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Post by M4Madness on Oct 8, 2016 9:08:27 GMT -5
My Rage failure was most certainly that. Show me a Rage that reverses the blades back into the closed position after the shot, as though it were never fired. The shot was a 20-yard, broadside, dead in the center of the ribcage blow that only resulted in a one-lung hit as best I can ascertain. We had tons of frothy lung blood and found at least three bloody beds. I swore that it was dead and that I'd just lost it.
And to put everyone's minds at ease, I'm not some sort of unintelligent idiot who would screw on a broadhead with an obvious defect.
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Post by bill9068 on Oct 8, 2016 10:39:58 GMT -5
I can certainly understand a mechanical broadhead malfunctioning, you hunt long enough and take a few shots and somethings bound to happen good or bad. I've seen fixed broadheads fly like a pitchers curve ball so there's no guarantee in either one. That's why its called hunting.
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Post by ms660 on Oct 8, 2016 16:39:39 GMT -5
This is my exact fear of using mechanicals! I guess until one fails me, i wont change a bit. Also like you m4, this has been my only pass thru. No broken arrows with the non pass thrus thankfully. In previous years i used the orange 100 grain rages, forget what the actual name was, and a 420 grain carbon express bolt. This year i did change,everything about my setup. I now shoot a 390 grain carbon express arrow and the 100 grain Hypodermics. With this setup i am 1-1 on pass thru, and the shortest tracking job ive had to date. I'm a smaller built guy I shoot 60 lbs I have never had a pass threw with a rage. I think they lose a lot of sharpness with cutting the hair and KE. I went to slick trickz this year to give it a try. If they don't work I will go with the knocked off Chinese rages I have watched pently of reviews on youtube.12 for 20 dollars! Heck yeah. Ill sharpen the blades an be good to go. 44 dollars for three not gonna do it for me. I use Ramcats with my crossbow and I bought the knock off Ramcats from China on Ebay for 12 for 20 bucks. They do lack some of the quality of the original Ramcats, but they shoot exactly the same. I use them for practice, but would have no problems using them while hunting when the originals are used-lost..
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Post by boonechaser on Oct 9, 2016 9:49:34 GMT -5
I am a die hard rage user. Been using since they first came out. Harvested over 25 deer with them without a problem. Everyone has there preference not gonna knock anyone for using something that works. I don't shoot near as much as I use to and the 100gr. 2 blade rage fly exactly like my field points with no adjustments. I use the hypodermic and the chisel tip rages. I shot a buck 3 years ago low in front shoulder where broad head penetrated shoulder and broke opposite leg bone. Shoot what works with your setup. No magic broad head out there.
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Post by urbanguy on Oct 10, 2016 10:40:13 GMT -5
Great shot! I too ahve gone back to the Rages. I realized with my Barnett CB that the 100 grains were a little too light. I shoot the CE Pile Drivers and now have a 125 grain CB Rage and I am much more accurate. Congrats!
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Post by Russ Koon on Oct 12, 2016 10:56:39 GMT -5
I suspect that NEARLY all the mech blades open NEARLY every time they're supposed to.
That does leave enough room for doubt that I'll keep shooting BH's that are already open, and will stay open, and won't require any expenditure of KE that could be better used for penetration to make them come open.
My personal pick is the good old NAP Thunderhead in 125 grains.
I shot one small buck WAY back in the thickest portion of the pelvic girdle, when my string caught my coat sleeve on a hurried shot while walking in. I was just sure I would have a long and difficult tracking job ahead to avoid a wounding loss. Instead, I watched that little buck trot off about 50 yards, then stand there half a minute or so and lie down. I got the binoculars up slowly and by the time I was focused on him, his head was also down, and I could detect no movement of his rib cage in breathing! I slowly approached, ready to try a quick finishing shot if needed, but none was. That TH had penetrated completely the entry side of the pelvic girdle, clipped the femoral artery, and buried to the back of the blades in the off-side bone!
Pretty sure that even the best mech head operating as it should, would have left me trailing a small buck with a sore hip, carrying my arrow away, likely to a property where I couldn't pursue him.
As for shooting like my field points, it's something I require for any BH that goes hunting with me. I practice a lot, and shoot BH's for practice well before season, and adjust as needed to get great flight and matching points of impact. My TH's have always been among the easiest BH's to achieve that goal with.
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