Finally shot the Blood Runner BH at some distance I was able to finally shoot this head outdoors yesterday. At 20 and 30 yrds it shot like bullet. What I found out about this head is when I pulled it from the target it was in it's shooting position as it's spring loaded, it goes right back to the closed position. As long as there is rearward pressure on the head it will open. Makes me wonder about it's consistency of full opening the entire time of the pass thru process. What I don't like is there are not any replaceable blades for it yet, if you want to reuse it you have to sharpen it. I like the lazy way of just replaceing the blades. This will be the head I use on my first deer this year and I will report on it's in the field performance hopefully next week if it's not too awfully hot out there with pics as well.
I'll be interested in how it works for you. I like the idea and looks of the head but I am not very fond of tiny screws or allen head screws. Part of the reason I gave up on my Rocky Mtn. Turbos.........seemed like the tiny allen head screws would strip out when I tried to replace the blades.
That seems like an awefull lot of ferrule to push thru an animal with those heads. Put em thru the ringer ric.
Thanks for the review Rick. I am like you, I want to be be able to change blades in my broadheads. If you like mechanicals, Spitfires put deer down quickly. Every one I have ever shot has gone down within sight of my stand, and one season I shot 6 deer with them. I watched Ralph from Archer's Choice shoot all kinds of game from deer to bears with Spitfires when they came out, and all of his animals died within sight of the camera too. They have easily replaceable blades and require no rubberbands, which is a must imo. I just have been using Slick Tricks as I have so many of them as I got an awesome deal on a bunch before my last elk hunt, and I like a fixed blade for elk. But if I want a mechanical, I go to the Spitfires. I used Spitfire Gobbler getters this spring, and they anchored the birds EXACTLY where they were shot.
some good, and some bad reviews on cabelas.com...... here are the negative ones so far........... "I purchased 3 "blood runners" last evening, I shot my Bow 3 shots into a "block" target this after noon. On the 3rd shot one of my blood runners broke. It broke on the red anodized aluminium where one of the pin holes are drilled." "I love the concept of how the blood runner works. However they are not made strong enough to withstand any kind of target practice. I shot one head 4 times into a foam target and the front-end of one of the 3 blades fell apart. One other thing, they advertise them as having a 1.5" cutting width. They are only 1.25 or 1.33 at best. The blood runner should be taken off the market. Sorry guys." "What a piece of junk this broadhead is. Three shots into a Block target and a screw that holds one of the cutting blades fell out. I should have known better than to buy a broadhead that depends on screws to hold the blades in place. Broadhead #2 after 2 shots lost a screw and this was after I checked them with a teeny tiny screw driver before practice. But wait there's more. Upon falling out in flight the blade reversed and when it hit the target the broadhead itself broke where a screw goes through the pretty red aluminum head. It's going on two weeks and I've not gotten a reply from NAP to my questions of if they would replace the first broadhead with the lost screw and that's okay because I don't want anymore of these. The only reason it's getting 1 star is because this system requires it.
