Terra Firma Gladius

[markanderson12]

Wondering if anyone has shot the Gladius 3 blades out of a trad bow. I am thinking about ordering a pack and trying them out on some whitetail does in our late season. I've used a bunch of different heads, just want to try something else. Will be using my go to XX75 2117 shafts.

 

[nevadabugle]

Never even heard of them.

 

[Beendare]

Never even heard of them.

I had to look them up....curved blade like the Simmons but in 3 blade with a single bevel

They claim good steel and Rockwell....besides being a biotch to sharpen they should work well.

 

[Trumpkin The Dwarf]

There was another Rokslide thread about them last year. I lost all interest when I saw the cutting diameter and the single bevel.

QAD exodus have been working just fine for me with a larger cut diameter and much easier sharpening.

 

[Wilderlife]

I've shot a handful of pigs and goats with them over the last couple of weeks. They work well. Lots of people have a hard time getting them sharp but I've done just fine with a round chainsaw file and a small diamond steel from EZE-lap. Terra Firma also have a pull through sharpener designed to be used with either their Venator or Gladius broadheads that people seem to be enjoying.

A mate of mine shot a half-decent boar with his compound and I propped him up and shot him a couple of times with a Gladius to see how my penetration would be - 475gn arrow at 52# @ 28in and doing around 175fps. The shot was just behind the shoulder at about 15m and the broadhead penetrate to be poking the inside of the skin on the off-side, and the broadhead wasn't sharp when I started.

I imagine it'd be just fine for blowing through whitetail does. I shot a nanny goat while she was having a drink and it blew through her like she wasn't there. Pigs are much tougher so kill than goats so I always like to test penetration on them and assume that deer and goats will be fine afterwards. I got some of these shots on film but don't have anywhere to show them yet.









EDIT to add: I'm using the 150gn. They're currently available up to 175gn but I believe there may be a 200gn one available a way down the line. I also know this thread is asking specifically about trad bows but I know some blokes who have shot truckloads of animals with them out of their compounds and they couldn't be happier with their performance.

I like going between them and the Venators at the moment. They both fly nicely. The Venator looks to penetrate a little more obviously but the extra cut on the Gladius potentially balances that out. I'll be taking them to NZ in a few weeks and also likely use them for the upcoming fallow rut.