re: Fixed vs Mechanical broadheads

Chris Bee and Inside Out Precision are good follows for just general tuning and arrow info. Bee is sponsored to the gills now so probably recommend his older content. You’ll eventually click on a Ranch Fairy video and there’s no harm in doing so, just recognize he learned that being a villain got him views so he kinda doubled down on the more ridiculous aspects of shooting heavy arrows, some decent knowledge to gain from at least hearing what his approach is. He’s at least somewhat responsible for bringing FOC back into focus and shooting a bit heavier, which most people could benefit from learning about.

Thanks. Ive watched Ranch Fairy stuff some in the past.

What threw me off was this guy I was listening to recently was pretty adamantly opposed to bare shaft tuning and strictly used 100gr Iron Wills. I guess he was using collars to get 16% FOC with such a light head?? Wasn’t sure if this was the same general philosophy as RF or not. I guess so.

Inserts/collars most likely in combination with a smaller diameter/lighter shaft. My setup is something close to 14% with a 75gr insert, a 100gr head, and a 5mm arrow shaft. Mid to low teen FOC isn’t all that tough to achieve without going overboard and will get you the vast majority of the benefits of it, with diminishing returns after that at the expense of speed. Nothing inherently magical about FOC it’s just one factor that can increase penetration with the goal of achieving a full pass through. Search the Ed Ashby reports on YouTube and you’ll get a lot of the context on why RF does this or that, and all the factors that Ashby developed back in the 80s.

Rage Hypodermics No Collar 125 grain. 5/5 past 2 seasons Ive used them. They’ve ran 20-125 yds door knob dead. Super accurate. Until they fail me I’m good with them





My only complaint is the older Rage 2.0 with collars could be used a few times. The hypodermic blades are thin and bend upon impact so for me they are one and done

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I didn't want to go down this path but here we go


No it didn't

A rage (or any broadhead) does not just bounce off a rib, or even a shoulder. It just physically can not.

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Well over half the horror stories you read online about heads are simply wrong.

Grim Reaper Whitetail specials are great. If you place it right you will definitely "Watch'em Drop". Old age forced me to reduce draw weight so I switched to the GR Carnifours since my kinetic energy was right on the
65ft-lb borderline recommended for Whitetail Specials.

Before mechanicals I had been using 1-1/8'' fixed blades and even though we found our deer dead the blood trails weren't satisfactory and several were found because we heard where they crashed.

Does anybody here remember the mechanical broadhead thread a few years ago where some baw had a full blown autistic meltdown over Rage?

Better get a stiff bolt. That’s a shite ton of weight and could result in a sloppy tune out of a x bow with a fixed head.

Why not do a 150 grain option?

I've got stiff sticks. Was shooting in the yard all evening yesterday. Got it dialed in pretty quickly, actually. Was surprised.

I shoot 100 gr Slick Tricks. They fly like a field tip. Ive always preferred fixed blades because a mechanical can fail to deploy. Also mechanicals may not get complete passthroughs due to loss of energy at deployment. A fixed blade with chiseled tip to smash through bone will rarely fail.

Mechanicals were designed to fly like fieldtips when many early fixed blades poi differed from fieldtips. Now you can purchase fixed blades that fly like fieldtips.