Aluminum Broadhead Adapters Durability

[Pat B.]

I used aluminum for years on deer and hogs with very few issues.. Several years ago I switched to steel because it has to be better, right ??  Since then I've probably killed 30 or 40 animals with steel and have BENT several of them !!!  

I think I'm going back to aluminum this year just for grins..

[Don Stokes]

I don't want aluminum on the business end of my shafts. The aluminum adapters used to allow screw-in points on wood shafts just don't have enough strength for me.

[Tom]

Have used them for years and the only failures have been on shoulder blades or pass throughs. But I figure that the arrow has already done its job so for a few pennies I just change them out. Zwickeys always work for me-aluminum or steel inserts-either is good.

[Mint]

I've had them bend on me a lot with judos stump shooting. I think the batch I got degraded with age.

[SlowBowinMO]

The aluminum adapters will bend, but it generally takes a very hard hit to do it, and as mentioned screwing them down tight for base support helps.  It also helps to use the Magnus version, which are made from a higher grade of aluminum than any other I'm aware of.

I tend to use the steel adapters a lot more these days due to the point weights I now shoot but I still use the aluminums on some set ups and do so with confidence.  We have a good selection regardless of your preference.

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[Swamp Yankee]

There seems to be two diffent discussions going on here.  Refering to GLUE ON broadhead adapters (as opposed the screw-in insert adapters), I've had aluminum shafts bend and break off behind the glue on adapters; plenty strong enough for me.  Unless used to intentionally add more weight to the front of the arrow, I don't have any need for steel or brass.