Interesting, I have a pack of the 100s and question how much energy it takes to open them.

 

Well.. try ‘em out on something! Like I said, they do feel stiff when opening them manually.. but if they were truly that stiff, 1 layer of cardboard wouldn’t open them up like this.

 

Once I have some time to get out and shoot a bit, I’ll probably shoot this head at a couple different objects to see if it does open every time. I don’t think it’ll be a problem really.

 

G5 says it takes between 3-6 pounds to open them. Claim it's the same as the Mega/Dead meats. Supposed to have videos on Dudleys IG about it this week.

 

Nice, I look forward to seeing something about that. I could definitely see it being true, those clips on the Dead Meat/Mega Meat heads do a good job holding on and letting go when intended.

 

Lusk has done his test on them. He still has to edit before he posts the video. I'm impatiently waiting

 

Nice! Looking forward to that as well.

 

that actually went a lot better than i thought it would. i like the idea but love the idea behind the sevr 1.5 hybrids

 

Not a fan of SEVRs personally. I know a lot of guy love ‘em but they’re not for me.

Honestly not a big fan of 2 blade heads in general.. just had to grab a pack of these to try out since I like the other G5 mechs. No way these are going to fully replace those in my quiver though. I’m a sucker for a big ol’ triangle.

 

yeah i used the G5 deadmeats last year and loved them.

 

Ditto. They’re my go-to as far a mechanicals go. The Megas are insane as well, if you have the punch.

 

Could you do drop test similar to the one I tried?

It's a single piece of cardboard
.. actually a box of paper cover. So it's elevated above the ground.

https://www.archerytalk.com/threads/trypan-vs-nc-with-deployment-test.5956076/

 

Could you do drop test similar to the one I tried?

It's a single piece of cardboard
.. actually a box of paper cover. So it's elevated above the ground.

https://www.archerytalk.com/threads/trypan-vs-nc-with-deployment-test.5956076/

Looks cool! I’ll try to remember to snag some cardboard from work tomorrow and give it a shot.

 

Took the T2 out to the field yesterday and played around with a few shots. Every time the head hit foam, it fully deployed showing a nice 2” cut in the face of my SEVR block. The cardboard box however was a different story, it did not like that very much. Went through the LAS catalog with a full 2” cut no problem. I did end up grouping it with a Magnus Black Hornet against my better judgement and ended up robinhooding the Black Hornet arrow.. which lead to one bent blade on the t2 and a small chip out of the other blade, along with a split in half nock/shaft (on the arrow I hit). These heads seem pretty nice, the 2” cut would for sure look wicked on a Whitetail.. but I’ll likely just stick to the other G5 three blade offerings unless I stack enough bodies this season to want to try something new. The cardboard trial kind of freaked me out a bit, obviously cardboard doesn’t quite to an animal’s hide, but I have so much trust in other heads there’s no real need for me to switch it up with something I’m skeptical about at this point in time.

First shot - looks like one blade hung up which caused a slight deflection, not a full size cut on exit.

Second shot - Neither blades opened on cardboard but did open to full cut size upon entrance into the block behind the box.

Third shot - Fully opened at the cover of the catalog, producing a full length cut through the entire thing.

 

Interesting results. I have my concerns about deployment. Waiting around on Lusk and been trying to figure out something to shoot them through. Leather is used some I guess. Denim maybe? Really like the setup but man are they stiff.

 

Yeah when I was shooting the box I said to my buddy “I wish I had some leather to shoot at”.. I think that would probably be the closest thing to the real deal as far as testing goes. Cardboard isn’t a very fair test really, so I can’t totally ditch the idea of using this head because of that.

Wish I had some hogs here in NJ to take a swing at. I’d love to see a solid handful of actual shots on game.

 

 

Shockingly dull.

 

Terriblely dull. Seems like a ton of force to open and push through that leather. I have no frame of reference though.

 

Yeah that was pretty strange.. didn’t seem to have any issue when being shot into it at least. I didn’t check the guy’s channel out, he may have more videos testing other heads the same way, idk.

 

Just recieved my 125s from bass pro/cabelas... like trypan type sharp... certainly not scary sharp, and the only one I've handled so far has a slightly curled over tip... less than impressed!

 

This is interesting. I always felt that G5 replaceable blades were some of the sharpest. Wonder what the deal is.

 

Here's another review. Seems like they performed well on animals.

 

Well I ran a rough test of it through a sheet of fairly soft silicone. This stuff is 20 duro, 200psi tear and 800% elongation. Didn't open on the silicone, didn't open on the back of the cardboard box. Opened on the blob though. So I'm not sure what to think. Proves nothing i suppose, I have my doubts if you put one through a soft tissue critter that it's going to open reliably though.

 

Shot the T2 vs a Sevr 2.0 this evening. Through the same material the Sevr opens fine and the T2 doesn't. May be meaningless, or just an anomaly of some sort. To me it indicates the T2 doesn't deploy as easily as a Sevr. Shoot them into something dense like gel, foam or probably even layers of cardboard and they are fine. What this means in animals I really can't say. I don't think I'll be using them though.

 

 

Gonna shoot a critter with one?

 

in the open position I don’t like how the blade closest to the ferrule is blocked by the opposite blade. Need to fix this.

 

That's the case with pretty much every rear deploy 2 blade head. The only one I can think of that may not have that is the G5 Havoc. Rage, Sevr, T2, etc all have that deployment shoulder that will block the front of the blade.

 

That's an interesting head. Rocky Mountain Snyper from what I can find online. I wonder why in all the copies from those old heads like that all the 2 blade rears have the butted wings and those dont?

 

Looks like the Rage Slip-Cam is a pretty close copy of it. I'm guessing it works with the wider aluminum ferrule but with a skinnier steel/titanium ferrule you can't hide the wings inside.

 

John Dudley goes through a factory tour of G5 to promote the T2 broadhead.

Pretty neat.

 

Nice video.

 

So after rewatching the T2 video vs trypan I had to get a pack.

They look super high quality in person and blades are scary sharp.

I worked the mechanism to open them with my fingers and it felt extremely stiff.

A few years ago I did drop tests of a few broadheads. Put head on arrow and drop it in increasing height increments until it deploys through suspended cardboard.

So I did that today.

Deployed from 5 feet high. Repeated and it did the same thing

Super impressed

Here's my previous thread

https://www.archerytalk.com/threads/trypan-vs-nc-with-deployment-test.5956076/

 

I had to get some as well, since trypans are always trying to deploy in the quiver

T2 is going strong, i like them so far. It may be a trypan knockoff, but it’s an improved version for my use

I assume they are the same blade steel as dead meat, and they held an edge pretty well for a stamped blade, the T2 comes sharper than most as well

 

I had to get some as well, since trypans are always trying to deploy in the quiver

T2 is going strong, i like them so far. It may be a trypan knockoff, but it’s an improved version for my use

I assume they are the same blade steel as dead meat, and they held an edge pretty well for a stamped blade, the T2 comes sharper than most as well

I just got a couple packs. I used Deadmeats last year. They may be the same material, but the blades are definitely more stout than the deadmeats. They are very sharp.

Deploying them from the closed position takes a lot more of a push than I expected. I wouldn’t use these with a lower poundage bow set up or a short draw length.

 

They always open in my quiver! Like every mechanical I've tried.

 

Anyone shoot anything yet with these? How’d they perform?