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All the pictures being posted of broadheads that have broken or bent badly on impact with critters/bone have gotten me thinking...
Why is it this seems to happen on a fairly regular basis with Trad and the broadheads we tend to use, where it is nowhere near as common with compounds and the replacable & multiple blade broadheads commonly used there.
I don't ever recall having a broadhead ferrule break on game I shot with a compound. A couple minor bends and a couple instances of a single blade breaking yes, but never a complete failure.
It would seem with the higher speed of the average compound, this would be much more common than with Trad....
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I differ on that opion.I've had many heads not fair well durring my compound years.Ferrules snap in 2.blades broke and lost.Even had a expandable resemble more of a candy cane in shape after a meeting w/ a 80lbs does shoulder.
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i have been using a couple different broadheads for a while, one i liked was the razor cap i use the 175 model due to the tougher ferrule,but i just saw a razorcap that a friend shot through a bear and when it contacted the bait barrel it absolutly fell apart, all three blades were split in diferent directions, this all happened after a pass through an animal, now i know most every one will say it already did its job but it still failed even after that much energy taken. then to think about the same broadhead on a moose rib or not to mention leg or shoulder, made me wonder. oh yeah he was shooting a compound,
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iv found different, i think a there are a LOT more failures with compounds, i have broken countless broadheads when i shot a compound, it was a regular occurrence, mechanical blades snapping of all the time. ferrules bending or breaking, 2 blades bending.
iv gotta really work at wrecking my Magnus or Zwickey 2 blades now
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ha ha ....Ive seen it both ways , I use to work in the largest bow shop in Louisiana, trust me , it goes both ways!!
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And don't forget to put it in perspective. A few dozen pics of broken broadheads is but a drop in the bucket and hardly an accurate representation. Any head can fail for a variety of reasons, the least of which is found in the manufacturing.
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My observation has been your typical "trad" style head is a lot tougher than the usual component type heads used by most compound bow shooters.
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I always thought that the heavier the arrow weight the better I know there is some point where it works against you when there is to much weight...at what point that is, I would sure like to know
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I agree with Tim, as I was one of those wheel shooters for years. And really cannot remember one replaceable blade head. Or especially mechaically heads not losing one or more of its blades on deer. And thats around 25 heads with failer. But they all killed the deer with failure?
Today I shoot solid two blades like the Abowyers.
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quote:Originally posted by frassettor: I always thought that the heavier the arrow weight the better I know there is some point where it works against you when there is to much weight...at what point that is, I would sure like to know
A heavier arrow is always better where penetration is concerned. If your broadhead breaks on a hard hit, then you applied the maximum amount of force that particular head could take on that hit.
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Most of my hunting partners shoot compounds. In the (no exageration) hundreds of big game animals they've killed, I can't remember a single broadhead ferrule failing.
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I know there is some point where it works against you when there is to much weight...at what point that is, I would sure like to know
the deer with failure?
