Born and Raised Broadhead Test

[RampartLB]

Any of y’all following the BRO broadhead test? It’s kind of boring to sit there and watch 20 minutes of heads getting weighed on a scale but I think they have more videos coming. Pretty cool to see that many heads getting thrown in the mix together. As long as my trusty STs win I won’t have much to say hahaha

 

[Brandon_SPC]

I have been watching it and I watched the penetration test last night. Right now I have a bunch of mixed feelings on the penetration test mainly because of the mixed results. First they were talking about how FOC isn't a major contributor in penetration but it actually is. Moving more weight to the front of the arrow will actually cause less impact flex (if you are using the right spine and the bow is tunes) which in turn will cause less energy to be wasted from the arrow flexing (which you see a great deal in the video) and the arrow will have a high probability of maintaining a straight line of penetration (less probability of deflection which can go hand and hand with mechanical advantage).

Also the medium (Tightly compacted carboard) they are shooting isn't conducive to testing penetration because it doesn't allow some broadheads to function how they are suppose to. Personally me I would have bought some very cheap meat and layered it. This would allow for broadheads to function how they are suppose to, such as the single bevels being able to rotate and also see if the mechanicals will deploy under a soft medium like tissue vs something that is extremely hard.

Also with the puncture test I probably would have used very cheap leather off amazon vs paper.

Granted I have no idea what they are doing for a destruction test but thats just my two cents. With that all said I still love the channel I applaud them for sticking their necks out there, taking the time, and money to do this test. I have done tests like these and they become expensive FAST!! The great thing about tests like these is they become a huge learning experience.

 

[backcountryshaffer]

I've been following it. I think it's interesting to see the way they are testing and how the heads perform at an individual task level. Ironically the tasks are somewhat subjective because they don't directly relate to real terminal performance in the field. It seems that the "winner" will be determined by an equation that will not translate into a clearly superior head. Having said that, I'm already shooting the Iron Will so I think it will be the clear winner.

 

[dkime]

I’ve watched just enough of each to jump to the end and see the results. I have a hard enough time sitting still long enough to do just that. These guys are doing an awesome job in my opinion because it takes balls to put a test together like this in today’s climate. Let’s be honest, everyone is going to root for their favorite head like the OP stated and if it doesn’t rank as well as others we will call BS. Confirmation bias and the ego are a hell of drug. I’ve got my heads set for the year and they’re not much different than in years past, they’re just simply giving us data to do with as we please. I think it’s great that many companies have stepped up to offer them heads to test, shows a lot of confidence on their ends knowing that in the end they’re going to get wrecked online for any minor failure during the destruction testing.


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[5MilesBack]

No.......I prefer to do my own testing. I don't have to worry about penetration, so as long as the heads stay together, they'll do their job.

 

[vaeVictis]

I think they're doing a great job. Not the most perfect,, but it's a dang fine nice set of tests. I really like that they are consistently comparing everything.

 

[Lschloss]

I was a little disappointed they didn't test more mechanical heads since that is what I use. Still interesting seeing how the different brands attack up against eachother.

 

[TravisIN]

Anyone watch the accuracy one. Some interesting results


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[xcutter]

Yeah interesting test. I'm always critical on accuracy and I'm pretty hard on myself shooting. If I can't shoot MOA groups I get real discouraged. It was good to see that hardly any of the broadheads shot with field point accuracy. I have had good results with the Trophy Taker A-Tacs. Looks like they shot decent in the video also. Bought some QAD Exodus heads this year and for the life of me I can't get them to shoot worth a crap. Going to try a different arrow length and see if that helps.

 

[dkime]

I thought it was a super fair test, each one of those heads is capable of shooting with a higher degree of accuracy than what was displayed but what I think it shows you is the number of heads that will get to that level with less work. It honestly makes me want to buy a hooter shooter more than it does a bunch of different heads lol what I found interesting was the number of heads that shoot similarly and conversely the ones that aren’t even close to the rest. I carry a mixed bag of heads so that’s something I’ll use to help make decisions in the future.


