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#3 ·
I am going with them this year - didnt shoot anything with them last year, but the three test arrows I got were tough as nails. I had his reign (VAP version) - I am torn right now on the shaft to use...VAP, Ximpact, or Easton ProComps. Definitely doing the solid short jags. The vented hiss pretty good.
 
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I bought a half dozen of the 150 gr blood eagles. They shot very accurate and consistent. I put two through a deer, and didn’t have the best damage or blood trail, but that doesn’t always tell a full story and can vary from case to case.

The reason I decided to stop using them though is I had also purchased the bench grinder sharpening kit. it would get rid of any dings and clean the blades up real well, however it didn’t really get them that sharp in my opinion. I was able to grip my my hand around the blade with moderate force and push the Broadhead through my blade without any concern of cutting myself. It was more or less like it just buffed them clean. I’m sure there could be a way to get them sharper than I was able to, just seemed like it was a lot of work still considering how simple the system is supposed to be.
 
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Simplestman84 said:
I bought a half dozen of the 150 gr blood eagles. They shot very accurate and consistent. I put two through a deer, and didn’t have the best damage or blood trail, but that doesn’t always tell a full story and can vary from case to case.

The reason I decided to stop using them though is I had also purchased the bench grinder sharpening kit. it would get rid of any dings and clean the blades up real well, however it didn’t really get them that sharp in my opinion. I was able to grip my my hand around the blade with moderate force and push the Broadhead through my blade without any concern of cutting myself. It was more or less like it just buffed them clean. I’m sure there could be a way to get them sharper than I was able to, just seemed like it was a lot of work still considering how simple the system is supposed to be.
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That kit is only meant for when you need to touch up the broadhead. You have to use a belt grinder if you let them get as dull as you did. Mine are that dull by the end of summer and put them in the belt grinder, polish with beach grinder and keep them touched up throughout the season with it as well.


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I used the 180 grain Short Jag on a couple of deer and hogs. I thought they did great. They are well made, concentric and very sharp out of the package. They were right with field points at 50 yards which is the furthest I shot them. I had pass throughs and good short blood trails in each case. Absolutely no durability issues.
 
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littlebrotherC said:
That kit is only meant for when you need to touch up the broadhead. You have to use a belt grinder if you let them get as dull as you did. Mine are that dull by the end of summer and put them in the belt grinder, polish with beach grinder and keep them touched up throughout the season with it as well.


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That’s not what they advertise...

Plus you just made an assumption of what my experience was instead of asking a question to clarify… The fact is I was just touching up the blades. I did not let them get “dull” two of them I had put through a deer and the head stuck in the dirt, one of them had a minor ding on one of the blades and a small bit of a pushover on the tip of the blade from hitting a rock when it planted in the dirt after passing through the deer. The third one I tried to sharpen up I was just touching up after using it on my Broadhead target... all three of them probably could’ve been shot through an animal again but I wanted to touch them up to get them back to factory sharp. They all came out significantly duller after trying to touch them up. I tried different amounts of passes and approaches on each of them to try to get a better result but they all ended up the same. I ended up ordering their honing stick in the last ditch effort, and that helped but just kind of left me unimpressed overall.
 
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