I dont see anything on Ron's site about pre sharpened heads, but have heard rumblings? Ron?
I may have missed it, but what has the good Doc said about the Abowyer heads? Are they worth the Xtra $$ over the Grizzlies? they sure look good! I'm looking at that big, 1 1/2 incher that is 2 3/8 long. I know it doesn't have the ME that the El Grande has, but I like the bigger hole its gonna make..
Anyone have good/bad to tell about the new Abowyer Single Bevs???
Thanks,
Ernie
I am looking at them hard and I'm a WW man. I think they have a future in my hog arsenal.
Mike
I'm diggin' the whitetails myself.May just stop the procrastinating and just buy em already.
I will be using the Brown Bear in Africa in July there a quality head produced by a GREAT guy
Ron told me he was impressed with the Abowyer heads. Good enough for me. I'm looking at the Brown Bear model.
Just contact Ron, he will give you instructions on how to get the heads to him. I have some 190s I been meaning to drop in the mail.
J
I have some Brown Bears. Haven't hunted them yet but they are easy to sharpen with the KME or just by hand. All I'm using are stones, files are not needed. They appear VERY stout
Good News! Thanks!
Im still in the holding pattern will have a whitetail model nocked tomorrow afternoon. Now all I need is a pig to step out.
Shawn
If I were to buy a 2 blade broadhead, it would be one of Larry's heads. Just picking one up, you can see and feel the quality in them. Precision made with fine steel. He almost has me moved to the dark side...
Larry is a smart guy and good fellow to boot.
Call Ron. I just received a pack of RW Single bevel Tuskers from Ron today and they look great. I'm usually a do it yourself guy but having the initial metal taken down saves me days. You Can't beat his service.
If I remember correctly, Ashby had some good things to say about the Abowyers original design(bonehead?) early on when he was still including mechanicals in his testing. In fact that was why I had originally started messing with the Abowyers.
They are an awesome head! Even Ed agrees on this. I've shot them and wouldn't think twice about shooting them again. I had great results on some I was testing. Only one catastrophic failure. On steep angle away shots they demonstrate a bad skip angle. This means that the rear cutting edge contacts flesh before the tip due to the short design and algle of blade pitch. I opened a goat like a zipper skipping down the ribs. I hate to say something like this based on one shot failure. I think it can easily be considered unlucky or a fluke to base any broadhead selection based on only one animal. There are simply too many variables to base something on one shot. Fact of the matter is that I probably shouldn't have taken such a steep angle away shot but I did. Other than that one failure I don't think you could tear one up or make one fail on ordinary bone under ordinary conditions. They are a good head with the time tested single bevel design. I'd say to give them a serious look and decide for yourself in real conditions. Good luck. CK
I'm gonna order some of the Large Boneheads... to lessen the "skip" effect... the Brown Bear would be the trick... I think...
Thanks all...
E
Just looking at the photos and reading the specs, definitely the Brown Bear is closest to Ashby's MA specs. If that design came in a 250-grain or so I'd give it a try for sure.
I have some Wapiti's and they look fantastic. They sharpen hair poppin' sharp too.. The Wapiti and a 125 steel adapter make for 305 up front. Should be like a run-a-way freight train !!!
I'm also going to try some Javelinas when they get some rt.wings in stock...
I just recently purchased a collectors "set", one each of all seven. I have checked them all out severely, but have not shot any of them. I think they are very well put together and I am planning on getting a set to shoot soon. The heads I got were sharp, but need touching up before they are hunted. I was impressed with them.
ChuckC
I got 18 of the Brown Bears for my son and me to use on Hogs and Elk this year. They are strong and super sharp right out of the package.
Have not killed anything with them yet.
Elk hunters...
Whatchya think? A well tuned arrow of 550 ish grains at 190-200 fps...
Is the Large Bonehead too little ME?? I KNOW the brown bear is ideal for penetration..but if the big 1 1/2 inch bonehead would work....that is what I'd go for in a heartbeat...
Ive been using 160 Grizz with 100 grain adapter and not feeling undergunned.. If I was going to use a 1 1/8 head...id just stick with the grizzly...
Ernie
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Ernie, good to see you posting here. :scared: With a 550 grain arrow!? :eek: :clapper: E-mail Ron at KME or give him a call. He's good people.
Ernie, I've got one of Ken's rocket launchers on the way and I'm either going to get the large BoneHead or the Wapiti for my new elk medicine rig. That 1.5" cutting area looks mighty appealing. And for me to get near 10 gpp my arrows are gonna be a finished weight between 600 to 650 gr.
Just got my Wapitis. They're a little longer than listed -- 2 1/2 inches long x 1 1/4 inch wide. Will be shooting them this summer and plan to use them for elk and deer next fall.
Bent...Yeah, shooting a 64 ish pound bow I'll get about 200 with that arrow weight.. or a skish more..
190 with a 625 grain arrow...
babaloo... I bet you'll be a happy camper with that setup!!
E