Here's the story. I ordered some 100 grain 2 blade meat seekers from cabelas last Fri. night. Upon receiving them today I noticed that one of the blades was loose in the pack and the set screw that holds the blade on was also loose in the pack. When I opened the package I could definitely tell that the head had been shot previously. Blades were super dull, the whole nine yards. I immediately called cabelas customer support and they vowed to make it right. They said that I would have a new pack by Friday and to keep the other pack. Kudos to their customer service. Well the first thing I do is put the dulled head back together and go outside to shoot it a little bit. I looked at it as a free practice head. To make long story short I shot it 5 times into my broadhead target and not one time did it open up upon entry. Entry hole looked exactly like a field tip. So naturally I thought this might be a bad head so I went inside to get one of the other heads that was brand new and had never been shot. Well, unfortunately, I got the same result. The blades didn't open. And what was even worse, when I pushed the arrow on through the target so I could remove the head, the blades were still closed and the rubber band was gone. To be honest I will have six of these broadheads come Friday, but there's no way I'm going to take these things in the deer woods come Oct. 1. Any thoughts or ideas would be appreciated. Anyone had any similar results from these heads. Most of the reviews I read on them were good.
Chris, my first thought was that they might be closing when you pulled them back out... a lot of mechs do that. But... if you pushed it on through, and the blades were STILL closed... that's not a good omen. Wonder what customer service from the manufacturer would have to say about that?
Greg, that is exactly what happened...I'm just thinking about sending 'em back. But, I'll be damned if I'm paying the 7.50 shipping fee.
Chris, dont those blades deploy when pressure is applied to the tip? If so, do they deploy when you push down on the tip?
PT, It definitely takes significant force to open them. You can't just press the tip with your hand or something like that. I had to push the broadhead into a table pretty doggone hard to get the blades to deploy.
I have some from last year I can tell you they dont seem to be very sharp at all. I hope you get it all sorted out. T
Yikes Chris, two of the three reviews posted on Cabela's website give the Meat Seekers two thumbs up. However, there's nothing better than first hand experience. If you feel less than confident using them, then don't. Go with another head and acquire the confidence...even if it means missing a few days of hunting. Here's a link to the head I use: http://www.eders.com/products/carbon-express-torrid-ss-broadhead-3pk-85100gr-1-18-dia-031-thick.html I'll quickly send you a pack if you want to give them a try. They're an extremely affordable mechanical and have produced great results, at least for me.
I don't currently use them but I did use the 3 blade when they first came out. I shot 2 does with them and they worked great. I don't think they were very sharp but either way the deer did not make it more than 100yds away. That is strange though.
What if you had an issue with the broadheads in the store and the cashier went on the intercom and said, "we have a meat seeker on aisle 5, we have a meat seeker on aisle 5".
And this is why I always use fixed blade broadheads. There so many good flying fixed blades on the market why chance deployment.
