How many shoot .ribtek. BH

[Cody Roiter]

how many of you guys shoot this BH.
best to you and G'Day.
Cody  

[Steve H.]

Steve from the Topside does Mate, G-day!

[Aussie Stickbow Hunter]

I've been shooting them for around 16 years and have shot many dozens of animals with them. I think they are one of the very best heads available.

Jeff

[CJ Pearson]

I have shot them before. Easy head to sharpen I just could never get used to the ferrule. Then again I am so partial to my old Zwickeys.

[NorthShoreLB]

I shoot 190 and 160, my favorites rigth now

[Rick McGowan]

I shoot the 190's, easy to sharpen and one of the least expensive bh's around.

[Tree man]

I shoot them and like them.

[Hatrick]

I like the 160's. Extremely tough, easy to sharpen, fly great, inexpensive, what's not to like?

[Holm-Made]

I've taken about 20 big game animals now with the 160s.  I like them a lot.  The ferrule scares people from these heads but it is unjust.  The front of each rib is lower than the back of the one in front of it making it a smooth transition.  I don't think there is a stronger tip out there.  The tips of these things take punishment.  Chad

[Littlefeather]

They are a good general head. I've found the relative soft metal sharpens easier than almost any head around if using a file to sharpen. I do fill up the ferrel groves with ferrel-tite and reshape the double bevel of the head. Any time a broadhead manufactures a broadhead that is semi-round in design or has a double taper design, the angle of your file must change as the head changes. This makes it all the more difficult if you happen to be sharpen impared. Good luck with the heads. CK

[mnbwhtr]

going to be using 145's this year for elk. I used them in Africa and had excellent results.

[rory]

I use them without hesitation on wood shafts!

[Al Kidner]

I use to use them all the time but for the life of me I found it hard to get them to spin true? Looked at my tapers, twisted them just could not get tham spinning like a top. I've now gone to usen STOS heads. I don't hunt as much any more so putting a more costly head on my timbers does not bother me.

JMHO,

Regards from Oz, alan

[Wudstix]

I found one and have killed three hogs with it.  Easy to sharpen and fairly easy to mount. 150 gr ???  

[Rik]

I've used them for about the past ten years exclusively, except for my recent buffalo hunt in Australia (see Dangerous Game forum). I wish I could have tried them on the buffalo, but Dr. Ashby's work indicates that Grizzlys are best for buffalo, so I used 160-grain Grizzly's on both bulls, with great effect.

That being said, I have killed  many boar, bear, mule deer, moose, and a bunch of bull elk with Ribteks, and will hunt with nothing else as long as they are available. There is no stronger broadhead----period. Ribteks are one-piece, no welds to break), and the ribs seem to abrade the hide just enough to keep the hole open (as opposed to a narrow slit), making much-better-than-average blood trails.

I once shot a spinning elk, smashing the thickest part of the femur into seven pieces. The arrow continued all the way through the body and into the far shoulder. It was still sharp enough to shave with when I gingerly pulled it out of the chest cavity. Try that with your run-of-the-mill broadhead.

One neat thing about Ribteks that I learned while publishing Instinctive Archer Magazine is that the edges aren't ground away like other broadheads, they are stamped into shape, which means there is more steel there, it is just highly compressed. That means stronger. And man do they take a scary edge.

[STOBBER@WORK]

Use'em and luv'em!!!

[dino]

Rik,
That is a great piece of info    Thanks dino

[Legolas]

I have used them (190s) and we call them the flying machetes.
My problem with them is that I could not get the arrow to spin on its tip to see if it was on straight. Any suggestions?

Paul

[chrisg]

I use the 125s and 160s. Occasionally they have a small burr on the tip that makes them spin crooked, a quick touch up with a file will give you a perfect tip and then you can see if they spin true. When tapering wooden shafts make sure your tool leaves a smooth, even taper and they should mount easily.
Chrisg

[Squirrel Bait]

`I use the 190's , great head!