What's the most accurate fixed blade head on the market?

[jmez]

I shoot ST mags and Razor Tricks. Both shoot well and are interchangeable for me. Been shooting these for several years and like both of them. I prefer the design of the Razor Trick so shoot those more often. I just bought some Helix heads to play with but haven't shot them yet.

 

[HuntHarder]

I have shot Wac em triton 100's since they came out. Absolute bullets as far as you want to shoot. IMO, they are one of the sharpest heads out of the package on the market. I have had multiple buddies of mine start shooting them because of their field point accuracy and insanely sharp blades. I personally have taken over 25 big game animals with them.

 

[Moose2367]

Probably 95% of the broadheads on the market today will shoot as accurately as each other.

As already said, the person behind it, tuning and spine selection etc will play more of a role than the broadhead itself.

 

[dangerousD]

I like the Muzzy Trocar. I haven't shot many others recently other than various model Muzzy's. Slick Tricks may get tested but I'm pleased with the Trocar for now.

 

[Bowhuntr64]

Like many have said, I have found that my bow's tuning and my personal grip consistency are more of an issue than the heads themselves. At 80 yards, the most forgiving heads for me have been the Slick Trick Standard and the QAD Exodus Swept.

 

[dangerousD]

We've been testing a bunch of different heads the last couple years, but we haven't gotten to all of them yet and was curious what you guys think?

So what's the most accurate fixed head on the market today?

Wait... Did I fall for it? This is one of those posts that you do just to mess with us right?

 

[justin davis]

Shuttle t locks in my opinion. I've shot them side by side at 80-100 yards with other heads and found the shuttle t's to fly the best.

I'd also say wac em triton is up there as being a very accurate broadhead.

I think slick tricks are good too. But notice that they seem to drop off at longer distances compres to the shuttles.

 

[StrutNut]

I tried so many different heads trying to find the best most accurate heads. I have found that the VPA 100gr nonvented performed best out of my bow. Very spot in with the same poi as my field tips out to 50 yards. I didnt try beyond 50 as for hunting white tails in MN, WI, I would never attempt anything that far out even though I practice to 75.

 

[RamDreamer]

I believe a lot of it is based off of your setup. But I cannot believe how well the Shuttle T Locks shoot out to 80 yards with my bow. I absolutely love them and they are tough as nails to boot.

 

[5MilesBack]

I've shot a lot of heads for testing purposes especially at longer ranges 60+, and the one head that consistently beats out the others is the regular 3-blade Wac'em. Out to 40 yards there are a lot of decent accurate heads, but 60, 80, and beyond the Wac'em shines. However, surprisingly.......the original GK Silverflames are pretty darn accurate even at 80. The XL's aren't bad either.

My top three are the Wac'ems, Shuttle T's, and the Silverflames. The Ramcats are also pretty darn accurate, but every time I shoot them into a target they break a blade, or bend one so badly it needs replacing. Otherwise I'd shoot them more. Not used to changing blades on BH's after every single shot.

 

[dreamingbig]

I like the shuttle Ts flight but hate their sharpness. Anyone else have the same issue?

 

[japple]

