had good or bad experiences with this broadhead??

Only good things to say about the spitfires. They are my broadhead of choice for this coming year (Moving to them from a fixed blade) and I have been impressed by them and what they have done with the deer my friend has gotten with them. Definitely a good choice:)

I am not a mechanical BH fan at all. However they are a good BH.

Ill stick with my Slick Trick Magnums.

I shot them for 5 years and took 5 deer with them. On only one of those did I get a pass-thru though. That was the main reason I stopped using them. At first I thought it was shot placement but then I shot a doe broadside at about 20 yds perfectly and still didn't get the pass-thru. I'm unsure why but I kinda got spooked after that and started using Muzzys and Slick-Tricks. I think they are one of the better expandables but I would have felt better shooting all the way through the animal.

Blessings.....Pastorjim

I first used fixed blade NAP Thunderheads and loved them so when i wanted to try mechanicals i went to the NAP Spitfires. Took 2 deer with them, no pass thru's with a 60lb bow on does but it poked halfway out the other side and the exit hole was huge. I bragged about these heads until I got a shot on the biggest buck I ever drew back on. 17 yard chip shot and I saw i hit above vitals but below spine, a high shot but with the angle I would have clipped something. BUT the arrow seemed to go in just a few inches. I don't know if the blade opened pre mature or if it hit bone but there was hardly any penetration. Didn't find a drop of blood. I was done with Spitfires after that. It could be a 100-1 shot what happened as Ive always been happy with Spitfires and NAP products in general but that one incident changed me. I now shoot Rage, I've taken 6 deer with them, unreal blood trails, easy tracking and no deer made it more than 40yds. Lots of opinions out there but thats my experience

Wow that is a crazy story! Do you get pass thru's with the rage mechanicals?

I think 4 out of the 6 were pass thrus. One was with a crossbow and I was in a tree only about 8 feet up. I shot a 5pt at about 15 yds, it blew right thru him and I watched him run and pile up 40 yards away in a cut bean field. I went looking for the arrow and couldn't find it anywhere. Well it was a good 20 yards from where it went thru the deer. Thanks to the angle and hill it was able to travel that distance before hitting the ground. Probably a million to one shot that it hit pure vitals and nothing else to get that kind of distance. the 2 non pass thru's were my fault. Both quartering away deer hit too far back, like behind the last rib instead of a bit more forward which is what i wanted. The angle still had me take out the vitals and the whole arrow was inside the deer. Until my Rage fails me like the Spitfires, its all I'd use.

Pictures from a 15yd shot at about 1 63# draw compound on a 6pt. The woods looked like a murder scene, there was a 50 yards trail thru the woods that looked like this, I can't believe he made it that far

That is such an easy blood trail to follow, I bet a blind person could follow it. So if I am drawing 60 lbs and 29.5" draw about 300 fps, it should pass thru with that amount of energy right?

That is almost the same exact set up I shoot. With that being said, angle and bone come into play but I very comfortable saying that if its not a complete pass thru, 75% of the arrow will come out the other side and it should fall out when the deer runs. If your convinced you want expandables with your setup, I think Rage would give you the best penetration and odds for a pass thru. Thats just my opinion though. Those pics of the blood trail are the norm on any good hit, pass thru or not. I did make a bad hit with one and blood was horrible, the hole plugged up. I found the deer a few hours later, he only made it 100 yards but I saw the area he last was and stumbled across him so shot placement is still key. With the right angle, you'll get a hole you can almost put your fist thru :)

Thanks! If I can get a 75% pass thru then I am happy. As long as I have a blood trail to follow. And from those pics, it should be easy.

:jaw: That's impressive! I love my rage broadheads the one's I've shot with them the blood trail was SIMPLY amazing.

I never take pics of blood or anything like that but this trail was so amazing, i walked back with my camera that afternoon to take those pics to show my dad. Trees and ground were sprayed like that on both sides, from entrance and exit holes. Its really weird because out of my 6 "Rage" deer, that one made it the furthest, deer are tough dang animals!

The Spitfires are quality b-heads..... no one can dispute that. Several of the nations top trophies have been killed by these very b-heads.... including the ALL TIME #1 Non-typ Whitetail!!!