In this review, I test a classic… It’s a broadhead that hunted with many years ago, many, many times. I’ve taken quite a few animals with it.
But, I realized I had never done an official test on it, and that is the Slick Trick Standard.
So, let’s dig on into it and I’ll show you all the features and then we’ll test it!
For this test, I used the Elite Era bow for most of the shooting. For the flight test, I used the Killer Instict SWAT X1 crossbow. And, then, I used Bishop FOC King Arrows for most of the shooting and Bishop FAD Eliminators for the really hard impact shots. [And for the crossbow stuff, I used the Bishop Bolt called the GOAT.]
Slick Trick Standard 125-grain Broadhead
Let’s take an up close look at the Slick Trick Standard 125 grain head…
Here’s a good look at the Slick Trick Standard. And man, this is just a nice-looking broadhead. It’s hard to believe this was kind of revolutionary when it first came out with its super short design as it is, but so much to like about this broadhead!
First of all, the materials, you’ve a one piece steel ferrule. They call it a super steel. It’s like this super hardened steel there. And then you got the blades that are 0.035″ thick. The cutting diameter is 1″ so pretty small cutting diameter. But you got 4 blades so you’re getting 2 total inches of cut. Really short design. That was what was kind of revolutionary in the beginning. Its length beyond the edge of the arrow is 1.1″. That’s just going to aid in flight as well as penetration.
For resharpening these blades, the best way to resharpen them is to use a Stay Sharp Guide replaceable blade sharpener. And you can use that for pretty much all of the Slick Trick replaceable blades. They work really well with that.
Man, the Slick Trick Standard 125-grain head is just a no-nonsense design. Typically, these fly very well, penetrate very well, and hold up really well in durability. But I was eager to put this to the test and see how it performed…
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Slick Trick 125 Flight Test
In this test I shot 1 field point and one broadhead from 30 yards, using a Killer Instinct SWAT X1 Crossbow and 375 gr Bishop Bolt at 300 fps):
Here’s the shot with the field point…
And here’s Slick Trick Standard… a bulls-eye!
Initial Sharpness Test
In this sharpness test, I check to see how many grams of force it takes to cut a copolymer wire.
It took 166 grams of force to cut through the wire which is a 10 on a 10-point scale!
Penetration Test 1 – (2/3″ rubber foam mat, 1/2″ MDF, FBI Gel):
The Slick Trick Standard penetrated 9-1/4″, which is one of the deepest I can remember, especially when the blades are so close to the tip.
Edge Test 2, Edge Retention (sharpness after Penetration Test 1):
It took an additional 82 grams of force to cut through the wire, which is an 8.36 on a 10-point scale.
Penetration Test 2, (layered cardboard):
The Slick Trick Standard penetrated through 61 layers of cardboard.
Durability Test 1, (3 shots 1/2″ MDF):
The head is in excellent shape after the three shots through the MDF.
Durability Test 2 – (2 shots 22 gauge steel plate):
And here it is after the two shots through a steel plate. It’s just in perfect condition, except the tip got slightly blunted there.
Durability Test 3 – (1 shot into cinder block):
Here’s the Slick Trick Standard after all the durability testing, and it did just very well as expected. Did very well through the MDF and then very well through the steel plate, and very well into the cinder block as well. Still spins very well.
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Final Thoughts on Slick Trick 125 grain Broadhead
So, what do you think of the Slick Trick 125-grain broadheads?
Man, these are awesome heads!
Check out the score for the Slick Trick 125 grain head… 10 golden arrows… wow!
I mean, no wonder I used it for so many years out in the field. It just performed extremely well in every area and it got one of the highest scores of any head I’ve tested, and close to the the highest of any fixed blade head. Really, really impressive!
