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Main Boards => Dangerous Game => Topic started by: Cody Roiter on June 02, 2006, 12:41:00 PM
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how many of you guys shoot this BH.
best to you and G'Day.
Cody :campfire:
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Steve from the Topside does Mate, G-day!
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I've been shooting them for around 16 years and have shot many dozens of animals with them. I think they are one of the very best heads available.
Jeff
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I have shot them before. Easy head to sharpen I just could never get used to the ferrule. Then again I am so partial to my old Zwickeys.
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I shoot 190 and 160, my favorites rigth now
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I shoot the 190's, easy to sharpen and one of the least expensive bh's around.
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I shoot them and like them.
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I like the 160's. Extremely tough, easy to sharpen, fly great, inexpensive, what's not to like?
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I've taken about 20 big game animals now with the 160s. I like them a lot. The ferrule scares people from these heads but it is unjust. The front of each rib is lower than the back of the one in front of it making it a smooth transition. I don't think there is a stronger tip out there. The tips of these things take punishment. Chad
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They are a good general head. I've found the relative soft metal sharpens easier than almost any head around if using a file to sharpen. I do fill up the ferrel groves with ferrel-tite and reshape the double bevel of the head. Any time a broadhead manufactures a broadhead that is semi-round in design or has a double taper design, the angle of your file must change as the head changes. This makes it all the more difficult if you happen to be sharpen impared. Good luck with the heads. CK
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going to be using 145's this year for elk. I used them in Africa and had excellent results.
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I use them without hesitation on wood shafts!
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I use to use them all the time but for the life of me I found it hard to get them to spin true? Looked at my tapers, twisted them just could not get tham spinning like a top. I've now gone to usen STOS heads. I don't hunt as much any more so putting a more costly head on my timbers does not bother me.
JMHO,
Regards from Oz, alan
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I found one and have killed three hogs with it. Easy to sharpen and fairly easy to mount. 150 gr ??? :archer:
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I've used them for about the past ten years exclusively, except for my recent buffalo hunt in Australia (see Dangerous Game forum). I wish I could have tried them on the buffalo, but Dr. Ashby's work indicates that Grizzlys are best for buffalo, so I used 160-grain Grizzly's on both bulls, with great effect.
That being said, I have killed many boar, bear, mule deer, moose, and a bunch of bull elk with Ribteks, and will hunt with nothing else as long as they are available. There is no stronger broadhead----period. Ribteks are one-piece, no welds to break), and the ribs seem to abrade the hide just enough to keep the hole open (as opposed to a narrow slit), making much-better-than-average blood trails.
I once shot a spinning elk, smashing the thickest part of the femur into seven pieces. The arrow continued all the way through the body and into the far shoulder. It was still sharp enough to shave with when I gingerly pulled it out of the chest cavity. Try that with your run-of-the-mill broadhead.
One neat thing about Ribteks that I learned while publishing Instinctive Archer Magazine is that the edges aren't ground away like other broadheads, they are stamped into shape, which means there is more steel there, it is just highly compressed. That means stronger. And man do they take a scary edge.
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Use'em and luv'em!!!
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Rik,
That is a great piece of info :thumbsup: Thanks dino
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I have used them (190s) and we call them the flying machetes.
My problem with them is that I could not get the arrow to spin on its tip to see if it was on straight. Any suggestions?
Paul
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I use the 125s and 160s. Occasionally they have a small burr on the tip that makes them spin crooked, a quick touch up with a file will give you a perfect tip and then you can see if they spin true. When tapering wooden shafts make sure your tool leaves a smooth, even taper and they should mount easily.
Chrisg
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`I use the 190's , great head!
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Misplaced the one I found in the woods. Wanted to see if I could take another hog with it. Easy to sharpen with an Accu-Sharp. Flew great and passed through every time.
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Have a bead on some 190 grain heads and I'll let you know how they work.
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Cody, you can use these heads with complete confidence. I killed two caribou with the same 160 Ribtec. Very effective and tough head in my opinion. :thumbsup: :campfire:
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They are by far my favorite two blade glue on BH.
IMO they have the best ferrule design for glue on heads since there is on no air lock when seating the shafts in the ferrule. This allows you to seat the taper very deeply and tightly in the ferrule.
Rik, I would hazard to guess that if the ribteks were sharpened with a single bevel, they would have performed at least as well as a grizzly on the buff. One thing that is neat about the longitudinal corrigation of the ribtek is that it causes the head to rotate in the same direction as a right helically fletched arrow.
