Note on this Grim Reaper Razortip how the angle from the tip to the first blade is extended.
Personally I have always preferred a three bladed head because for me I could always get tighter groups then when using either a two or four bladed model, plus the three blades also gave me increased size of cut in comparison to a two bladed model. The next consideration is the size of the cut. Judge your broadhead accuracy by the size of the group and not how they hit in relationship to a field tip of the same weight. Mechanical broadheads have greatly reduced the flight problems often encountered with fixed bladed heads but I have found there is still some slight flight differences even with the mechanicals. There are a lot of good broadheads on the market and the choice is yours but when it comes down to bringing home the bacon, based on my experience, my choice is the Grim Reaper. They are definitely the tightest grouping broadhead I have ever shot. When shooting the Grim Reaper my biggest problem was busting up my arrows. They weigh the same but they sure don’t fly the same. If you don’t believe that just take two identical pieces of paper, roll one into a ball and fold the other into a paper airplane. It is the aerodynamics of the head that causes it to change its point of impact not the weight as many people assume. But if they grouped I simply moved the sight.
Depending upon the broadhead and the set-up I was shooting some were off by an inch while others could have been off by three inches. I have never had a broadhead that hit EXACTLY where my field tips hit. In other words if my broadheads shoot one inch to the right and one inch high but they are all hitting the same spot I simply move the sight. I am more interested in how my broadheads group. That’s great but personally I don’t care.
Everyone likes to talk about how their broadheads shoot just like their field tips. When shooting my broadheads I use only one criterion for accuracy and that is the size of the group and the tighter the group the better.
The first step is matching your arrow to your bow and doing the proper tuning and practice so you can repeatedly hit the mark at the maximum range you intend to bowhunt. You can’t expect any broadhead to produce accurate results out of a bow that is not properly tuned. What a bow hunter needs from his broadheads are accuracy, strength, penetration and cutting ability. However, when it comes to broadheads it is a completely different story. Often the difference between the outfits is minor and boils down to personal preference or your budget. In my opinion there are hundreds of combinations of bows, rests, sights, releases and arrows that will make a great bowhunting outfit. Since that day I have taken over 100 whitetail with a bow using every possible combination of archery equipment. I killed my first buck with a bow in 1956.