SAVORA Broadheads thanks RADSAV

[MLBowhunting]

This is very exciting stuff.  I am glad its getting close.  We have been waiting for a while for the sweet heads to comeout. 

[RadSav]

Rad - do you have a list of retailers that will be selling these and/or a date when they will hit the shelves?

We have not gotten a lot of pre orders in house yet for these heads.  We do have verbal commitments with a lot of the local stores and Sportsman's Warehouse.  With all the difficulties we have experienced in getting production rolling we focused on what we are calling a "Soft Launch".  So at this time we haven't done much in promotion or strong sales presentations.  Once we know for certain we can ship on a particular date I will personally be contacting our close working partners here in the northwest and things should progress quite rapidly.

Currently the only Washington State dealers to formally commit in stocking the heads are Grizzly Archery, Yakima and Steve's Archery, Walla Walla.  And of course that means they will be the first in the state to receive them.  However, the verbal commitment list is a very long one that includes most the major archery shops in Idaho, Oregon and Washington!

I will definitely advise Hunt-Washington members when we are ready to ship as the final ferrules come in and pass quality control.  At that time I will try to keep everyone posted as who is receiving stock and who can ship direct or who will have us drop ship direct. 

We are currently working on a proposal with a number of shops eastside and westside where we will drop ship directly to Hunt-Washington members at a special introductory discount rate for a set period of time.  In the next week or two we will iron out all the legalities, rules and restrictions of this program.

[nw_bowhunter]

When the broadhead are ready Will they be at stores or just online? I want some. 

[D-Rock425]

See post above.

[Karl Blanchard]

Nice!  Glad Mike is on board!  I need to stop in and tell him to make sure he sets a few packs of the 125's in the back for me!

[nw_bowhunter]

See post above.

I replied on a quick post.  Hadn't see the post prior to asking") woops

[D-Rock425]

See post above.

I replied on a quick post.  Hadn't see the post prior to asking") woops

kinda what I thought

[Jonathan_S]

I am so excited for these   

[et1702]

Any plans for some 150gr heads in the future?  If not, might have to use some brass inserts and give the 125's a try.

Thanks,

ET

[JJB11B]

Rad - do you have a list of retailers that will be selling these and/or a date when they will hit the shelves?

We have not gotten a lot of pre orders in house yet for these heads.  We do have verbal commitments with a lot of the local stores and Sportsman's Warehouse.  With all the difficulties we have experienced in getting production rolling we focused on what we are calling a "Soft Launch".  So at this time we haven't done much in promotion or strong sales presentations.  Once we know for certain we can ship on a particular date I will personally be contacting our close working partners here in the northwest and things should progress quite rapidly.

Currently the only Washington State dealers to formally commit in stocking the heads are Grizzly Archery, Yakima and Steve's Archery, Walla Walla.  And of course that means they will be the first in the state to receive them.  However, the verbal commitment list is a very long one that includes most the major archery shops in Idaho, Oregon and Washington!

I will definitely advise Hunt-Washington members when we are ready to ship as the final ferrules come in and pass quality control.  At that time I will try to keep everyone posted as who is receiving stock and who can ship direct or who will have us drop ship direct. 

We are currently working on a proposal with a number of shops eastside and westside where we will drop ship directly to Hunt-Washington members at a special introductory discount rate for a set period of time.  In the next week or two we will iron out all the legalities, rules and restrictions of this program.

Let me know when you ship to Steves will you? Id like to get a few packs of them... I live less than 5 minutes from his shop

[RadSav]

Any plans for some 150gr heads in the future?  If not, might have to use some brass inserts and give the 125's a try.

We actually do have some plans for a more traditional Savora type head in the future.  The one I have been playing with is basically a Savora Champion 125 with a Titanium ferrule similar to the Ti-Con that comes out at 145 grains.  I had spoken with Boneaddict about doing some testing on it, but then we had to put efforts in other areas for the moment.  But, sometime in the next year or so we will return to this project.  That blade design is a special one.  While it is a bit larger in blade profile it is a great penetrator and is durable in a thinner blade material.  Thinner blade material means easier cutting.

When I first brought Duke Savora's Champion 125 to market back in the early 90's I went on an absolute terror tagging animals.  Of course our arrow speeds were 230-260 back then and we used 4" vanes as standard.  But I've shot it up to 295 fps with four blazer vanes on the ACC 3-60  and still had consistent accuracy in some wind and rain out to 100 yards.  Just have to be smart about how you fletch your arrows.  For traditionalists, like Boneaddict, that might not want to constantly be sharpening old world broadheads it should be a real winner!  One might consider it a modern replaceable blade option to the Wensel Woodsman as blade angles are almost identical.  And, since Duke designed the first one back in the mid seventies...it's a lot more traditional than many of the hand sharpened so called "Traditional" versions available today.

I doubt we will see much of a market to support a short profile/steep blade angle 150 grain version.  Some companies are trying to gain traction selling some as "Crossbow" approved broadheads, but that has not yet proven a successful marketing strategy.  If things change and we think we can recover the huge amount of startup capitol it takes to bring one to market we will certainly do so.  However, as the market is right now that project would probably lose 50 - 100K that could produce greater returns elsewhere as we return to the broadhead market gradually.  When we are about 250K in the hole right now and have yet to sell a single broadhead some things have to wait.  Even if they are great products and good ideas for many with FOC issues.

[bullfisher]

Good post, thanks for the update.

[D-Rock425]

Can't wait to see them in person

[RadSav]

Couldn't have two better people for your heads.  Congrats Del and Larry. 

We've talked about Larry here, but not much about Del.  Figured I would post a few pictures so guys can see why Del is such a large focus of what we are doing.  Besides being a very close personal friend Del is one of the best internationally known bowhunters out there.  And as you can see from these pictures he rarely ever does things in a small way.  These are not ranch or canned hunts either.  He is a true bowhunter and when he said what he wanted in a broadhead we definitely listened!

These are just a few of the dozens of quality animals he has taken over the years.  We are so glad he decided to leave Muzzy and work with us.  He is a great asset to RAD and even a better friend!

[bullfisher]

Wow, a lion a buff and a hippo woth a bow.