I think that the original question should be reframed a little bit. Hope you done mind Aron. When I see a question like this I automatically think "What is the most forgiving fixed blade broadhead?" The reason I think this way is that given a proper tune and consistent shooting technique, nearly every broadhead on the market will fly excellently. A couple things need to be looked at here length of the head and surface area of the blades. Longer heads, like a thunderhead for example, will effect the FOC of the arrow from the field point and may group well, but not fly with the field point. Likewise, the greater surface area of the blade, the more critical the tune becomes. Each of these can be overcome with some diligent and careful tuning. While thunderheads are a very good broadhead for the money, roughly one out of each six pack will not be machined straight. In nearly 9 years managing a proshop, I have found this to be true 99% of the time. So I tell the customers to spend a little extra and buy two three packs of a quality head and have 6 shootable heads rather than losing 1 out of the 6 they bought of thunderheads. Most companies have gone to shorter heads with less surface area on the blades to accommodate these factors I mentioned. Wac'em, Slick Trick, Montec, Shuttle T, etc. . . nearly all have these characteristics and fly exceptionally well and are fairly forgiving. Last year, I chose to do some testing with out top six heads (based on sales) in the shop. I tested the Slick trick 100gr standard, Montec 100gr, Viper trick 100gr, Shuttle T 100gr, Slick trick 100gr mag, and the Toxic 100gr. I tested these solely on the popularity in out store, not because of my own ratings. From a durability standpoint the Slick trick stuff maintained shape and blade sharpness much better than the rest. From an accuracy standpoint, I put one head on one arrow and shot each. From 40-80 yards all of the heads except for the toxics shot in the same group and hit in the same point as my field points impacted. Toxics consistently hit high and to the right. I tried to tune the toxics into the group with the others but could never get them to shoot with the others. I suspect that this was a result of arrow spine as the arrows were border line weak. So from a forgiving standpoint, this head was ruled out. Customers often have us help them tune there broadheads to shoot with their field points. Anecdotal evidence tells me that we spend more time doing this with Montecs and shuttle Ts than we do with the Slick Trick products. However, this time is minimal and usually very quick adjustments to the bows or to the shooters. From my experience, all quality broadheads are consistently accurate, but ST stuff seems to be the most forgiving. Some heads that I plan to text and will report on this year are the new Trophy Taker A-tac head, the exodus head, and the Solid Broadhead. Hope this helps and sorry for being so long winded.

John

 

[Nick Muche]

All of them.

Tune your bow.

Proper Helical fletch. I use a 4 fletch, vane-tec vanes.

Correctly spined arrows.


I will say that my two bladed Solid broadheads fly so dang good that I will likely be shooting them for a long time. The ability to get them scary sharp is also a plus. The fact that they are a two blade works to my advantage in that I have confidence with them on bigger boned animals (Musk Ox, Moose, etc.).

 

[Jacob Chapman]

Goes w/o saying that the bow has to be tuned and arrows spine properly of course.

The heads i've had the most luck with are VPA 3 blade heads and the Slick Trick Standards/Magnums and Razor tricks. Haven't tried any of the other ST's.

I also have had good luck with Magnus Stingers.

 

[Nick Muche]

Goes w/o saying that the bow has to be tuned and arrows spine properly of course.

If only that were truly the case... I can't count how many people I have helped broadhead tune because they either never shot broadheads for practice or they did and it only produced erratic arrow flight with no clue on how to fix it.

 

[MattB]

I think Roy Grace did some testing on this very subject - you might reach out to him for perspectives as well. The Trocar, Wac 'Em, and Shuttle T's are ones I would look at.

 

[Jeff Martin]

I will say that my two bladed Solid broadheads fly so dang good that I will likely be shooting them for a long time. The ability to get them scary sharp is also a plus. The fact that they are a two blade works to my advantage in that I have confidence with them on bigger boned animals (Musk Ox, Moose, etc.).

Nick, I thought you were a VPA guy. Your post surprised me... or at least i thought you were.

 

[Nick Muche]

I do not care for VPA heads, never used them other than for practice. I do not like how they get all rusty when wet and I prefer to sharpen 2 blade heads OR shoot mechanicals.

 

[SDHNTR]

That is an impossible question to answer with across the board uniformity. You'd have to test without human influence (hooter shooter), at constant atmospheric conditions, and with many, many different bow and arrow set ups to get a broad enough sample to come to any sort of conclusion. And what good would that do, once the human element is re-introduced? We all have to hold and shoot our bows, and we do so in varied weather and atmospheric conditions. Such a test provides nothing more than mental masturbation material. Real world testing by each one of us, with our own individual set ups, is the only way to find out what works best. And I think we all know already, that the head with the least surface area is going to be the generally accurate, but is that the most lethal? Or best overall? Likely not, or we'd all be shooting mechanicals.

All that said, I shoot VPA's. To me, they are as accurate as any and I like their construction and strength the best.

 

[5MilesBack]

If only that were truly the case... I can't count how many people I have helped broadhead tune because they either never shot broadheads for practice or they did and it only produced erratic arrow flight with no clue on how to fix it.

Clueless, incompetent, or out of tune have nothing to do with the original question however. And that was........"What's the most accurate fixed blade head on the market?" Pretend that every bow is in perfect tune, and every shooter is a Hooter Shooter........then answer the question.