Pictured above is the new Trocar broadhead from Muzzy. First impression is that Muzzy did a good job of modifying the Blitz in order to offer a new head for this year.
I was happy to see that the ferrule had a high diameter waist that would allow for less drag through bone.
My only concern were for the blades, which are not of the traditional Muzzy construction. This was easy to see, even before the heads were removed from the package.
Sharpness Test
First up was the test for blade sharpness out of the package. Top picture is the rubber band grid that is used for this test. This is the same design that Fred Bear showed me back in the late seventies and the same design that he himself used to check blade sharpness when he was not in the field. Fred's belief was that arteries reacted just like rubber bands (which they do) and if a head could pass through this grid then it was satisfactory for hunting.
The bottom picture shows the bands cut after running the trocar through the center.
The Trocar cut one rubber bands that it came in contact with and left three out of four standing. I was shocked at this since I felt that these heads had a good edge on them when they came out of the package. I ran each of the three heads through the grid with the same outcome each time.
While these heads feel sharp to me, they are in need of touching up before being taken into the field IMO. This is why Fred used this method for testing broadhead sharpness. You can never tell for sure unless you put a head to the test.
Next up was the flight test
30 yard grouping with one arrow. A 3" group maximum is considered to be a passing grade for any broadhead that is tested here due to the fact that these shots are made without the use of a hooter shooter and people are imperfect.
The area of this target (Black) measures 2.50" and the group was outside of that area by 1".
3" is passing for any test done on this site with fixed broadheads.
The picture shows three cuts in the black at 3 O'Clock. These shots were made with the Blitz which is a proven aerodynamic head. The three shots at 1 O'Clock high/right were made by the Trocar.
As can be seen, the trocar can group but is just not perfect as is the Blitz. I could easily tune this head to be spot on but this is not the intent of this test. This test is to show if a head can or cannot hit with a field point out of the box and without fine tuning.
Since the Trocar could not achieve that result, this test will not recieve a star.
