Hi guys just ordered a set of zwickey deltas for my 42 lb bow. How do you think they will shoot. Im starting to think i should have ordered the no mercy heads because the deltas are so wide

Get them sharp and you will be just fine!!

You're gonna love em!

They've been killin critters for a long time...

There is only a quarter inch difference.  As Ron said get them sharp and put them in the right spot.

Best made as far as I am concerned
Terry

You picked some good ones.  Gettem sharp and they will drop anything if put in the right spot.  I sharpen mine with a mill bastard file.

Are you actually pulling 42 lbs?  What kind of bow is it?  What are you hunting?  How heavy are your arrows?  If hunting whitetail deer size game, are you using tree stands or ground blinds?  Delta's are great broadheads, and I love 'em; but a No Mercy or Eskimo would give you a greater chance of a total pass-thru if you are hunting from the trees.  Just my experience....

Great head! Killed all kinds of stuff with them.

Wonderful broadhead can't go no better.

I shoot the 4 blade deltas out of bows in the upper 40s to 50 lb range. Really like them.

You asked, I think, how they will shoot.  So I'm assuming that maybe you are concerned with planing because of the width?  Or out of low poundage bows?

I've shot Zwickey Deltas a lot, a well as the big Magnus head, which is essentially the same thing.  I shoot either 5 1/2" shield 3 fletch or 4" 4-fletch with helical twist and those big heads hit right where the field points do. Have shot in bows from 45# to over 70# with no issues.  Great hunting head.

thanks for the replies guys. soory im pulling 45lb not 42lb. the bow is marked 50lb but at my draw of 27" i pull 45lb. i will be shooting warthogs,impala, blesbok and maybe just maybe kudu cows or a nyala. but dont think i wil go that way. if i want to shoot kudu or nyala I can just use my 60lb recurve

No need for doubt in a head as proven as that zwickey in combo with your setup!
STOS heads another good option. I haven't used zwickey but used the STOS a bit, they made animals dead.

Great Heads, they will shoot good as long as your arrow is properly tuned.

Love my Deltas tree or ground.

Any of the Zwickey's.... They work great!

My favorite are the Eskimo, used them for about 45 years now.

I know of no bad Zwickeys! I have taken several deer with the Deltas. I can't imagine anything going wrong with the head itself. I pretty much shoot the " no mercy " heads for everything now though. I dropped down about 5# in draw weight last year and switched to a slightly narrower head. You can stump shoot all summer with a Zwickey, and sharpen it for hunting in the fall!

I've killed a lot of stuff with the Zwickeys and they seem to put critters down quickly but I generally have a lousy blood trail. And this is with a complete pass through. The last deer I shot with a delta, the arrow went 30 yards further than the deer did, but not a drop of ground blood until the deer dropped.

QuoteOriginally posted by newhouse114:
The last deer I shot with a delta, the arrow went 30 yards further than the deer did, but not a drop of ground blood until the deer dropped.

So what was the problem??????...Kills them so fast they don't have time to bleed?  I've found the same results    

No Mercy 4 blade............