Steel Force Hellfire

[Bowhunter57]

3 Rivers Archery have these on sale, for $19.99, so I picked up a couple of 3 packs. Steel Force Hellfire 200 gr. with a steel ferrule.
I'm going to test drive them with my ILF recurve and ILF longbow, on a broadhead target and see how they fly out of both bows, tomorrow.

Has anyone used these for deer hunting?
What were your results?

 

[Bowhunter57]

I'm having a serious change of heart and/or mind about this broadhead and it all stems from not being able to get the damn things apart, to sharpen them. I've got 6 of them to go thru and sharpen and I've already spent too much time on disassembly, for 2 of them. Nutz! The locking ring at the base is a s.o.b. to get off and not worth the effort.

I ordered a cheap "magnus" copy broadhead for $23 for a dozen in a plastic case, last year. They're super easy to disassemble and hold an edge with their 40 thousands thick main blade. I recall putting them through some "torture" tests with 1/2" plywood and a steel drum with good results. All I have to do is run them across a leather strop and they're good to go. As of right now, it looks like the "cheap chinese" copy is beating out the Steel Force with ease.

After about 40 strokes on each side of the main blade on the leather strop with the KME tool, these things will slice thru paper with no resistance.

 

[Bowhunter57]

I spent some time making a tanto point on the broadhead pictured above with the bent tip, using a mil file. The photo doesn't do it justice, it actually has a sharpened point on it. Then I put it on a Lansky to touch up the edges and finished it off with a leather strop. It turned out better than I'd hoped and is extremely sharp. I might do the same to a few more. I got a knee surgery coming up next week, so I'll have plenty of time for this project.

 

[Mickey Merrie]

I spent some time making a tanto point on the broadhead pictured above with the bent tip, using a mil file. The photo doesn't do it justice, it actually has a sharpened point on it. Then I put it on a Lansky to touch up the edges and finished it off with a leather strop. It turned out better than I'd hoped and is extremely sharp. I might do the same to a few more. I got a knee surgery coming up next week, so I'll have plenty of time for this project.
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Great report!