Broadhead Accuracy Remains the No. 1 Priority

For Deer & Deer Hunting’s Daniel Schmidt, confidence in a broadhead starts with one thing: accuracy. That is a major reason he likes SEVR’s new Magneto broadhead.

Schmidt has spent years testing SEVR broadheads, and he has consistently praised their ability to fly like field points. That accuracy is particularly important when bowhunting whitetails, where a few inches can mean the difference between a lethal double-lung hit and a marginal shot.

Schmidt has tested the new Magneto 100-grain, 1.75-inch two- and four-blade models, shooting them from his Mathews. He also compared them directly with field points and SEVR broadheads equipped with the previous O-ring blade-retention system. His conclusion: The Magneto maintains the accuracy and performance he has come to expect from SEVR.

SEVR Magneto mechanical broadhead displayed on a deer skull — *Courtesy of SEVR*

No Collars or O-Rings

The biggest change is also one of the simplest.

Instead of using an O-ring to hold the mechanical blades in place, the Magneto uses a rare-earth magnetic blade-retention system. The magnets keep the blades secured in the quiver, during the shot and throughout arrow flight. Upon impact, the blades deploy.

For Schmidt, that eliminates one of the few drawbacks he had with previous SEVR designs. There is no O-ring to dry out, break or accidentally catch on something when an arrow is removed from the quiver.

“Honestly, the O-rings never really bothered me. I still shoot them. But this improvement is really nice,” Schmidt said. “But that simplicity matters to a bowhunter. The fewer things that can go wrong between the quiver and the animal, the better.”

Proven SEVR Performance

The Magneto also retains the features that made Schmidt a fan of earlier SEVR heads. Its Grade-5 titanium ferrule provides strength while the Lock-and-Pivot blade system is designed to allow the blades to move around bone rather than simply stopping against it. The 1.75-inch two-blade model emphasizes penetration, while the hybrid adds a fixed 0.75-inch bleeder for a total cutting width of 2.5 inches.

Daniel Schmidt kneeling behind a harvested whitetail deer — *Dan Schmidt has shot SEVR broadheads for years and has grown to trust their accuracy and performance.*

For Schmidt, however, all of those features take a back seat to accuracy.

His testing indicates the Magneto does not require bowhunters to sacrifice the field-point-like flight that has been a hallmark of SEVR broadheads. At the same time, the new magnetic system eliminates an O-ring he considered a potential weak point.

In short, Schmidt sees the Magneto as an evolution rather than a revolution: the same accuracy and killing performance he trusts, with a simpler and more dependable way to keep the blades closed until impact.

SEVR Magneto Hybrid 1.75 broadhead next to its packaging — *Courtesy of SEVR*

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