Changing heads

[Cclements86]

This season i'm gonna get rid of my rages and switch to a fixed blade. Which fixed blades fly true and put em down for yall?

 

[ShaneHallum]

G5 Montecs are nice heads..

 

[Crow Terminator]

How much you want for your Rage heads? I call dibs if your gonna sell them!!

For any bow over 280 fps...I don't recommend a fixed head with a diameter of over 1 1/8 cut, and most all of the top tuning experts will tell you the same. That's why the G5 Stalkers, Slick Tricks, and such have gone big time in sales...they just flat shoot good.

I have some 100 grn Slick Tricks I'd do some trade work with you on those Rages

 

[Cclements86]

How much you want for your Rage heads? I call dibs if your gonna sell them!!

For any bow over 280 fps...I don't recommend a fixed head with a diameter of over 1 1/8 cut, and most all of the top tuning experts will tell you the same. That's why the G5 Stalkers, Slick Tricks, and such have gone big time in sales...they just flat shoot good.

I have some 100 grn Slick Tricks I'd do some trade work with you on those Rages

Well I'm shooting well over 280fps but why a smaller cutting diameter?
haha sorry about the rages my buddy already bought them up. I cant stand them evertime i shot a deer this past year the blades either broke or bent?

 

[Big Gun]

I'm very happy with Slick Tricks.

 

[cecil30-30]

Im switching to slick tricks this year..Been shooting Muzzy 3 blade 100grs for past 2 years,they fly ok,but I wanna play the field/switch it up....LOL

 

[TheAirMan]

I like Muzzy MX-3's

 

[Double Drops]

I'm loving Slick Tricks. I'll be using them again this year.

 

[TNDeerGuy]

G5 Strykers! They are a nasty broadhead and flew just like my field points.

 

[strutandrut]

I'm very happy with Slick Tricks.

X2

 

[Buck Assassin]

I tried rages last year because of all the hype and I did not like them at all. Shot 4 deer with them last year and only one was a pass through. And I lost my first deer with them. I will be going back to trophy ridge meat seekers or trying slick tricks this year.

 

[Radar]

How much you want for your Rage heads? I call dibs if your gonna sell them!!

For any bow over 280 fps...I don't recommend a fixed head with a diameter of over 1 1/8 cut, and most all of the top tuning experts will tell you the same. That's why the G5 Stalkers, Slick Tricks, and such have gone big time in sales...they just flat shoot good.

I have some 100 grn Slick Tricks I'd do some trade work with you on those Rages

Well I'm shooting well over 280fps but why a smaller cutting diameter?
haha sorry about the rages my buddy already bought them up. I cant stand them evertime i shot a deer this past year the blades either broke or bent?

A smaller cutting diameter with a fixed blade creates less wind resistance and is less prone to wind plane at higher speeds because of the lower profile .
I have had good results with Slick tricks and G5 Strikers and I would give the nod to the Strikers based on blade sharpness over the Slick Tricks . Both fly very well.

 

[CCAU]

G5 MONTEC!

 

[DWM]

I have had good results with Slick tricks and G5 Strikers and I would give the nod to the Strikers based on blade sharpness over the Slick Tricks . Both fly very well.

I feel the same way. Both are great shooting heads. I think the G5's hold up better but they also cost more.

 

[Crow Terminator]

I've not shot the Strikers but want to. The Tricks are good flying but they don't hold up good either. I bent some of my blades by just shooting into my Rinehart 18-1 target.

I highly recommend Joe Bell's (Bow & Arrow Hunting mag editor) book "Technical Bowhunting". He is a big fan of the small diameter heads and since he lives out west, they practice a lot of 60 and 70 yard shots. They have several pics of groups with those smaller diameter heads that rival most folk's groups at 40 with field tips. Joe is not a fan of mechanical heads either. That's the only real time I've came to a different opinion than him on tuning and shooting. I was that way until last year...I tried the Rages and was very impressed with them.

 

[Cclements86]

Thanks guys looks like I will try out some slick tricks and strikers. What about G5's new expandable the T3?

 

[Arch-N]

G5 Montecs are nice heads..

gets my vote

Same here.....Fly great.....almost bullet proof.

 

[Radar]

G5 Montecs are nice heads..

gets my vote

Same here.....Fly great.....almost bullet proof.

Montecs are good heads , but the G5 Strikers are a little sharper.

 

[Radar]

I've not shot the Strikers but want to. The Tricks are good flying but they don't hold up good either. I bent some of my blades by just shooting into my Rinehart 18-1 target.

I highly recommend Joe Bell's (Bow & Arrow Hunting mag editor) book "Technical Bowhunting". He is a big fan of the small diameter heads and since he lives out west, they practice a lot of 60 and 70 yard shots. They have several pics of groups with those smaller diameter heads that rival most folk's groups at 40 with field tips. Joe is not a fan of mechanical heads either. That's the only real time I've came to a different opinion than him on tuning and shooting. I was that way until last year...I tried the Rages and was very impressed with them.

