Day Six Verse

[doverpack12]

I’ll say I’m less than impressed with out of the box sharpness. I usually test by stretching a small diameter rubber band between my fingers then slide that along the blade. It should cut and pop nearly instantly when you start to slide it. Super dull and rough the band will twist and roll. On the Verse the band can slide the entire or nearly entire blade length before it breaks. I stropped the expandable blades a few times and got the band breaking within 1/8” movement along the blade.
You shouldn’t have to sharpen a premium highly hyped head out of the box.

I had to try a few arrows to get them spinning. Each head took 2-3 arrows before I found the right one. These were perfect spinning arrows with field points.

I like the heads overall and believe you get more cut than advertised by a little.

I watched the Lusk review and was surprised at his sharpness test numbers. I checked some more of my heads. They are a bit inconsistent, the grind angle is very nice but there is a burr on all edges. That burr is leading to the inconsistency. I can feel a burr strop that edge first 2-3 times then alternate edges for a few more strokes and then I can barely touch the rubber band to the edge before it snaps. That is a huge change from sliding the band down the full blade edge. Call it 6-7 strop strokes and they are very very sharp.

Little annoying to have to do that but it is easy to fix.

 

[doverpack12]

Mechanicals are cool until they aren’t when they fail to open .

Better flight and this head still has a larger cut non deployed than the new IW SLR

 

[RMontgomery84]

I ordered a 3 pack right away because I knew they would sell out, just got them in the mail today. They seem well constructed and super sharp. Now they just need to come out with their practice heads. I called them to ask about that when I placed the order in May and they told me that practice heads would likely be available in July. Good luck everyone

 

[doverpack12]

I ordered a 3 pack right away because I knew they would sell out, just got them in the mail today. They seem well constructed and super sharp. Now they just need to come out with their practice heads. I called them to ask about that when I placed the order in May and they told me that practice heads would likely be available in July. Good luck everyone

I’m just going to shoot each head once on the arrow they spin on then strop the blades to sharpen and set the arrow aside until it goes in my quiver.
I shoot 5-6 different broadheads fixed and mechanical so I have plenty of dinged up ones that are practice heads. They all shoot as well as I execute the shot.

 

[Trial153]

I only have about 50 shots on one head in a blob ( they eat up broadheads ) and so far the head is still perfect.
What I am not 100% certain on about it is it flight. I am shooting it out of a very quick set up but my hit/miss ratio isn’t a good as i want to make my A list for mechanical heads. In fact right now I have two fixed heads that have higher hit to miss ratio then the verse. In fairness 50 is super small sample size. For comparison I have fixed blade heads that i have 500 plus shots on for my hit/miss ratio.
That said so far I am impressed with the design and materials. However I am not sure where the heads fit in the mix yet. I have mechanical heads that shoot better, give me more cutting diameter and are as durable. And I have fixed blade heads that shoot as well as these and are as durable yeah I can get better penetration. These might be a case of trying to do too may things at once and ending up being mediocre at all of them

 

[doverpack12]

I only have about 50 shots on one head in a blob ( they eat up broadheads ) and so far the head is still perfect.
What I am not 100% certain on about it is it flight. I am shooting it out of a very quick set up but my hit/miss ratio isn’t a good as i want to make my A list for mechanical heads. In fact right now I have two fixed heads that have higher hit to miss ratio then the verse. In fairness 50 is super small sample size. For comparison I have fixed blade heads that i have 500 plus shots on for my hit/miss ratio.
That said so far I am impressed with the design and materials. However I am not sure where the heads fit in the mix yet. I have mechanical heads that shoot better, give me more cutting diameter and are as durable. And I have fixed blade heads that shoot as well as these and are as durable yeah I can get better penetration. These might be a case of trying to do too may things at once and ending up being mediocre at all of them

Mine seem to be shooting well but are hitting left compared to a bunch of other heads. I’m going to confirm that some more before I make a final decision

 

[Trial153]

Mine seem to be shooting well but are hitting left compared to a bunch of other heads. I’m going to confirm that some more before I make a final decision

i have to make an edit; I know that my reuse of bands are affecting. Further testing is coming on my end, user error on my part needs to be corrected

 

[Trial153]

One thing i am sure of, durability wise these are second none in the mech market.
Blogs will eat mech heads up in few shot and these look like new.

 

[QuickTrigger7]

I only have about 50 shots on one head in a blob ( they eat up broadheads ) and so far the head is still perfect.
What I am not 100% certain on about it is it flight. I am shooting it out of a very quick set up but my hit/miss ratio isn’t a good as i want to make my A list for mechanical heads. In fact right now I have two fixed heads that have higher hit to miss ratio then the verse. In fairness 50 is super small sample size. For comparison I have fixed blade heads that i have 500 plus shots on for my hit/miss ratio.
That said so far I am impressed with the design and materials. However I am not sure where the heads fit in the mix yet. I have mechanical heads that shoot better, give me more cutting diameter and are as durable. And I have fixed blade heads that shoot as well as these and are as durable yeah I can get better penetration. These might be a case of trying to do too may things at once and ending up being mediocre at all of them

Curious what your thoughts are on the beast coc

 

[Trial153]

Curious what your thoughts are on the beast coc

I have limited experience with it. I killed a bear this spring with it, good size 6 11, an honest 6 11 too( some of what these guys measure things as are jokes)
He was 36 yards originally frontal then took a step and half away. So quartering too hard, I shot him in front of the shoulder where it meets the chest. 23 inches or so penetration. The arrow broke off in front of the fletching. 40/50 yard recovery . The head was in perfect condition.. 2.0 125 grain coc