There are lots of different brands and styles of broadheads in fixed and mechanical. Some will fly like field point providing they are the same weight as the field point. A person is better to sight in with what they plan to shoot with.
Some packages may be labelled for crossbow while others are not. I have broad heads from the 1980's that were shot with a vertical compound bow that work good with a crossbow.
Here are a few I would stay away from and my reasons why:
1)Allen Gunnison: these have a steel point that screws into an aluminum body. The point threads can cause the aluminum body to distort and the whole broadhead can come apart. I had good luck target shooting until one went through the broad head target with the point jamming into a piece of plywood I had for an addition backstop. Another broad head, one blade came out and is still in a Rinehart Rhino XL block target. The collar to tighten the blade is aluminum. I have found these in Wal Mart and Canadiantire.
2)Cold Steel Cheap Shot. These are a two blade, one piece. Hitting something hard (frozen ground) the blade teeth shear off and the threaded section can easily break, leaving this part in the insert. These were purchased directly from the company.
3)Sevr 100 grain. One is supposed to be able to close these blades and reset them from the open, locked position with the plastic included tool. No matter how I tried this failed. I had to take the holding screw part way out and re align the blade to close it. When in the locked open position, if a blade hits something hard, it will swing to try and pass the hard object. I have only used these for target practice, testing in the practice mode and in the hunting mode. Some have supplied good feed back on the larger head. With the larger size which has a longer blade, one may have more leverage to unlock and close these blades?? Mine were purchased directly from the company.
All the best.
Some packages may be labelled for crossbow while others are not. I have broad heads from the 1980's that were shot with a vertical compound bow that work good with a crossbow.
Here are a few I would stay away from and my reasons why:
1)Allen Gunnison: these have a steel point that screws into an aluminum body. The point threads can cause the aluminum body to distort and the whole broadhead can come apart. I had good luck target shooting until one went through the broad head target with the point jamming into a piece of plywood I had for an addition backstop. Another broad head, one blade came out and is still in a Rinehart Rhino XL block target. The collar to tighten the blade is aluminum. I have found these in Wal Mart and Canadiantire.
2)Cold Steel Cheap Shot. These are a two blade, one piece. Hitting something hard (frozen ground) the blade teeth shear off and the threaded section can easily break, leaving this part in the insert. These were purchased directly from the company.
3)Sevr 100 grain. One is supposed to be able to close these blades and reset them from the open, locked position with the plastic included tool. No matter how I tried this failed. I had to take the holding screw part way out and re align the blade to close it. When in the locked open position, if a blade hits something hard, it will swing to try and pass the hard object. I have only used these for target practice, testing in the practice mode and in the hunting mode. Some have supplied good feed back on the larger head. With the larger size which has a longer blade, one may have more leverage to unlock and close these blades?? Mine were purchased directly from the company.
All the best.
