For the past three years, SEVR Broadheads have filled my quiver, and in the future, that trend will continue. Bowhunting is all about confidence, and these streamlined, razor-sharp, and deadly accurate mechanicals have filled my freezer and made my taxidermist a pile of money.
In 2021, I arrowed a 173-inch once-in-a-lifetime Rocky Mountain Big Horn Sheep at 62.5 yards with SEVR’s Titanium 1.5″. Later that November, I shot a pair of Pope & Young whitetails — one in Nebraska and one in Colorado — with the Titanium 2.0″. Last season, at a distance of 35 yards, I slipped a SEVR 1.5″ into the scapula of a quartering-toward-me bull elk, and the broadhead drove through the bone and was sticking out the hide on the offside mid-rib. The bull went 35 yards and tipped over. I harvested the Wild Turkey Grand Slam this spring, and each bird was taken with a SEVR 2.0″.
I don’t tell you this to brag — that’s not what I’m about. I tell you this because I know how important having an excellent broadhead is, and I have put SEVR heads through the paces and am thrilled with the results.
SEVR launched its latest mechanical incarnation in mid-May — the Titanium 1.75″. The newest member to the family, SEVR crafted the head to fill a gap between the 1.5″ and 2.0″. For the past two weeks, I have shot this broadhead at distances close and far. I have shot it head-to-head against the 1.5″ and the 2.0″, and I’m excited to pass on what I’ve discovered.
SEVR Accuracy
Most bowhunters opt for a mechanical head because, in theory, based on the design of the ferrule and blades that aren’t exposed in flight, the ballistics of the broadhead should be closer to a field point. That’s why I made the switch years ago, and I wanted to practice with my field points and then switch to my broadhead without added tuning and re-sighting.
Sadly, not all mechanical builds heed the “flies like a field-point” tagline that accompanies them. Those makes from SEVR, however, do — the SEVR 1.5″ has won about every accuracy field test conducted. I have shot the 1.5″ head-to-head with my field points, and out to 80 yards, both will stack right next to each other. At 100 yards, my 1.5″s impact is about 1/2 inch below my field points.
SEVR’s Titanium 1.75″ has a ferrule length of 1 11/16 inches, which mirrors the 1.5″. The 1.5 measures just a tick under 10/16. The ferrule’s thickness and the wing tips’ length extending from the ferrule slot are also identical. For these reasons, I expected the same precision accuracy and got exactly what I hoped for. My first shot with the Titanium 1.75″ slapped the shaft of my field-point tipped Easton Axis 4MM Long Range at 50 yards.
My next shot was at 80 yards, and I shot a three-arrow group that included Easton shafts tipped with a 100-grain field point, 100-grain SEVR 1.5″, and 100-grain SEVR 1.75″. All three arrows fit in a 4-inch diameter circle.
The 1.75″ is available in 100- and 125-grain models. I’m a 100-grain guy, so this was the grain weight used for testing. The average weight of three separate Titanium 1.75″ heads on a Hornady GS-1500 scale was 100.6 grains.
Practice With The Head You Hunt With
Broadheads are expensive, but you owe it to yourself and the animal you’re hunting to prove the broadhead’s accuracy. Some broadhead manufacturers sell or include practice heads designed to mimic the real thing. This is great, but I want to practice with the exact broadhead I plan to hunt with, and with SEVR, you can do just that.
Like the 1.5″ and 2.0″, the new-for-2023 Titanium 1.75″ has a second threaded screw hole in the ferrule that allows inserting an included-with-each-broadhead set screw. With the set screw inserted into the ferrule, the blades can’t open in flight, and you can practice with the same broadhead you plan to hunt with.
The Perfect-Sized Cut?
This is yet to be determined. I would never blow smoke and pretend to give you information to push a product or make an article sound better. Turkey season was over by the time I got my hands on the 1.75″, and I have no spring bear plans.
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As long as you don’t damage the needle-point tip, you can repeatedly shoot a SEVR head into foam, remove the set screw, and kill a bull moose with the broadhead.
What I will tell you is that, like when I tested the 1.5″ and 2.0″, the 1.75″ creates a massive slash-style cut in foam and should fill a niche for bowhunters that think a 1.5-inch diameter cut is too small, but I also believe they lose too much energy shooting a broadhead that creates a 2-inch cut.
I had zero deployment failures during testing, and if the 1.75″ penetrates and cuts anything like its predecessors, you can count on a full freezer and plenty of grip-and-grin photos.
The geometry of the 1.75″ minus the slightly longer blades mirrors that of the 1.5″, and I don’t think you can beat SEVR’s patented Lock-and-Pivot non-barbed blade design. On impact, the blades lock open but can pivot around bone to keep the arrow driving straight through.
I also expect entry wounds to measure more prominent than 1.75 inches. I have shot a pile of animals with the 1.5″, and typically, the entrance wounds measure around 1.75 inches. This is due to SEVR’s Stretch Cut blade effect, which stretches the hide while cutting to create a large entrance wound from which blood can pour.
SEVR Durability
Some guys get hung up on how tough a broadhead is, and I get it to a degree. And while you can replace the blades on a 1.75″, I have always been of the mindset that if a broadhead does its job and puts down the critter I’m chasing quickly and cleanly, I retire it. I may touch up the blades and use them on a hog or coyote, but I’m not big on replacing blades. However, the 1.75″ is a blade-replaceable broadhead.
I will note that while I have had a few needle-point tips dull or bend slightly, I have yet to recover a broadhead that brought down a critter and have been unable to close the blades. I have also not seen extensive damage to the blades or ferrule. Titanium is tough, and the 420 Grade .032″ thick stainless-steel blades are far from fragile.
The Titanium 1.75″ is a field-point accurate broadhead that flies like a dart and will make an excellent quiver filler. I will be sure to report back on my findings when I run the 1.75″ through an August pronghorn.
A Better Target
While you’re on SEVR’s website ordering some top-tier mechanicals, I want to point you to another SEVR product that I can’t recommend enough — the 21″ HD Archery Target with Easy-Pull Foam.
This ultra-durable target has become one of my favorite backyard go-tos. Its 21″x17″x13″ size is ideal, and the target gives the shooter six-sided shooting. The neon-green aiming points are distinct from square dots to circles to crosshairs.
My favorite feature of the target, though, and one that may cause me to lose my job, is the large blank black face fitted with raised 1″ MOA sight-in squares. Naturally, this side of the target is excellent for aim-small and miss-small shooting, but SEVR also includes two packages of target pins (white golf tees). The pins stand out against the black face and help a shooter hone their accuracy. Plus, when you bust a tiny-diameter wood pin at 60 yards, your confidence goes through the roof.
This target will take a beating thanks to the self-healing foam, and I love that it can be set horizontally for close-range shooting or vertically for long-range shots. Each target comes with integrated tie-down channels that allow you to purchase multiple targets and lash them together. The target weighs 31 pounds and comes with target pins, molded carry handles, and an arrow puller.
My target has stood up to hundreds of shots from field points, mechanical heads slung from high-speed vertical bows, and Wicked Ridge’s new-for-2023 Flatline 460. And despite being left out in torrential downpours, the 100 percent waterproof target shows no signs of breaking down.