2-3 or 4 Bladed Broadhead?????

[GREG D]

I mainly use 2 bladed heads (ribtec) and was wondering what the rest of you guys use and if you change type for different game.

Eg Would you go from a 4 blade head on goats and deer to a 2 blade head on boars or buff etc.

Does the number of blades decrease penetration? The obvious trade off would be better blood trail.

Your thoughts???

[woody]

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[Rock Steady]

Two Blade razor sharp solid "Back Stump". It will kill anything in Australia.

[Poppy]

Twin blade Ribtek for me, just simple (Trad + Wooden arrows).
But I have heard a lot of good recently about three bladed heads. Might have to give them a go.
Paul

[goshawk]

I found the flight of ribteks as bad as the old bodkins (not sure if they even make them anymore), I could never get them centered properly. the outback's (2 blade) I found are a good cheap broadhead and Eastman Outfitters "Firstcut EXP Magnum" are about $10 each but leave a hole like an axe wound. I'm thinking of upgrading to G5 outdoor 3 blade broadheads.

[silent killer]

I shoot out back hunters for goats and for deer and biger animals i shoot g5 montecs 3 blade they are the toughest broad head iv ever shot ..../
....cheers alex...

[Warlocke]

My first choice is always the Outbacks, they're tough, accurate, Aussie and cheap.

I also use the NAP Shockwave expandables which really make a big hole in whatever they hit and are field point accurate.

Only bought these to try while waiting for an Outback order but I am very impressed with them.

The first and most important thing when considering any broadhead is accuracy.

Both of these heads will only have this when the bow is in tune with both field points and broadheads impacting in the same spot.

[GREG D]

Just read the Outback web page. Interesting reading about the single bevel. Anyone use them?

[XTfreak]

I use Rocky Mountain Premier 3 blade.
NAP Thunderhead 3 blade
Muzzy 4 blade
Bill

[Gavin]

I use Muzzy 3 and 4 blade heads for all my hunting.

Cheers
Gavin.

[howie]

Do a search on this site and you shall find several threads about multi blade heads. I have written a few about the Magnus broadheads. I use 3 bladers as they cut more tissue, just my thoughts. Howie

[GREG D]

After reading about the single bevel phenomenon I decided to convert a few 125gn Narrow Ribtecs to single bevel and give them a go.

Just by using a body file I took each side back to a single bevel for right helix. It took no longer than preparing a double bevel head for sharpening and has not affected its centering. The cutting width is 1.5mm thinner than an unprepared head (26mm to 27.5mm) and the weight difference is negligible (worked out using FOC formula as I don't have scales sensitive enough).

I'll take a few with me on my next hunt and see if there is any difference in penetration. I plan on doing some flight testing on my next days off.

WHY? you may ask. I have 50 heads sitting here and thought WHY NOT.

[RazorX]

For shooting compound I was using expandable broadheads and they flew like darts and made nasty holes. For Trad and also for compound I use Blackstump heads. They absolutely hammer everything and they are much stronger than other two blade broadheads out there I reckon. If they spin up well, they will fly like a dart out to 60m from a compound at 70#.

[Antarcher]

On the recent chital hunt i tested out 4 bladed 125grn slick tricks and shot two does and a pig with them. They penetrated very well and pushed through bone quite easily. Two of the animals were taken with the same head as they are also pretty tough and stayed razor sharp. the best point was that they flew like darts and mad a great wound channel that would not seal over and maintained blood flow for the trail.

The stag I took with a 125grn NAP thunderhead. Performed flawlessly also through a shoulder and gave great blood flow and fast haemoraging as result. Maintained its shape and cutting edge well also.

[topendbowman]

Two blade Tusker 100 grain spirits work well for me..never had any reason to change but then again I only hunt pigs and the spirits are great for them. I dare say for thinner skinned game like deer the three blader might be good?

[NormGunston]

In my very limited experience with larger game, I have used Muzzy 3-blade heads. Although a very small sample, the head could not be faulted. It premitted me to use the same ferrule to shoot BIG pass-through penetration holes through three deer- all I had to do was change the blades. I have never had to worry about indiscriminancies with weights and buggering about gettting them to spin perfectly, either.