Hilbre heads

[zwickey2bl]

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...

[John D]

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

[Charles K.]

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.

[Shovelbuck]

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.

[SCATTERSHOT]

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.

[Chortdraw]

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.

[Bob Barnes]

I think they were the heads that will actually screw on the wood taper...?  You don't need glue...


Bob

 

[zwickey2bl]

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.

[Mark U]

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.

[John Nail]

the plastic back then got brittle in the cold

[SlowBowinMO]

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!