Anyone here ever shot any game with the Hilbre head? I bought some off E-bay awhile back; they look wicked (like a Howard Hill head, but a very keen, needle point and razor insert bleeders) but seems like the steel is a little soft. I filed the points on a couple of them down to a more chisel-like profile, and have been carrying them but so far no chance to try one on anything. Just wondered if anyone else had any experience with these...
If I remember right, the blades did not hold up to well on the ferrule, when bone was hit, leaving poor penetration. The ferrule I belive is made of some sort of plastic, You maybe better off with an all steel broadhead, of your choice. I have about a dozen Hilbre Heads, their nice to add to a collection, they are wicked looking. JMO Good Luck
I think the couple I had were called 'Colt Super Hilbre'....I didn't ever use them on large game because of the plastic, and yes, wicked looking blade.
I shot a couple deer with them 30+ years ago and a turkey with one last spring.
Never had the plastic ferrule fail but did have a tip roll over. Still killed everything I ever shot with them.
Never shot anything with one, but as old as those things are, I suspect that the ferrule is pretty brittle and wouldn't hold up when it hit anything substantial.
Used some of them years ago and killed a doe with it. Got a pass-through and the blade held up ok. Distroyed the rest shooting at rabbits.
I think they were the heads that will actually screw on the wood taper...? You don't need glue...
Bob
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Thanks, guys. Yes, Bob, you're correct. They have shallow threads on the inside of the ferrule. I still glued them but not with hotmelt glue. I didn't know how old they were - that brittle plastic thing might be something to think about. They held up ok in a foam target.
A long, long time ago, a buddy and I were hunting mountain goats here in Idaho, and he shot one with that head. If I recall correctly, the plastic head had snapped off the insert part. Still killed the goat, but he never hunted with them again.
the plastic back then got brittle in the cold
I was deer hunting with some years ago, shot twice at a squirrel instead and two of them were immediately destroyed. I was mighty glad I learned that prior to shooting at a deer with one.
They flew nice...right into the trash!