Slick tricks have some of the strongest blades I have shot . Much stronger than the Rage heads . Unless you shot into another broadhead stuck in the target , the blades are hard to bend or break. I did break a ferrule once when another arrow struck the backside of the blades of the head in the target.
They sent me another head , free of charge .
I have never bent or broken a blade on a slick trick unless I struck a hard object like a rock , etc.
BTW, I read every article that Joe Bell writes in Bow and Arrow magazine . He is a very good technical and tuning expert .

 

[Crow Terminator]

Radar -- Which Trick were you shooting? I only had the Magnums and I don't have any of the regular Tricks but I'm wondering if that could have been the difference.

My 18-1 is soft foam and when I'm shooting fixed heads, I don't group shoot with them, so I wasn't hitting anything hard in the target. I bent every blade I shot into the target and even broke one of them. I think I kept all of them in my archery box. If I still got 'em I will dig them out and take a pic.

 

[BowGuy84]

Personally, even when I was shooting muzzys I replaced the blades every time I shot them at a deer. They get dull and dinged. If you want a durable fixed blade that shoots like a field tip Id recommend the slick tricks. They have the thickest blades. Second would be the solid montecs but Ive never shot them so cant speak to how they fly...they are a tough head but I have seen the tips curled or chunks taken out of the blade from pass throughs into rough ground.

 

[Radar]

Radar -- Which Trick were you shooting? I only had the Magnums and I don't have any of the regular Tricks but I'm wondering if that could have been the difference.

My 18-1 is soft foam and when I'm shooting fixed heads, I don't group shoot with them, so I wasn't hitting anything hard in the target. I bent every blade I shot into the target and even broke one of them. I think I kept all of them in my archery box. If I still got 'em I will dig them out and take a pic.

I shoot magnums . Never had a problem with bent blades . I even have a picture of one taken from the spine of a buck I shot .

 

[Crow Terminator]

I hate admitting when I'm wrong, but in this case I will since I seldom am wrong

It was the G5 small game heads that I had trouble with the blades breaking and bending.

The problem I had with the Tricks was the heads on them flattening out. I knew it was something I didn't like about them, but for some reason I was thinking it was the blades. The blades were fine...was the point on the head that I thought should have been stronger. I have 1 I shot a ground pig with, that looks like it hit a cinder block; will take a pic of it. My wife also shot a small buck with the 85 grain Tricks that the tip was sort of flattened on like mine. Her arrow stuck in the deer and came the rest of the way out as it was running, so it didn't hit dirt, rock, or anything like my ground pig did...would have just been hyde, meat, and bone. I kept all of them in my archery box when I switched to the Rages to try.

 

[JDBinTN]

I like Muzzy MX-3's

same here

 

[Radar]

I hate admitting when I'm wrong, but in this case I will since I seldom am wrong

It was the G5 small game heads that I had trouble with the blades breaking and bending.

The problem I had with the Tricks was the heads on them flattening out. I knew it was something I didn't like about them, but for some reason I was thinking it was the blades. The blades were fine...was the point on the head that I thought should have been stronger. I have 1 I shot a ground pig with, that looks like it hit a cinder block; will take a pic of it. My wife also shot a small buck with the 85 grain Tricks that the tip was sort of flattened on like mine. Her arrow stuck in the deer and came the rest of the way out as it was running, so it didn't hit dirt, rock, or anything like my ground pig did...would have just been hyde, meat, and bone. I kept all of them in my archery box when I switched to the Rages to try.

Whatever happens to a head after it has done the job on a deer doesn't matter .Slick Tricks are one of the strongest heads I have used in 30 years of bowhunting. Rage heads are not as strong as Slick Tricks.
Rage heads can make a good cut on a gut shot , but they do not penetrate bone like a Slick Trick.
The bottom line is, put any sharp broadhead in the vitals and you will get the desired results . The choice is up to you to shoot the best BH that flies well with your equipment.

 

[lung-buster]

I switched from Rage to Magnus Stingers. They fly strait and leave a heck of a blood trail.

 

[Double-D-Team]

Man this topic sounds familiar...I'm the worlds worst for changing things...But I always go back to the good old Muzzy 100 gn. now I do like the G5 Striker they fly just as well for me. Never lost a deer with a Muzzy....

 

[tickweed]

100 grain three blade muzzys, best for the money, or slick tricks. The slick trick standards or mags both shoot the same for me.Good luck

 

[Radar]

Here is a broadhead test with many major heads shot through a barrel . This is a good test of blade and overall broadhead strength . It doesn't surprise me that Slick Tricks and Strikers faired well compared to the Rage and other mechanical heads .
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc-srIw3na0&NR=1

 

[Double-D-Team]

Radar, you nailed it that's for sure...The video was cool.

Are you hunting armor plated deer now days....LOL!!!!!