Broadheads

Archeryrob · Sep 30, 2020

So what broadheads do you like, have used and how did they fair?

I have used several with the crossbow and I will listed them below.

G5 Montec
I like these a lot. Very tough and reusable. I just lost the last of my batch last season.

G5 chinese clones
I just bought them over the summer. They didn't seem to sharpen well, but enough to kill. They fly well, but I shot one through a beer box full of mulch and it stuck in the dirt on the other side. Two blades sharpened back up and the third was nicked bad enough it might not be reusable. I will probably still use them but doubt they will get two deer per head.

Trocar HBX
I really like the idea of the two fixed blades and two hybrid blades. I have shot this head through several double beer boxes full of mulch and resharpened it. I killed a doe it this year, stuck it in the dirt 12" and cleaned and resharpened it again and will use the same arrow and BH to kill the next one.

Rage chinese clones
I bought the 18 pack two years back. I have killed deer with them. They work, but are maybe, semi reusable. The blades will resharpen but can nick badly and I broke several blades through the double beer box.

Originally liked the idea of the chinese heads, but quality is turning my view against that. It would not be that hard to make a fair broadhead but some of their steel doesn't pass cold rolled too far IMO. I have made primitive BH's from circular saw blades and even knives. They hold and edge but loose it quick, but long enough to kill. And resharpen fine. Their steel doesn't even meet that, IMO.

The chinese blades are cheap both in cost and material and the Common broadheads are way overpriced IMO. Probably mostly due to marketing There should be some middle ground here.

outrider58 · Sep 30, 2020

Shwackers. Been using them for years. I think I've only lost one deer in all that time. 90% of the deer I've shot have died within eyesight.
They are one of the top broadhead-to-field point matching heads out there.

Archeryrob · Sep 30, 2020

Byron, do they holdup and are reusable?

outrider58 · Sep 30, 2020

Archeryrob said:
Byron, do they holdup and are reusable?

50/50
I buy replacement blades if one bends. Otherwise I disassemble (hex screw) and resharpen. If I bend the frame on bone or a rock on pass-through, it's trash.

geda · Sep 30, 2020

I have zero faith in the mechanicals after a few fail to open and premature opens. Sure that might be on me messing up, but it is what it is.

Replaceable 4 blade Muzzy, Muzzy One, G5 Montec and NAP Hellrazor are what I keep in my my box. I am using 5" helical fletched(overkill) arrows and a drop away rest and everything I put on the end flys good. Most of these were purchased locally at walmart in the discount isle after hunting season, cant turn down broadheads for $5 each.

Vandy · Sep 30, 2020

For the last several years I have used G5 Strykers. This year I went to the 125 grain Stryker 2.0. Shot a doe Monday afternoon and was very pleased with the results. You can get the ballistic matching BMP practice tip for them. My DXT could use a bit more tuning and the field points have a slightly different point of impact, but the BMP and Striker have the same impact out to 40 yards, which is the furthest I have shot them. Plus, the BMP can be shot into a bag.

I tried Rage's for a couple years and while I never lost a deer with one, my personal experience is better and shorter blood trails with a fixed 3-blade broadhead.

fscwi · Sep 30, 2020

I use Muzzy, they fly just like my practice tips.

kingfish · Sep 30, 2020

Slick Trick viper trick. They are both cut-on-contact and chisel head all in one broad head. I shot a buck with one last year at 25 yds and it passed through and carried on enough that I couldn’t find the arrow
And they’re of the most accurate. I’ve practiced with plenty

Silverlax · Sep 30, 2020

I like the rage 2". I switched from the collard ones last year and have been happy with them so far. The wound they create is incredibly devastating but I would say your take on the chinese clones are similar to that of the true rages as well (they are semi-reusable). I purchased the "new blade maintenance kit" recently and will update if there are any issues with reusing the bodies of the broadhead.

Archeryrob · Sep 30, 2020

Byron, look that this. Chinamart has 12 Swacker clones for $15 and probably be under $17 for shipping all together. It will probably take 6 weeks to get, but I might test them against real swackers through beer boxes and mulch.

I bought the old Rage clones and they are alright and the blades are good quality. I bought some G5 Montec clones and they might as well be cold rolled steel, IMO.

I realy like the G5 Montec but $40 for three broadheads is a tough sell for me.
The Trocar HBX hybrid is $30 for 3 on Amazon and it is tough as nails so far.

outrider58 · Sep 30, 2020

Archeryrob said:
Byron, look that this. Chinamart has 12 Swacker clones for $15 and probably be under $17 for shipping all together. It will probably take 6 weeks to get, but I might test them against real swackers through beer boxes and mulch.

I bought the old Rage clones and they are alright and the blades are good quality. I bought some G5 Montec clones and they might as well be cold rolled steel, IMO.

