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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: demontang on August 06, 2008, 09:02:57 PM

Title: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on August 06, 2008, 09:02:57 PM: This guy on ebay is selling the old style of crimson talons for $15 a pack free shipping. :yike: Think its 2xj enterprises??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crimson-Talon-Broadheads_W0QQitemZ250276236145QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250276236145&_trkparms=72%3A1071%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: snohohunter on August 06, 2008, 09:08:27 PM: I'm in the market for some broadheads....are these decent? Any opinions?
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on August 06, 2008, 09:10:48 PM: They shot realy well for me.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: DeKuma on August 07, 2008, 08:12:00 AM: I bought them, but they are not flying well for me. Need to do some tuning before I rule the broadhead out though.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on August 07, 2008, 06:50:31 PM: Use blazers or some other 2" vane, they didnt fly as well with the 4" vanes I had. :twocents:
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: KillBilly on August 07, 2008, 07:58:51 PM: Quote from: demontang on August 06, 2008, 09:02:57 PM
This guy on ebay is selling the old style of crimson talons for $15 a pack free shipping. :yike: Think its 2xj enterprises??

http://cgi.ebay.com/Crimson-Talon-Broadheads_W0QQitemZ250276236145QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250276236145&_trkparms=72%3A1071%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12&_trksid=p3286

You better check them for being legal. The book says that the back of the blade must taper towards the feathers/fletches. they look very 90 degree to me in the pic
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on August 07, 2008, 08:12:12 PM: This if from the book it just need to be closed n the back end of the blade.

It is unlawful to hunt with a broadhead blade unless the broadhead is unbarbed and completely closed to the back end of the blade or blades by a smooth, unbroken surface starting at maximum blade width forming a smooth line toward the feather.

(https://hunting-washington.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spintite.com%2Fimages%2Fprod-talon-02.jpg&hash=d5eb12e28aefd83b6faee31f976258245a640ebe)
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: KillBilly on September 12, 2008, 10:40:18 PM: "starting at maximum blade width forming a smooth line toward the feather. "

the secret to legal is what you found in the book and quoted. Just being closed is not enough. The back must taper towards the fletch.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on September 13, 2008, 12:00:15 PM: The ones I have sure look like the taper back :dunno: the FG officer I ran into said they where legal.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: Bscman on September 19, 2008, 02:23:11 PM: I asked about this years ago when I first started archery hunting.

The idea the G/W I talked to gave me was that they don't want you using broadheads that act like the barb of a fishing hook....hence the closed in the back and forming a straight line quotation.

You can't have closed in the back, but angling back TOWARDS the tip--and that would be illegal.
I can't imagine anyone hassling you over 90° rather than an obvious taper to the fletch...but I'm no G/W...just speculating.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: addicted on October 01, 2008, 09:01:35 AM: those things shred awesome. wound channel out the ying yang. pretty original on their designs over there. they are hard to practice with cuz they spiral into the target making them hard to pull out but when it comes to killing they get it done.

my unkle is a muzzy fanatic but these things have him hooked.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: addicted on October 01, 2008, 09:02:31 AM: http://spintite.com/

if you wanna look
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: Bscman on October 01, 2008, 09:23:45 AM: Anyone buy these?
I've heard the older models have pretty weak blades...anyone care to comment?
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: DeKuma on October 01, 2008, 09:28:36 AM: I have them. They seem to be okay, but dull quickly, are a pain to sharpen, so you have to buy repl. blades, an do not seem to take a beating well. The tip gets bunged up pretty easy, and the blades on ming show some "chipping" even though they have only been shot into my block target for the most part, or the hay bail behind it.
I would not choose to buy them again, even though I like the concept.

Demontang here has had good luvck with them though.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: demontang on October 01, 2008, 11:54:15 AM: I use a diamond to sharpen them and they have held up to a lot of abuse. I have broken two but I dont think any broad head would have take that abuse. I shot an elk with one and the blade was still sharp, I missed an elk and hit a old stump and that one is still sharp too. :dunno:
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: Kain on October 06, 2008, 10:28:34 AM: I saw these at Walmart yesterday. I had never heard of them before and now I read this post. Didnt look at the price maybe I will go back and check.
Title: Re: found crimson talons for $15
Post by: Bscman on October 06, 2008, 09:28:11 PM: Quote from: Kain on October 06, 2008, 10:28:34 AM
I saw these at Walmart yesterday. I had never heard of them before and now I read this post. Didnt look at the price maybe I will go back and check.

The ones at walmart are the XT's (thicker blades) and are $27 for 4, IIRC.