Coremaxx Broadheads

http://www.coremaxx.com/Main.html

What about these. They look nasty.
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I work in the machine tool industry and met the man who makes these broadheads. He saw the photos of the dead animals I keep in the top of my toolbox and asked if I would like to try some. I did. I couldn't get them to fly or even group. They went into my broadhead target about 2 inches and stopped. I talked with some other guys about them and found that they will shoot with careful tuning and you need a heavy bow and arrows to get any penetration. One guy said they worked great on turkeys because you don't get passthroughs. They wouldn't be my first choice for sure.
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sneekeepete
Good info M Gardner... Thanks for posting I think you just saved me some cash!
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DeadI
Thanks Mark.
That is good to know. Because man they look like a mean head, and the idea is awsome, think about it a 1" hole, there would be so much blood.

But if you don't get hardly any penetration that they need to do some for designing first.
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Have you guys checked out the improved version of the Coremaxx? The Sabermaxx is great- the penetration is great, the wound channel is awesome- they fly and group excellent. I will post some pics of animals that myself and some others have taken with them. There is a thread on bowsite.com with pics too.
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For some reason I can only upload the one, but there are a lot more on Bowsite.com- check it out!
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DeadI
THAT IS AN AWSOME WOUND CHANNEL. I WOULD LOVE TO SEE SOME MORE PICS.
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check out this independent study of various broadheads
http://www.upnorthjournal.com/UNJ_2009_Broadhead_Page.htm

I found it helpful!
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CodeRED
Wow, there are some pretty cool results on there for other broadheads too. Thanks for the post huntinmama
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PhillyB
They are definitely mean looking broadheads...
l think the ring makes sense to increase damage, but l feel it would cause drag to the arrow.
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I haven't seen any problem with drag. Like any broadhead, especially a fixed head( with or without a ring) if your bow isn't tuned, it won't perform as good as it can. As far as drag though- nobody I know has had a problem with it.
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Gardner, what are you shooting to only get 2 inches of penetration. We have killed elk, deer lions, hogs, and one buffalo. These heads perform fine and your bow is not tuned if they wont fly. Same as most fixed heads.
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The Ox
is that pic of a fawn deer? a judo tip could penetrate a fawn
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Are you for real? lol It is an axis deer. I hope one of your kids used your computer and posted that not you. (???) (???) You are right in one aspect though as i believe a judo would kill an elk. Think before you type.
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The Ox
well you didnt mention anything about axis deer and they arent exactly a common species in the states. and you dont see much of them. you should post the full pic of it those suckers are cool. sorry for jumpin to conclusions lol.
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Huntinmama, I shoot a light bow because of an injury. I got 2 inches of penetration in a foam target not on game. Like I said if you used a heavy setup and heavy arrows you may do okay. I would love to see the exit wound on the spotted deer in the photo. If there is one. As for bow tuning. I think mine's okay. Been doing this for 43 years. I shoot G-5 Montecs to the same point of impact as field points to 50 yards. The Shockwaves hit there too.
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ox no big deal. They are cool animals. We hunted them in texas on a free range hunt and they are more spooky than deer. Gardner, if you shoot that light of a setup than you would be better off with a typical broadhead. Alot of heads on the market including these require some umph behind them. Any 65-70 lb bow with pretty much any arrow will be fine. It is funny how all bows are different, some people have problems getting different heads to fly. I know your in mesa but the guys at ross outdoors all use them and love them if your ever around there they got pics of stuff they wacked with them.
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killerbee
i shoot a 70 lb matthews drenaline, i got very poor penatration from them also. i do believe they would kill an elk, if hit right in the boiler, but dont expect to hit any part of a shoulder and have the broadhead make up for a not-so-perfect shot. i would even worry about a dead center rib shot. sorry , i know you sell them , but they will not have the same penatration as a normal fixed head broadhead. but as long as you let people know, than there is still a place for them, and it will limit the negative feedback you get.
as far as it being an axis deer- they aren't much bigger than a yearling muledeer.
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Killer bee the axis we hunted were the same size as a full grown mule deer. Post a pic of the axis deer you have killed so i can see the size. How many animals have you killed with these heads? Or are you just making assumtions based on your backyard broadhead target. I speak from experience as i have shot and seen animals shot with them. If you look at the link to the broadhead test these heads didnt do bad at all in the penatration test. The ring is built out of a different metal and is designed to break off if it hits something real hard. At that point the head keeps going just like a typical 3 blade head. We have killed elk and a buffalo as well. Go to bowsite and look at the pic of a huge wooly looking sheep some dude shot.
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killerbee
dont want to cause arguement, yes they(my opinions) are based on backyard/ out in the woods shooting. the reason they are not based on animals? cause after the "back yard test" i decided i wouldn't trust them on anything i'm hunting. AGAIN i do think they CAN kill them, but they wont make up any error the shooter might make. even "if" the blade is supposed to break off, i dont care if they are made of plastic, it will still take away from penatration.

sorry, i dont have a picture of an axis deer "ive" killed, i only hunt animals that dont live inside a high fence. i did see that you said your was "free ranging" i could have been , i dont know, i've never heard of "wild" axis deer in america, i dont think you'll find a catagory in B&C for them.

on that i'll stay out of this thread anymore, again, not trying to start an arguement. just my opinion, and my opinion could absolutly be wrong. but i'll stick with normal broadheads for now
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I'm sure if these heads are any good they will sell like a house afire when everyone finds out how well they fly and kill. The market is like that. I can't in good conscience shoot them at a big game animal. Good luck marketing them.
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Killerbee, Let me enlighten you on some facts so ( your opinions) will have some factual basis. You dont have any idea about axis deer, their body size, or there whereabouts. So why do you spout off at the mouth about something you know little about. Makes me wonder about your (backyard testing). There are free range axis in texas and imo they are more spooky than the native whitetail. If you dont shoot this head, that is fine shoot what you are confident with. With your comments on here you would probably be one of those guys that makes a bad shot and loses an animal then blames it on the bh.
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killerbee
o.k.
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killerbee
"huntinmama" wrote:Have you guys checked out the improved version of the Coremaxx? The Sabermaxx is great- the penetration is great, the wound channel is awesome- they fly and group excellent. I will post some pics of animals that myself and some others have taken with them. There is a thread on bowsite.com with pics too.
 you did ask for input, if i would have known you only wanted to hear to good stories i would have not posted. sorry for the error on my part.

on a side note: i didn't know that axis deer were native to usa. i thought all of them were in a high fence. did yours make pope and young? are they in any other states besides Texas?


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I tried a coremax on a hog. The ring didn,t make it between the ribs and the rest of it punctured one side of one lung, I wasn't impressed. At the time I was shooting a Parker 70lb draw 350wt carbon fury arrow. 33yrds broad side, nothing wrong with shot placement. I've bow hunted for forty 42yrs. I prefer to double lung biggame instead of the heart shot, from my experiance they tend to pile up quicker. As for axis deer and almost 90% of hunting here in Texas just throw out some corn and sit and wait, jumpy doesn,t matter much with the golden piles.
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