I realy like the G5 Montec but 440 for three broadheads is a tough sell for me.
The Trocar HBX hybrid is $30 for 3 on Amazon and it is tough as nails so far.

As long as they can pass a spin test.

Antarctica · Sep 30, 2020

I'm old school. Been using thunderheads (used to be 125's, now 100's) since I got my first bow in 1988.

lazarus · Sep 30, 2020

Had great results with NAP shockwaves. But had one open early and clean miss. Shot her an hour later with the same broad head after cleaning it up and putting a new o-ring on it.

Messed around with them some and ripped up my archery bag a bunch, but I found my older shockwaves WERE deploying early on my new faster crossbow I started using this year. Got a new pack of shockwaves and they have thicker o-rings and fly fine after launching several in to a bag. Until this season a couple of years and 5 deer, zero issues. Still cleanly took the deer when it hit it, but I know it wasn’t me, but the bolt on the miss (at less than 20yds to boot!).

Got a package of spitfires to test out. I like the idea of no O-ring to damage, be old, etc.

Similar design otherwise. Haven’t tried them out yet, but the reviews are overwhelmingly positive with just a tiny handful that are bad.

I like the design of the blades and trocar a lot. Gives great penetration and decent cutting diameter. Had a bolt a few times rip right through my archery bag, out the other side and bury itself in the dirt (for the shockwaves). Several times, even at 30yds.

outrider58 · Oct 1, 2020

lazarus said:
Had great results with NAP shockwaves. But had one open early and clean miss. Shot her an hour later with the same broad head after cleaning it up and putting a new o-ring on it.

Messed around with them some and ripped up my archery bag a bunch, but I found my older shockwaves WERE deploying early on my new faster crossbow I started using this year. Got a new pack of shockwaves and they have thicker o-rings and fly fine after launching several in to a bag. Until this season a couple of years and 5 deer, zero issues. Still cleanly took the deer when it hit it, but I know it wasn’t me, but the bolt on the miss (at less than 20yds to boot!).

Got a package of spitfires to test out. I like the idea of no O-ring to damage, be old, etc.

Similar design otherwise. Haven’t tried them out yet, but the reviews are overwhelmingly positive with just a tiny handful that are bad.

I like the design of the blades and trocar a lot. Gives great penetration and decent cutting diameter. Had a bolt a few times rip right through my archery bag, out the other side and bury itself in the dirt (for the shockwaves). Several times, even at 30yds.

Spitfires seem to be a real good choice for cross bows. :thumbsup:

Mag Dump · Oct 1, 2020

Iron Will 125 grain Wide.

I use the 125 grain Iron Will field points and have been stoked to find my setup shoots both to the same point of impact!

I switched to these recently to start getting ready for a Maine moose hunt and have decided to stay with them. Used various Rage models exclusively before this. Never had a problem but i am never going back. In fact, i plan on putting my collection of new Rages in the classifieds soon.

Raineman · Oct 1, 2020

Bear Razorheads with no insert. Also use Magnus 2 blade.

JB62 · Oct 1, 2020

Grim Reapers. Have had good results, I personally shoot the 100G

GSuders · Oct 2, 2020

I have killed at least 1 deer with Muzzy 3 blade, Magnus stinger, Slick Tricks and Nap Spitfires. When I first started archery hunting about 18 years ago I seem to switch heads every other year or so just to try something different. Each of the heads I used did it's job. Some deer left massive blood trails, others not so much, but most of that depended on where the deer was hit. Most deer didn't travel more than 100 yards before expiring. I ended up using Spitfires for the last 10 or so years. They seem to preform better than the others from my experience. I've only shot 3 deer in the last 4 years, but my dad has a shot a few and some of the arrows have seem to start doing funny things. It could be some of the angles he has taken shots at, but I'm using Magnus Black Hornets this year. The reviews on them seem great and wanted to try something different, but I haven't gotten a chance to harvest a deer with them yet.

possumman · Oct 2, 2020

I have used lots of broadheads over the years --mostly using mechanicals with the crossbow-but when I was using traditional bows with cedars I had great results either Zwickeys and the old fashioned Bodkins--which could be sharpened with a file--of course the arrow speed was probably about 180 -200 fps and they still blew through deer and stuck in the ground below

onedash · Oct 2, 2020

for me the spitfire XXX for crossbows seem to drop them the fastest. I use a tenpoint turbo GT, so not the fastest by any means. Then it's a toss up between the Killzone and regular spitfire but I have ordered some spittfire Maxx to try because everything being equal i prefer cut on contact. I tried the doublecross too and it was good but didn't seem quite as good as the others. They have all been 100% accurate and 100% trouble free. The killzones have replaceable blades but the rest I have never reused on a deer. If I have to shoot a raccoon they get a used broadhead as long as it's mostly functional. So it's very unlikely I will ever try another brand even. I might try the hellrazor in the future though.

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