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[nphunter]

Yeah interesting test. I'm always critical on accuracy and I'm pretty hard on myself shooting. If I can't shoot MOA groups I get real discouraged. It was good to see that hardly any of the broadheads shot with field point accuracy. I have had good results with the Trophy Taker A-Tacs. Looks like they shot decent in the video also. Bought some QAD Exodus heads this year and for the life of me I can't get them to shoot worth a crap. Going to try a different arrow length and see if that helps.

I could not get QAD heads to group to what was acceptable to me over about 280fps. After about 50 yards they were all over the place, I was shooting 315fps with them, 3" quick spin vanes as well and good FOC. The double blades with bleeders flew the best at those speeds, Solid 100's flew the best of any head I shot. I'm shooting much heavier this year, higher FOC and about 285fps. I went heavy since this year OR went to expandables and wanted to add some momentum to my setup for pushing large cutting heads.

My bow could stack BS and FP at 30 yards no problem, I think the #1 factor in the poor flight of the QAD was speed.

 

[samc]

For what it's worth, I was having a really hard time getting my QAD exodus to group well. I changed from AAE Max Stealths back to blazers and the QADs fly awesome now. I'm shooting about 270 feet per second.

 

[Sorry slinger]

the accuracy video didn't seem very accurate, since their FP never even came close to hitting the same spot. it was all over the place.

 

[dkime]

the accuracy video didn't seem very accurate, since their FP never even came close to hitting the same spot. it was all over the place.

I think that it’s tough to get a hooter shooter aligned to the same location every single time. I trust their word when they said that they nock tuned the shafts to hit the same hole. After that they’re just showing the relation to the broadheads with each field point, not necessarily the relation to the initial field point group. I may be off base though


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[TravisIN]

I think that some the broadhead groups(by this I mean just the broadheads) would shrink significantly once they broadhead tuned. They all pretty well shot left so it wouldn’t take much tuning to get them all hitting with the FPs.

I will say that the biggest surprise for me was the Montec. Actually Both g5 heads shot extremely well.


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[Finch]

I've been enjoying the tests but I wonder what they were using as an aiming reference. There was no visible dot on the target. Seems like the QADs are fairing well on each test. My slick tricks aren't doing bad either.

 

[Danny Hoey]

Anybody care to share the list of broadheads they are testing?

 

[Sorry slinger]

I think that it’s tough to get a hooter shooter aligned to the same location every single time. I trust their word when they said that they nock tuned the shafts to hit the same hole. After that they’re just showing the relation to the broadheads with each field point, not necessarily the relation to the initial field point group. I may be off base though


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by that logic then, how do you know that the shooter isn't moving between broadhead and field point groups? How do you know that the shooter didn't move between both broadheads? its a flawed test then. I am sure that it is notk tuned and shoots bullets through paper, but when you cant even get the FP to hit in the same spot, how do we know if the BH are actually off if you cant get your "control" to hit in the same zip code?

 

[dkime]

by that logic then, how do you know that the shooter isn't moving between broadhead and field point groups? How do you know that the shooter didn't move between both broadheads? its a flawed test then. I am sure that it is notk tuned and shoots bullets through paper, but when you cant even get the FP to hit in the same spot, how do we know if the BH are actually off if you cant get your "control" to hit in the same zip code?

This is where the very last sentence in my post comes in handy, I guess we would have to assume it was bolted down. I’m not concerned too much with any of because I know what sort of accuracy i achieve with my current head choices.


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[ndbuck09]

I'm not a very big fan of this accuracy test because it seems like there's a ton of variation in where the field points actually hit so I can't really see how it can be guaranteed that the group of broadheads is actually aimed the same shot to shot? I mean, if you can get the FP aimed the same across the test, how can the other shots in the group have any guarantee that they're aimed consistent? They don't even have a dot? Anyone know how a hooter shooter really aims?