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Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon Crimson Cuda 100 grain Broadheads
Broadheads Manufacturer: Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon
Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon Model: Crimson Cuda 100 grain
Review Category: Broadheads
Purchase: Broadheads I bought 3 packs which is 9 heads on ebay for $49. I thought I'd try these heads because the price was right, they have a cutting diameter of 1 3/4", and the advertising says the spiral wound channel cannot close or clot insuring massive hemorrhaging and unmistakable blood trails.
Things I like about the Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon Crimson Cuda 100 grain Broadheads: There is nothing I like about these heads.
What I don't like about the Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon Crimson Cuda 100 grain: There's alot I don't like about these heads and I'll list them.
- I find the heads pitch when they hit a deer.
- I had 1 head come apart inside a deer.
- The angle of the blades both opened and closed.
I think the way the blades are angled cause
the head to pitch if the deer has a slight
angle. When opened the bades don't have enough
of a angle and there is a ridge that is
created from the back of the blade. This ridge
has no cutting edge, it's just the back of the
blade over rotating.
- The paint, it gives a splashed camo look but
shinny metal is showing. It could've all been
painted. Even though this is unapealing to me
it didn't spook any game or cost me a shot.
- The tiny screws holding the blades in place.
These didn't fail me but I prefer the ring
system wasp uses. If you want to totally strip
the head down for cleaning or change the blades
the screws are a pain.
- Of all the broads I've tried I found these
had the dullest blades. The heads I've used so
far on deer are the Crimson Cuda, Thunder
Heads, Shockwave, and Wasp Jackhammer. All of
the heads were 100 grain.
Broadheads Crimson Cuda 100 grain quality: I believe the construction is poor. I find the blades cause the head to pitch and don't give enough of an angle when opened. I don't like shinny metal camo. I don't like the tiny screws. The heads can fall apart I had 1 head fall apart inside my last a deer with the bow and I didn't achieve a pass through on account of it. What happened was the tip came off. The tips are only screwed onto the rest of the head. I don't know if this was just a fluke or if it is a regular problem.
Crimson Cuda 100 grain summary: I myself will never buy or use these heads again. Of the 9 heads I purchased I only used 4 and the rest will never be used. I'll tell all of my experiences with these 4 heads. The 1st head I used was just on a target, I wanted to be sure it flew and hit the same spot as my field points, it did. The 2nd head I used was for deer hunting, I had a double lung pass through. The deer was 20 yards broadsideand ran about 125 yards. The bloodtrail was not great and the deer went a lot further then any I've shot with the jackhammers which have the same cutting diameter. At the time I didn't think much about because I had my deer and maybe this deer was faster, stronger,tougher, etc. to have made it that far. The 3rd head I used was on a deer 17 yards slighly quatering away, this was a prime shot. When the arrow hit the deer it ran off and I seen the fletching slap the deer on the hind quarter. The whole arrow was horizontal when I seen it. I just figured the arrow caught the front leg on the opposite side of the deer and when the deer ran the arrow flexed and popped out. Well I was wrong, after trailing the deer for 2 miles I lost it. There was very little blood for the 1st 20-30 yards until it jumped a fence then I had a very good blood trail for about 100 yards. After that there would be a little drop here and there and I'd have to get on my hands and knees to find them. So after awhile I went and got my dog (she was on a lead) and we trailed it for a good 2 miles until she came onto a gut pile. That threw her off and we didn't find the deer. A week later a friend called me and said he seen the deer and it had very long cut about 12" along side the rib cage. He described the deer and it was the same 1 I shot. The only thing I can figure out is the arrow pitched when it hit the deer. The angle was very slight and this shouldn't have happened. In my 18 years of bow hunting this is the 1st deer I didn't retrieve. The 3rd deer I shot with these heads I retrieved about 100 yards away and when the arrow hit I seen it pitch. I didn't get a pass through and when I got to the deer the arrow was still in it. I took the arrow out and there was no point on the broadhead. When I was cleaning it I found the point. The head didn't hit any bone other then rib and this shouldn't have happened. Just so you know I'm shooting a bow with 76 lbs kinetic energy and I have it finely tuned. After I didn't get my 2nd deer I rechecked the bow through paper just to be sure it was still in tune and it was.
To sum it up I believe these heads cause the arrow to pitch on very slight angles and after having 1 fall apart I'll never use them again. I hope this helps.
Rating for this Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon product: 1
Author of this review on Spin Tite/ Crimson Talon Broadheads: Ghost
Date: 2009-03-04
Usefulness Rating: 3.75 out of 5.
4 reader(s) voted.
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