Rocket Ultimate Steel Broadheads

[adjc]

Has anybody used these fixed broadheads. Tiny Broadhead, but I here it does alot of damage.

 

[spot_n_stalk]

I have used these heads. Emphasis on the word "have". I will not use another ultimate steel head for elk or deer again. A couple years back I was actually on Rocket's hunting staff and they sent me a bunch of these to use. I shot an elk that year and had a horrible experience with them. If you do a search on here, you may be able to read about it. To make a long story short, I had to shoot the elk twice and luckily watched it die. If I had not watched it bed down and die, I probably never would have found it since there was hardly any blood trail. On one head, I had two blades come off. The other head came completely off inside the elk. I found it when I was quartering it up. They were very sharp and did fly great, but in my opinion, the cutting diameter is not big enough and there was not enough threads to screw into the insert to make it tight enough that it would not fall apart. After that instance I swithced back to Thunderheads, which have never failed me. Anyway, I personally think there are a lot of better heads on the market that fly just as well, do more damage, and are far more durable.

 

[flea_bitten]

Well I use them, they do have a small cutting diameter but whats 7/8's vs. 1" , 1/8th, not alot. I never had a problem with amount of threads though, mine take alot of turns, a gunsmith once told me when he taped a reciever on a rifle for me you only need 3 threads to make it full strength....... They do fly really well, but as in the earlier post I will not say they are that tough, if you stick on in the dirt or in an animal chances are not all the blades will still be attached. I am going to try innerloks new 100 gr heads, they look pretty good.

 

[northwesthunter]

You are worrying me as I am using them this year for elk. I do know the problem with the threads being short you can help this by using a thin shouldered insert. I like there accuracy and thought I heard they were pretty durable. I actually bought muzzy 125 earlier to replace the rockets because of the threading issue but switched back after haveing huge problems with the muzzy flight being all over the place. I called rocket about the thread issue and they said that next year they were retooling for that problem and it would be taken care of, lots of complaints. Last year I cheated and took off the steel o ring and just tightened up against the insert to get more thread but this year with the thinner insert shoulder I can leave them on and I sure hope they do the job to late to switch now! nwhunter

 

[NMHUNTNUTT1]

I use them and will again.I had reservations about them too , but decided to buy a pack when they were first introduced. They fly awesome.So I finally find a fixed 100 grain broad head that flys consistant on the gold tips I shoot.Well that first fall which was Sept. 2003 , I shot my elk at 28 yards, complete pass through, and I watched as every time he'd breath I could see blood pour from both sides.He died in site in about a minute or so.All blades were still attached on my arrow.
Now this year my neighbor drew antelope archery hunt and couldn't get his arrows to fly consistant and asked for some help.He has shooting 100 grain fixed thunderheads(I know these are also great heads,just couldn't get them to fly with his set up)and I shoed him my Rockets and suggested he try them. Well I know for a fact these heads fly better with less tuning and adjusting of pins. Well long story short , after a couple missed long shots , he arrowed a beautiful heavy 79 inch buck at 57 yards also with a complete pass through.
Everybody likes or dislike for all sorts of reasons, but as for this Rocket Ultimate steel , I love them and will shoot them with full confidence in the durability and proof is in the pudding , dead is dead.

 

[ronaldo]

I used the 100 gr ultimate steel for the first time this year for an elk hunt with good success. I settled on this broadhead mainly for two reasons- it flies like my field points and it has great penetration ability should one hit bone. I took a very large mature bull Aug 27th. The arrow entered in front of the front leg about a third of the body height from the bottom. I'm not sure if it hit any leg bone. It did a complete pass through coming out behind the front leg on the back side. The arrow, fully covered with blood, was found intact in good condition. The bull went about 80 yds and dropped. Since I didn't need to follow a blood trail to find him, I wasn't looking for one, but I did notice considerable blood the last 30 yds before I got to where he died and he was laying in a large pool of blood. My feeling is that if the wildlife departments say a 7/8 in blade is legal then it should be an adequate size to do the job. It stands to reason there is a better chance of getting an improved blood trail with a larger blade, but, as in all applications, one has to trade off the downside of a larger blade, such as effect on accuracy in side winds, bone penetration and other. So know your abilities and pick your own priorities. I don't have enough archery kills nor have I found good research articles to know how much better a blood trail might have be with a larger blade-it depends, also, on where the arrow hits and it's angle. Based on this sample of one very good experience, next year ( it's going to be hard to wait) I will be using the same broadhead for deer and elk.

 

[NMHUNTNUTT1]

COngrats ronaldo on your success.The use of your words in ending the paragraph was right on the money, well said.Congrats again and welcome...

 

[Buckrub]

I used the Rockets for the last 2 yrs.
Great flight and good penetration, however, I almost always lost a blade or two on every shot!! I got tired of constantly buying replacement blades so I switched this season to the Wac'ems.
Our season starts on the 15th, I'll report on the performance of the Wac'ems very soon!!




"Good mass & long brow tines"

 

[adjc]

Thanks BuckRub. I will be waiting for the Pics.