Tusker Broadheads

[tomsm44]

Just ordered a package of 250 gr right bevel Tusker Concords.  I was looking around on rmsgear.com and noticed they had them on sale for $12.50/pack and showed to only have one package left in stock.  I figured at that price I'd be dumb to pass it up.  With a package of 250 gr field points and shipping it still came in under $23.  This will be my first time using this brand and my first time using a single bevel.  So what can you guys tell me about them?  Has anybody had any issues? I'll mainly just be hunting whitetail with them so I'm sure they'll be plenty tough enough, but I may also on a rare occasion get a shot at a decent sized hog.  I was shooting 190 gr Simmons interceptors with two 5 gr weight washers on my 47# longbow, so I can probably trim my arrows back just a bit and get these shooting good out of it.  I'm thinking they should give better penetration than the interceptors out of the lighter bow.  I'll work up an arrow setup using the interceptors for my 55# recurve where they'll have a little more power behind them.

[MEsquivel]

I tried the 160's once.
They're a good head. They fly like fieldtips. They're just a pain to get sharp. I couldn't get them shaving sharp, but pretty decent.
I shot a javelina with one and dropped it in its tracks. I got him square in the shoulder.
I still have a few left, I would still use them to play with.
The cutting diameter is pretty small too.
IMO, your simmons will leave a better blood tail.
Good luck with them!

[tomsm44]

Thanks.  I don't doubt the interceptors will leave a better blood trail.  I got my first shot at a deer with a trad bow last year using the Simmons heads.  She jumped the string and I hit high and forward and got poor penetration.  I know it was primarily due to hitting the shoulder blade, but I decided to go for penetration over cutting diameter for next season since it's a lower poundage bow.  I'm still going to use the Simmons heads on my heavier bows.  Glad to hear the tuskers are well made and fly well.  Hopefully I'll be able to post an actual field performance review come fall.

[Nuctech]

Hardest head I have ever attempted to sharpen and I don't know if I got a bad batch but I for the life of me could not get them to spin or shoot well.  

Gabe

[huskyarcher]

Had a great year with tusker concordes lastyear. I shot the left bevels. Takes a long time with a file to get the bevel set, but once it is i got mine nasty sharp. Had great bloodtrails on deer all fall. I shot two pigs in december with them and didnt get much a blood trail, so i tried some woodsmans and havent looked back.

Great heads though, IMO. These are all concorde kills out of a #40 Omega.








Dalton

[tomsm44]

Thanks Dalton, that's what I wanted to see.  Gabe, I'm crossing my fingers that you just got a bad batch and mine will fly fine.  Thanks again guys.

[WESTBROOK]

They come with a pretty coarse edge on them, even a few swipes across a belt sander will save a lot of file work. Mine flew great, 155 glue-on.

[silent sniper]

I have some smaller tusker super spirit single bevels. It is true, they are an absolute bear to sharpen. It took me a LONG time with the file to finally get a good edge. But once the edge was formed, I now have a super sharp broad head that I think will do the job just fine. Mine spin true and fly just fine. I really like them, just be prepared to spend some time at the file/ belt sander getting them sharp. SS

[tomsm44]

I have a 2"x72" belt grinder, so I may have an advantage when it comes to sharpening these.  Thanks guys.

[Snow Crow]

Confirm above:  well constructed, excellent flight, vicious initial sharpening sans power tools.

[WESTBROOK]

You already know but..have a can of water handy to keep them cool, they are thin and warm up quick. Sucks when they turn blue.

[Birdbow]

I've had good luck with the left SB Concordes, particularly on bear. The last one was a medium sized sow, though 11 1/2 yrs. old. The off side upper leg bone was shattered. Short but adequate blood trail.

[Terry Green]

I could care less about single dingle fingle bevel......

I've had experience with double bevel Concords and I got them extremely sharp .....so sharp I didn't want to sleep in the same house with them I was afraid they would get up in the middle of the night and kill me.

Spring steel and pretty dang tough the only heads I've  killed anything with from Tuskers are the Aztecs

[Biathlonman]

Aztecs and a rada makes a wicked sharp combo.  I've got some single bevels here but I've not spent any time them.

[tomsm44]

Originally posted by Terry Green:
I could care less about single dingle fingle bevel......

Me too.  I've always heard that however much advantage, if any, that a single bevel has is mainly when using heavier bows and shooting really tough game.  I hunt white tails typically with 47# or lighter bows, so not sure it will matter much to me.  It just happened to be that the one pack they had left in stock was rh single bevel, so we'll see how they do.  Im seeing a lot more people that like them than not.  Makes me feel good about going ahead and snatching them up.

[screamin]

I shot a bunch of heads through fresh cow shoulder blades a couple years ago. The Concorde was one of the best performers. Extremely strong steel that still wasn't dull after 10 shots.

[Tajue17]

one of the best deals in traditional broadheads today,, crazy tough head and easy to sharpen for me but you need a good sharp file,,,, if you have a dull old file forget it I notcied the difference right away..

[SlowBowinMO]

I am a big fan of the Tuskers as you might imagine, and as a result we have the largest assortment of Tuskers in the world.  As far as sharpening, they are a lot like the old Grizzlies, you need to take some steel off and get all the way through the bevel the first time.  However once done, they get wicked sharp and tend to hold their edge very well.  Resharpening is no more effort than any other head, just the first time around.

You will not be able to properly remove steel with a finishing sharpener such as a KME, you need a file or similar, however once an edge is developed you are good to go with about anything.  Fortunately the bevel edge is better out of the pack these days than it was 5 years ago.  It wasn't all that long ago that Tuskers came with no bevel at all!

Here is a video John at Tusker did, it demonstrates some of their toughness and he also gives one file method sharpening demo.

For those who don't care to sharpen, we also now have factory pre-sharpened "Bloody Sharp" heads available but they are screw ins only.

  Video Link "Tusker Tough"

[WESTBROOK]

Properly heat treated & tempered spring steel is some tough stuff and perfectly suited for broadheads.