300-Xtreem Solid 1 Piece 3 Blade SS

300-Xtreem Solid 1 Piece 3 Blade SS by Pete Ward
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This Review is being done on a prototype Broadhead that is about to be introduced in Early 2008. The Broadhead is what many of us that shoot High to extreeem FOC have been looking for. The production model to be released in spring 2008 will be made from MIM molded Stainless Steel and hardened to RC 49 with cryogenic treatment at -300F . It is to be solid 1 piece 3 to 1 ratio .97″ diameter with a Tanto tip.

I have had the privilege to be in on the ground floor of the design and testing of these heads. I am excited at what I have seen to date. I have not seen a Broadhead that has the penetration potential before that matches the Xtreem300′s potential. The small diameter of .97” with the long time favored 3 to 1 ratio weighing 300 grains is a first to my knowledge. Made with MIM molded stainless steel, it will be a rust free head that requires little care and deep penetration.

Prototype#1
The first model I received was tapered to a needle point, and feedback from many of the people that saw it resulted in the needle point being shortened to a Tanto type tip that is very resistant to deformation and curling when it contacts heavy bones.

Prototype#2 with Tanto tip (machined from solid stainless 420 rc49, cryogenic treated at- 300F)
The first thing I did after receiving these heads was to spin them at high speed in the press. They spin perfectly, so the next step was to tune some arrows for the heavy heads. I already had a 300 gr. setup for a wide 2 blade with steel adapters, and the 300-Xtreem flew perfect on these arrows from the bows I would be hunting with.

Not only do they fly perfect for me they are silent in flight, which for me is very important. My efforts to harvest game with the 300Xtreem proved to be fruitless this fall. Although they were in my quiver every day out I did not capitalize on the opportunities that were presented to me. I take full responsibility for having to eat Beef this year.

After the season closed and the feedback was in, Asgir decided to send me some of the newer prototypes to experiment with. These are the final configuration that the MIM molded stainless heads will have. I like them a lot. Even more than the first prototype that had a wider cut and a, needlepoint.

Because these are prototypes machined from solid stainless 420 ,RC49 ,cryogenic treated at -300F and not the MIM molded stainless I will not go into sharpening as it really does not apply, other than to say that all you need is a flat file, or a flat block of steel or glass and some 600 and finer Emery cloth to produce a very fine edge.

The production head will have the same RC49 and -300Fcryogenic treatment

The production heads will sharpen with the same methods, and of course a good fine oilstone will also do just fine. The ease of sharpening these style heads is that you do not need to hold angles. Just lay them flat on the stone, wide file or block and 600 grit emery cloth and stroke 2 blades at a time. It cannot be easier.

For the hunter that has discovered high and extreem FOC, the 300Xtrem will be a welcome addition. Now we can screw in a 300-grain head and not need to bother with aligning steel adapters in the old glue on Broadheads like we did before to get heavy heads. The Expensive brass inserts and steel adapters that were needed to bring up the weight are not needed, although some like me will still be using the brass inserts, to take the FOC to a new extreem. I now can have 400 grains up front on my carbon shafts, with an FOC of well over 25%.

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