Tusker Concorde hits a Rock

[kenn1320]

I hit a rock at about 35yds(by accident) and here is the results. Note these are 155gr glue on and I used the aluminum adapters with 18gr aluminum inserts in goldtip trophy 400 carbon shafts. Part of the adapter and insert are still in the arrow. Clearly the adapter/arrow were a weak point, but the tip of the broad head did bend as well. They fly great, but are a bit tough to sharpen. I will be using them this season, as Im not hunting rocks (on purpose).

 PLEASE post images no wider than 640 - it's easy to have photobucket do this for ya automatically -  how to autosize photobucket images  - thanx!

[JamesKerr]

It would seem to me that if the broadhead bent after hitting a rock it would have the tendency to bend on any hard impact such as heavy bone and even whitetails do have heavy bone. I use a VPA terminator and I have stuck them in trees and hit rocks after misses on deer. They have never even had a tip curl just some fine honing and your ready to go again.

[ti-guy]

Dr, Ed ashby wrote (if I remember well) that it was better to use steel adapter than aluminum. You sure did hit it hard!!! Good season to you!

[njloco]

Ken1320,

Try the Loctite 380 also called black Max, from Mcmaster-Carr. The arrow probably wouldn't have been effected, you can also use 2117 aluminum arrows to foot them, this will almost make them bullet proof, or rock proof in this case.

[kenn1320]

The not so obvious here guys is when I say rock, I'm talking about a 35# rock, not a stone in the dirt. Also this rock is not flat, but rather shapely as in something you might see lining a flower bed. I have no doubt the head didn't hit at a perfectly 90 degree wall to its course, hence the bending moment. Had I hit it perfectly square, its likely the head would have been straight to the eye, but jammed 2" deeper into the arrow shaft. I used aluminum to hit the target weight I was after. This is not a slam on this broad head, and Id rather it didn't turn into that. I have full confidence in this head holding up extremely well in hunting situations. You can not compare a rock to any bone, let a lone a whitetail bone. Go to the Tusker site, he shoots several heads thru a shoulder blade and they go right thru. This rock, well, its not hurt. lol
 NJloco, I'm sending you a pm later today. I use hot melt glue for my inserts, and merlite hot melt glue for the insert to broad head. I'm interested to hear your thoughts on this subject.

[hunt it]

Steel or stainless steel inserts are best as stated above    Rocks/cement will do in best of broadheads - good thing they don't taste good!