I was given some older broadheads can anyone tell me what kind they are?
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From left to right..
#1. Olive green 2 blade 2-3/4" long has a circle with M-A stamped in it.
#2. Black 3 blade 2-1/4" long has a H stamped between the blades on all sides.
#3. Black 2 blade with bleeder 3" long no marks.
I'm guessing all these are from the 70's, about the time the guy that gave them to me stop bowhunting.
Should I use them?
From Left to right
M-A 2
Howard Hill 3 blade later rip off became the Bodkin
Hilbre(looks like)
Number two is a Hi-Precision broadhead. I used them when I first started hunting. Number 1 is a MA-2, and number 3 appears to be an Arrowmate that Shakespeare used on some of their early arrows. It's not a Hilbre...I lightened up the photo to get a better look.
When you take photos like that, don't use a white background....it fools the camera shutter into reading the background and it shuts down the f-stop. Use a darker background to absorb flash.
What caught my eye was your home town, St Johns Michigan....awesome place!!
The number two head, was a copy of the Hill's Hornet....not Howard Hill. It was a different company altogether. The Hi-Precision and the Bodkin were two different broadheads as well.
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Drew:
The head on the left as Geroge said is the MA2 made by Make-all tool and Die Co. West Allis Wisconsin in the mid 1950's
The Middle head is a Hi-Precision made in Orange City, Iowa in the early 1950's
The far right is a Arrowmate four blade made in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the late 1950's thru the mid 1970's yours is a mid 1970's model.
Bob
They look strange to me. I have no idea what they are :p :bigsmyl:
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Must be real hot there to do that to a broadhead Van.
I think the far right is the Hilbre.
I will never be able to collect old broadheads, because I would sharpen that old MA-2 and hunt with it. Thats when steel was steel, like the old
Razorheads, they just get sharp by accident.
The only thing cooler than old bows is old broadheads.
thanks Guys! Wow they are older than I thought.
So should i use them or just put them away??
Thanks Roger...the mint city isn't a bad little town. If your around sometime let me know, we can shoot or grab a drink.
Van, you been watchin "The Ring" too much, :biglaugh:
Drew:
Just use them, they are very common and not worth much, except for the ones Van has they look like one of a kind
:banghead:
Bob
Personally, I wouldn't use that Arrowmate on anything but small game. Plastic ferrules don't hold up very well if you hit bone.
Fervently agree with Jason!! The steel in those Arrowmates was awesome... but the plastic ferrule was crap.
Well said Charlie! :thumbsup:
He did not ask how good they were, only if he should keep them or use them !!!!! I agree the Arrowmate are not very good.
Bob
I looked at the third one again last night...there's no plastic on it, it's all metal.
Drew:
Look again, if you are counting from left to right, the four blade head on the right has a plastic ferrule. Easy to tell take a sharp knife and you will be able to cut a piece off it.
Bob