re: Crossbow advice

One reason I started using them was because I could take field points out and screw in my Rage and still shot same all the way to my 60 yard pin and I could remember Hearing my fixed blade fly and not hearing the mechanical

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Is there any reason for me to use mechanicals over fixed broadheads if I won't take a shot outside of 40 yds?

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For starters, if you are shooting something over 40 yards I hope it's an elk, buffalo, or something else with lungs the size of refridgerators. Over 40 is pushing it no matter if you have Rambo broadheads. Too many things can go wrong in between zero and 40.

Personally I believe if you are shooting a bow over 275 fps or so, the mechanicals (Specifically Rage) will out-perform the fixed in all areas I can think of.

#1-Penetration: In the first days of mechanicals (think Vortex) the idea of incorporating a cut-on-contact concept into the mechanical head was lost. Therefore many of the first in the early 90s didn't penetrate as well as, say, a 125 gr Thunderhead. With the cut-on-contact incorporated into today's Rage and such, the penetration issue is virtually non-existent. Some manufacturers will make you believe their fixed blades will outperform mechanicals because they can shoot through 55-gallon drums and 1" plywood. I tried hunting barrels and plywood, and neither presented a challenge. I have, however, shot my 2 and 3-blade Rage through both shoulders of many deer without a hiccup.

Advantage - Push

#2-Arrow flight: Mechanical's fly awesome. Sure you can tune your setup to spit out your Muzzy's like a bullet, but the mechanicals fly better for the most part.

Advantage - Mechanicals

#3-Damage inflicted: Poke yourself in the stomack with a needle, then do the same with a scalpel or something else with a larger cutting area. Big wounds result in better blood trails and higher rate of recovery on average. On good shots it wouldn't matter if you were shooting a field tip or 3" cutting broadhead. The marginal to bad shots is where the mechanicals prevail.

Advantage - Mechanical

#4-Value: Sure a 3-pack of Rage is $40.00, but what is the cost of your wasted effort on the one deer you lose that you would have found with a better blood trail or better arrow flight?

Advantage - Mechanical?

Hope this helps answer your question.

The link in this thread is what I looked at before I decided which broadheads to buy. Pretty intredasting

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It did? Mine was a 4 pack of sharpened broadheads.

You sharpen after you shoot a deer with them?

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Yea mine came with a "special offer " 5th practice head.

Yes, i will sharpen them after i shoot anything

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What do you sharpen with/how do you sharpen? Do you get them back to fresh-out-the-box sharp?

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I get them sharper...

My wifes father gave one to me for christmas. I dont know what the hell its called, but it has a mini vice that holds the broadhead in place. It then has two ceramic rods that are attatched to a ball joint object, and you can hit both sides of each blade with it.

Its like rowing a boat with two ceramic rods, and the blade is your water.


screwed thepooch on that one. i am my wife's husband.

More edits because upon further review, it looked like i got a 12 year old girl to describe the sharpener.