Broad Heads
 

What type of broadheads do you guys use out of your crossbows?

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slick trick 100 gr magnum

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rockett steelhead 100 & slick trick 100
steelhead for tick toters and slicks for anything i want to hunt

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this year it'll be 85gr thunderheads(alumin arrows)and 125gr spitfires(carbon arrows), I did enough experimenting that I finally got the 125gr thunderheads I WAS using to fly fairly consistant and with more than exceptable accuracy, but only under ideal conditions, they're still a little too unpredicable for my taste(especially in the wind)and not something I'm willing to trust a shot to, especially when theres so much better out there to use...

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Talking to the guy at a local archery shop today and asking the same question he said to use the biggest cutting diameter 125 gr mechanical broadheads you can find.

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Used Muzzy for a long time and had great luck. Two seasons ago I decided to take care of my long desire to use mechs and have had no problems with Tekan II's. But I still think about a simple fixed blade from time to time.

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I use slick trick 100's. everything they say on their website is accurate. i was trying to tune arrows forever. i know guys that actually change their sights to accomodate the b.s. way their broadheads fly. i shot mechanicals to avoid all that but i had a lot of trouble with them. i read about the slicktricks on another forum for xbows and decided to try them. i bought 6 of them and put them on the bolts/arrows (technically, by definition, a bolt has no vanes), and shot all 6 of them. i rated them 1-6 for accuracy to the bullseye, #1 being the most accurate. i made a small mark on the vane to note the rating. i use #1 until i shoot it. then i will load it with #2 until i use it, and so-on. i have found that even the #5 and #6 are far more accurate than other broadheads i used in the past. you could probably try switching the 4, 5, and 6 to another arrow and see if the combination is better suited. i am very picky with what i shot though, so the #1 lasts quite a while.

they are accurate as can be, and the 1" swath does UNIMAGINEABLE damage! the broad head is really small so it does not catch a lot of wind to move it off its path. it is also very short, so the angle is really drastic. the exit wound on the first deer i shot with it looked like it had been shot with a slug gun. no kidding. try these one time and your search is over.

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MUZZY 100 gr 3 blade.
Got some slicks I'll try this fall.

xbowbarry

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most here know more than me on crossbows.

the points i likeare the SPITFIRES.

i like it because you get practice inserts to use.we all use spitfies in their compound bows.

i see a lot of slicktricks at range also.

i always liked the fixed point heads all my life because i could take shot at angle and it worked.

if you use mechincal points, my opinion dont take a shot unless the buck is broadside.

as accurate as crossbow is,i feel a fix point should be used and no shots over 30 yds.

on compound bow oneida eagle, i like mechincal point.

i also used spitfire on recurve #50 matin hunter,black widow,bear kodiack .

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I don't care what broadhead I use as long as it's a NAP Spitfire in either 100 or 170 grain all stainless. Been using NAP Spitfires and Scorpions (lots of success with deer kills) with Blazer vanes long enough to know they are not problematic expandable heads. My Desert Stryker will put them virtually in the same hole as a field point at 70 yards.

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I use the Grim Reaper - Razor Tip @ 100gr. Shoots nice and straight every shot. Picked them up a few years ago when visiting my mom and needed some tips while hunting there because like an idiot I left them sitting on the table at home. (4 hours away.)

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i use 125gr sonic broadheads. sighted my new scope in on my crossbow 2 nights ago. Once i got the field point hitting the bullseye, i put in a bolt with the sonic on the end and hit exactly like the field point. Moved back to 30 yards and hit exactly straight again. sonics are the real deal when it comes to the right broadhead. 3 blades, and they can take a beating. Everything they say on their website is absolutely true. I love sonics. slick tricks are just as good. i saw someone shoot a barrle with a slick trick from 20 yards. Went through the barrel both sides. and the arrow was barely dull.

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I've never been barrel hunting.

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I have never been barrel hunting. Is it hard? What type of camo?

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Ok if yall want to joke about it. Shoot a slick trick at a barrel and look at the aftermath, then shoot a mechanical at it. It wont go through the barrel and it will look likea mangled piece of metal when it comes out. SO :)

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yeah, but mechanical broadheadsarent designed to go through a steel barrel, or my vehicle, or a concrete wall,they're designed to do as much damage as is possible passing through soft tissue while maintaining a high level of accuracy during flight,and in that regaurdmost do an excellent job

like alot of guys, I dont hold much value with a broadheads ability to withstand being shot through a steel barrel(or any other extremely solid object), it has absolutely no relevance to what it was actuallydesigned for, which is hunting/passing through soft tissue, I could shoot a field point through a steel barrel too and it would probably come out virtually undamaged, that doesnt make it a good broadhead...


neither do Ijudgean arrows ability to hold up to damage in a test like that, like broadheads, its an unfair test that takes the arrow out of the realm of its design,you cantjudge its success/failure based on that...

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Iam shooting the American Sonic broadhead(100grs)after Wyvern
Crossbow recomended them,have not shot any big game so far
but have got a fox and two coyotes so far and amvery pleased
with their performance.Also their turkey broadhead is awesome!

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You cannot go wrong with the Spitfires, I use the 125's and never had any problems, I also use Magnus Snuffers 125's

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I'm shooting Muzzy 100 grain, 3 blade.

I used to shoot a mechanical. But after losing two deer because the bolt hungin the shoulder,I wanted something with more cut-on-contact and energy on bone. Just in case I goofed again and shoot to far foward.

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you just answered a lot of questions.:eek:

if you make bad shot with say SPITFIRE ,its going to be long day.

fix point, i feel will do better job on that boo boo.

if you are like me, only shoot behind shoulder BROADSIDE,spitfire is great point and only what i use.

if only we would all take a broadside shot and let buck walk if not, i would bet we would not hear a story on wounded buck.

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if you take a SPITFIRE and open theblades,shoot it at steelbarrel, it will go thru it.

i did it by mistake, i shot thru a bale of hay and arrow went into barrel we had full of waternear my shed.:eek:

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[quote]ORIGINAL: sproulman

WELL SAID!

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I use the G5 Montec 100grn but am looking into the excalibur 150grn boltcutters