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Quote from: lokidog on January 11, 2014, 10:41:38 AMThanks Radsav, that was clear, though I still don't think I'll be shooting any 1" or smaller diameter heads. I shoot the Myzzy MX3 and have a bunch since my moosehunt, but I would consider trying yours some time.The DelMastro HPV blade is 1-3/16. So the same as the Muzzy MX just short like the MX 75 grain. That's available in all three Super-Short ferrules (Titanium Signature, Triple Sec., and Madman) We will have a 125 grain version next year too. And the blades...WAY sharper than Muzzy!!! .030" thick instead of .025" too.Two of the fastest elk kills I've ever witnessed were both taken by my hunting partner Larry Van Dyke using a 7/8" cutting diameter head back in the late eighties. So don't let outdoor writers scare you on size! If a 7 gauge shotgun bore is more than enough B or 4 gauge should be simple overkill (That's 100 caliber on our smallest head!!!). Only time I worry about cutting diameter is hunting those dang stinking turkeys And even then all five of my birds this year were taken with 1.125". Next season I will probably be using Del's HP head for those stankers though.
Thanks Radsav, that was clear, though I still don't think I'll be shooting any 1" or smaller diameter heads. I shoot the Myzzy MX3 and have a bunch since my moosehunt, but I would consider trying yours some time.
Ill have to talk with grizzly and see if he'll get some in
Then why stop at 1-1/4"? If someone jammed a 20 gauge barrel through my chest do you think my rate of survival would be greater than if they jammed a 10 gauge barrel through my chest? I'm thinking I'd be screwed either way Now that hunting videos are all over the 'net why is it we don't see quicker kills with 2" Rage broadheads? If 2" diameter is that much better we should see all animals shot with them go down in sight of the camera, shouldn't we? But we don't! Why? Guys are talking about the same length blood trails as they've always talked about. It was that way in the early eighties when Rothaar Snuffers fueled the use of the Anderson 245 Magnum, the Rocky Mountain Supreme heads. All 1.5" diameter. Myself and hunting partners all took animals with each one of those big blades. Plus a few others. I won a national field testing competition shooting the Calmont Super-2 (1.5" cutting diameter) where I took the largest bull elk in the competition plus another 40 animals in one year with it. Afterwards I was hired by Duke Savora and started using the 1.125" Swept-Wing and had an even bigger year '86. Blood trails were just as big and shorter with the smaller Savora. I just have not seen any evidence that diameter makes a difference. Not then and not now with the wide spread use of the big Rage heads.But! I did not buy Savora to sell heads. If I wanted to become rich I'd have chosen a much easier way to do it. I bought the company so myself and my friends would always have a superior blade to shoot. If a guy likes the Muzzy, I'm fine with that! If you like the Rage as so many of my east coast friends do...that's fine too. WASP makes a fine product as does Slick Trick and G5 with their Stryker. Heck I have a dozen rifles and can never decide which one to shoot more than 15 minutes before I load up the truck to go hunting. I don't want to grand stand and try to force guys to think there is only one way to skin a cat. If you like what you shoot and it puts your mind at ease who am I to say otherwise. Just please, please, please shoot them as sharp as you can get 'em. That's where the real results come from.If you decide to shoot a head with .125" larger width per side than our smallest head. I say, "Great!" There are definitely some decent ones out there. Who knows, perhaps I'll build one of those one day. And as long as there are not a bunch of animals running around with arrow sticking out of them I'm happy for those who find what they like and stick with it. But I remain curious who decided and when they decided that one diameter broadhead is too small and/or too big. That's a guy I'd like to sit down and have a coffee with. He must be a genius
Easy there, I said your BHs looked purty.
Here's another serious question, how does one test sharpness?
Wouldn't it benefit any name brand company to produce the absolute sharpest blade they can afford to produce?
I love the heads. Killed a nice buck, bull and buffalo with them all complete pass thrus and great blood trails
Quote from: MLBowhunting on January 15, 2014, 09:25:51 PMI love the heads. Killed a nice buck, bull and buffalo with them all complete pass thrus and great blood trailswow how did you get them i cant even get one