Customer Reviews

Allen Company Three Blade Lightning Broadheads, 100 Grain

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These are made cheap. Opened the package and one of the broadheads blades were not connected to the broadhead. Pay the extra money and get better ones. Price is good but product sucks.

those pesky deer wont show up to let me see if it works. i bought 3 packs of them. (store price is 39.95). LOL.

Ok, sorry but I had to comment on this one. One guy complained that they 'fell off as soon as he took them out of the pack'. Well, that tends to happen when the head is designed for you to 'unscrew the base' so you can change out potential broken blades on the head.

Geesh. Not sure if these commenters are working for other companies, plugging for them; or if they really don't know what they are talking about. That said, I can say that I have bowhunted since 1979. I've broken more arrows than most will ever buy. I've taken 250-pound deer with cedar arrows, and have a really nice old PSE cam bow that still is a winner. I've bow-fished, small-game hunted, name it; with a bow...and I've got maybe 20 of these Allen heads in my bow case to attest..they are cheap, they do work, and they aren't as bad as everyone is saying.

The downside to these heads, is the blades. You REALLY need a micro-scale (ideally, one that weighs in milligrams or grains...easy for me, I reload too) to weigh them. You will find that their weight varies quite a bit...and I've seen the '100-grain' heads go from 94 - to - 109 grains...ouch, for precision. Since I have a bunch of them, I can normally just throw the core on the scale, and pick three blades until I get the right 100-grain weight. Keep in mind, that if you target shoot 100-grain field points, that a 100-grain broadhead WILL BE CLOSE, but not necessarily perfect in flight comparison...broadheads act as airfoils and some can give BIG lift as they travel. The other commenter sounds like he's shooting 65 or 85 grain field points...and these nosedived by comparison on him.

Again, you do get what you pay for...but don't listen to all the novice bashing, either...they could be a lot worse. No, their quality isn't equal to G5's or Rage heads...then again, they are about 70-percent cheaper, too. Just depends on what you are looking for. On a side note, I always thought that the blades were shipped a bit too dull for my taste...but the great thing is, you can take them off, sharpen them on a whetstone, and put them back together easily. Great for 'low-criticality' uses, like target shooting or smaller game (coyote, fox, etc.).

I threw these away. I just recently became a hunting fan. I bought my first bow literally a year ago. Of course I buy on the cheaper side to see if I will really like the sport. I was using field points on my bow. I was extremely accurate. I was shooting 1" groups at 20 and 30 yards. (Gotta love that Bear Strike Bow). I was using the cheapo $4 6070 Wolverine Arrows from walmart. Before I bought my compound bow I had bought a $40 garage sale bow and I had a few arrows with broad heads. I had no idea my target was not a broadhead target and let one fly. Now I have a 3" hole in my target. My uncle told me that the broadheads he used flew just like his field points so I thought I was a ok for a day of hunting. I go up to my uncle's and he has me practice with my brand new allen broadheads. Literally out of the box that day. I line up for a middle shot on his 30" tall foam target at 20 yards. I let it fly. I'm certain it is within 1" of a bullseye. I had practiced like crazy the day before and I have this down to an art. I watch as my arrow missed the target. It literally dropped about 15" at 20 yards and hit the ground and slid under the target and several feet. I get out another arrow and install the broadhead. The exact same thing happened. I know now that broadheads may require some tunning adjustments to your sights but this is crazy. I'm shooting carbon arrows, on a brand new compound bow, brand new broadheads, a target that is 30" by 30", and I am shooting at 65 pounds. I should not be hitting dirt. He has me try one of his broadheads with one of my arrows. I hit a bullseye. Not 100% in the middle, just like 1/2" to the bottom left of where I was aiming. I tossed my broadheads away and we went out to walmart and bought me a set of broadheads. The new broadhead of choice... Muzzy 4 blade 100 grain. Do yourself a favor. Get a $50 foam target for broadheads. Get you a set of Muzzy 3 or 4 blade broad heads $15-$20, and some practice blades $8 so you can keep your real blades razor sharp for your deer hunting. Stay way from these broadheads. They are nothing but trouble. You will ruin all the broadheads before you can actually adjust your bow to use your first box of these. Not only do they fly low but they also do not fly perfectly straight.