Archeryrob
Undecided on a great many things
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.
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.