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I guess every thread needs a dissenting voice or we would all be in a group hug :bigsmyl: I got a half dozen 160 gr's and put them on some Ash arrows I had to use with a sinew backed Osage bow that was made for me. I shot a young whitetail buck at about 8 yards and due to a less than perfect release on my part and a wired for sound deer that came unglued when I shot I ended up hitting it in the hip joint. Not good regardless of what broadhead you use, anyways the arrow came out about 40 yards into his exit from the area and he only traveled about 300 yards. I shot him right at dark and what was left of him after the coyotes were done (wasn't much) was recovered the next morning at sunrise. The front 3/8th of and inch of broadhead had folded over 90 degrees. Might have been a fluke but I haven't used them since. I also prefer to use the widest head I can so unless it one of Doug Campbell's damascus points or a knapped stone head I shoot 1.5 inches or wider. Never had any of those fail. My .02 cents worth. Joseph
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Okay Chief Joseph - here we go then ;)
ARE YOU ABSOLUTELY SURE, that buck had not a hip joint made of ceramic - as for example those of my mother in law are ...?!?!
I never wrecked a 160W so far! Never shot a critte with them though - but lots of wood and other junk stuff. I think they are "relative" durable ...
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I may very well of gotten a bad one as I have never heard of anyone else having a bad experience with them. There are many people that have had adverse experiences with many quality items before. I guess that is why there are so many broadheads on the market. :thumbsup: Joseph
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First kill with a Ribtek last season - mule deer. Very efficient. Will continue using Ribteks. Bow/narrow
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Rik,
I've also pulled Ribbies out of game that were still sharp enough to hunt with, Great Head.
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I killed a deer with one last year. Did not get complete penetration.
Thet are tough, easy to sharpen, but that ferrule style concerns me. In my very UN scientific penetration test, they did not penetrate as well as my favorite Magnus I.
BUT - many folks on here love them. My only 2 concerns are that that ferrule creates excessive drag, and that ferrule style makes it difficult to mount true.
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The ferrule will not create drag if you fill the dips with epoxy or a quality hotmelt, you can smooth it over totally and have a slick surface.
Admittedly a bit more work than the usual glue on head. Tough guys these, I killed a steel pipe and a rock last year, they killed the shafts in return but the heads came out fine. Oh, and some game too. impalas
chrisg :bigsmyl:
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Ribteks are one of my favorite broadheads. I primarily use the 160's and 190's depending on how my arrows are tuning.
I shot the 145's this season for CA mule deer and split rib going in and going out, lungshot. The blade was still sharp and just needs to be touched up for action.
I've got quite a few zwickeys and snuffers that I use from time to time. Ribteks sharpen up faster for me. In the field when I am not carrying a monster file, the ribteks are definitely easier to get an edge that's "killin'" sharp.
The ferrule is a non issue and I've never filled the dips. I do have adequate hot melt to attach the head securely and the excess sits in the dips, but I wouldn't go out of my way to fill them flush.
Are Ribteks still available? I've still got some but might need to replenish my supply.
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Larry, send me a picture, man!
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I just purchased two-dozen 190 grain Ribteks from Archery Supplies Australia (www.archeryshop.com.au). The Ribtek website said they are restructuring the business at present, and for the time-being, Archery Supplies are the (only?) outlet. I'm hoping to use them on camels and boars.
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mine sharpened very easily.....kinda worried about the ferrul.....think i'm gonna smooth it out with a piece of scotch tape rienforced with super glue.....the......then they'll be ready!!
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Don't bother, I do what Larry said, the excess fills in enough. But if you are more particular you could add more glue. Thousands of animals have been taken with this head, easy to sharpen, no frills and cost effective. There's nothing wrong with the design imho
chrisg
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Joseph, this reminds me of a recent thread about the Simmons Tree Shark. I remember pics of a folded tip on one, yet there were a majority of responses saying they would use nothing else.
I guess it might be a matter of experience and preference.
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It is and there have been threads over the years that I have seen, mostly on another site where people had failures with Magnus and Zwickey broadheads. I have a Zwickey Delta that is on one of my stumping arrows and has been for years. I could sharpen it up and use it tomorrow after years of dirt,rocks, and stumps. I have used the other broadheads out of that half dozen for stumping also and they have held up good. I was just relating my experience of a 1 time incident and I also have a preference for wide broadheads. I have some 160 gr Snuffers I am going to be using. I like Big Holes in critters! :bigsmyl:
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Big holes are VERY good!
One can break an Abrams tank if one runs it into something that will break it. I guess nothing is unbreakable.
Jeff