I can shoot field points, fixed blades and mechanicals and they group consistently. Same thing goes for copounds, if they are tuned correctly they will shoot any head consistently. Shoulder is bad now so shooting crossbow last 3 season. He never shoots anything but fixed blades in crossbow or compound. They shot just like the field point and the mechanical which he also shot.Īnyways I would check the tune in your bow before you disregard using the fixed blades. Back at the range he tried the old fixed broad heads first. So he reset the timing for my son and he still picked up some mechanical broad heads. Said if time is off just a bit could be why broad heads were good up and down but not left right. He looked the bow over said the timing was bit off. When we got to the shop told the tech what we were trying to do. So we went to the archery shop with the idea to get him some different broad heads. Those things hit good up and down but all over left and right. But he had fixed blade broad heads that came with the bow. I'm using rage orange band mechanical broad heads which fly just like my field points. My son and I we're at the at range shooting our crossbows. Blood trails were extremely easy to follow, lol. Saw two first hand and he even videoed the big buck that walked off. Watched my son shoot three last year with G5 MegaMeat and one actually ran for about 50 yards before dropping and one walked all of 10 yards while the other walked 50 yards and he watched it fall. That was the only and last rage I ever shot. Upon skinning I’d hit the top of the heart basically with a field point. No blood at the shot area and none I could find even though I’d watched her route. Went and got my arrow and it never really opened. No blood, and no entry or exit to speak of. I thought that was a ways to run with a broadhead, but thought nothing more about it until I got to her. Doe ran about 100yds straight away then angled back past my stand and collapsed. It was when they first came out and I gave them a try. Grim Reaper sells replacement blades and springs so their mechanical broadheads can be rebuilt and that seems a reasonable option, although they are a bit dedious to disassemble and reassemble. I have not used the broadhead again and prefer not to, but would if I needed to. One of the blades was bent but I was able to disassemble the broadhead, straighten the bent blade, and resharpen all 3 to hair shaving sharp. Surprising to me, there was no blood on the arrow nor was there any to track, but plenty where she dropped. The arrow went thru the ribs just behind the shoulders and exited, breaking one rib. I had no problem keeping shots at 50 yds within a 1 1/2 inch circle.Ī couple of weeks ago I had a 40 yd shot at a doe that hit right at my point of aim. I found the accuracy to be equal to that of field points but they were 6" left at 50 yds. I had some VERY fine SS wire that works as well and lasts much better. That worked but had to be redone every shot. He recommended using dental floss to tie the blades in place so they don't open in the target. My CB is rated for 470 fps and the heads are supposed to be good for that speed, and are. At the recommendation of an employee at a local sportings goods store I tried the Grim Reaper crossbow heads. This is what worked for me, a new crossbow owner/shooter as of this fall. Grim reaper broadhead flys like a field point, and is devastating on a deer, I have killed 3 this bow season and the farthest any of them ran was 50 yards.
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