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<blockquote data-quote="jon.henry755" data-source="post: 601830" data-attributes="member: 29115"><p>Hi bryanvin,</p><p>I looked at the add in the website you provided, but I was unable to determine if the target is a broadhead or field point only target? It does look like it would be able to stop crossbow arrows at high velocities, but without more information it's hard to assess things like arrow removal. </p><p></p><p>Len Backus has some fairly good recommendations in his TAC15 evaluation articles. We've seen to many cases where a manufacturer claims their targets will stop 400 + fps arrows, but testing has showed us a different story. Other will stop the arrows, but removal is a nightmare. Still other will stop the arrows, but they develop soft spots too quickly and need to be replaced.</p><p></p><p>The ones that Len, Super 91 an I have recommended in numerous articles represent the best of breed in the target world so far, so you can't go wrong with any of them and they'll all do the job. </p><p></p><p>One of the big problems with the broadhead targets is; with all the problems that we're having trying to stop and remove these arrows from the couple of targets that are available, what are they going to use to stop the next generation of crossbows that are shooting at between 450 and 500 fps???</p><p></p><p>Even if they invent a target that will stop the broadhead arrows, we'll never get them back out of the targets with that much speed. Don't think for a minute that it's that far fetched because crossbows with that type of speed have already been designed. They are already finished on the design boards and one has already been produced by a custom maker, but the others aren't very far behind. Currently, they are price prohibitive for most people pocketbooks, so nobodies moving forward until they believe there's a market for them and there are materials to make shooting them viable.</p><p></p><p>Jon</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jon.henry755, post: 601830, member: 29115"] Hi bryanvin, I looked at the add in the website you provided, but I was unable to determine if the target is a broadhead or field point only target? It does look like it would be able to stop crossbow arrows at high velocities, but without more information it's hard to assess things like arrow removal. Len Backus has some fairly good recommendations in his TAC15 evaluation articles. We've seen to many cases where a manufacturer claims their targets will stop 400 + fps arrows, but testing has showed us a different story. Other will stop the arrows, but removal is a nightmare. Still other will stop the arrows, but they develop soft spots too quickly and need to be replaced. The ones that Len, Super 91 an I have recommended in numerous articles represent the best of breed in the target world so far, so you can't go wrong with any of them and they'll all do the job. One of the big problems with the broadhead targets is; with all the problems that we're having trying to stop and remove these arrows from the couple of targets that are available, what are they going to use to stop the next generation of crossbows that are shooting at between 450 and 500 fps??? Even if they invent a target that will stop the broadhead arrows, we'll never get them back out of the targets with that much speed. Don't think for a minute that it's that far fetched because crossbows with that type of speed have already been designed. They are already finished on the design boards and one has already been produced by a custom maker, but the others aren't very far behind. Currently, they are price prohibitive for most people pocketbooks, so nobodies moving forward until they believe there's a market for them and there are materials to make shooting them viable. Jon [/QUOTE]
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