what's the best broadhead? i shoot 100 grain field points. Mechanical or fixed blade?

Answer 1

For years I used fixed blade broadheads, but the past 2 years i've made the switch to mechanical. Spitfire 100 grain mechanical broadheads are about as good as they get in my opinion. The damage they do is unbelievable to me compared to the fixed Thunderheads that I used to use. A well placed shot is gonna kill no matter what you use though.

Answer 2

The answer is, the one that hits the target where it was aimed.

Fixed blades can sometimes plane off target slightly if your bow is a little out of tune. They offer the advantage of simplicity, durability and usually will penetrate deeper.

Mechanicals by nature of having no exposed planing surfaces (blades) tend to fly as accurately as field points. So the benefits of mechanical broadheads are that they tend to be more accurate in a bow that is slightly out of tune, and most have a larger cutting diameter. Since, in most cases, they have a larger cutting diameter they tend not to penetrate as deeply.

I use both mechanicals and fixed blade heads. I use Aftershock Archery Hypershock mechanicals because the operation of them makes sense to me. They are very accurate out of my bow and penetration on deer sized game has not been a problem.
For fixed blades I use Slick Trick 's and G5 Montec's the Montecs are 1 piece of stainless steel so durability is not a problem, they are a little more difficult to sharpen though.
The Slick Trick's have proven there durability and were razor sharp out of the box.
That is also key, whatever you use make sure that they are smooth, with no nicks in the blades and are razor sharp.

The simple answer is...if your bow shoots them well, they will all work on a well placed shot.

Answer 3

I have used both mechanical and fixed. I like the 100 grain thunderheads. On mechanical they are great to use but nicking a small branch the blades expanded before hitting the deer.

Answer 4

The Mechanical is not recommended for any bow under 60 lbs. The best blade you can use for a 43 lb pull bow would be two bladed cut on impact design such as the Magnus Stinger.

Answer 5

You have to check out the new "Rage" broadheads at ragebroadheads.com!

Answer 6

Mechanicals are almost always more accurate than fixed blades and if you don't hit it you don't kill it.

Answer 7

i say fixed bc of the penitration will be better what good is it if you hit it in the kill but it dont go in far enough to kill it effeciently when a fixed blade will

Answer 8

Best thing to do is try both see what shoots best out of your bow , And stay with same weight as field points !! PRACTICE PRACTICE AND MORE OF IT..

Answer 9

Mechanical are more accurate usually but lack penetration. I use Atoms, they are very accurate with great penetration.