I am pleased to find that there are readers who do seek the other sides of the stories, and clearly understand that debates arising from challenges are not always meant to be (just) argumentative and confrontational.

I never said that 5Shot should discontinue his testing of broadheads. However, in my opinion, many of the tests performed and the results obtained are good for entertainment but are not comparable or compatible with real life events. When design, performance, and quality control is the issue, the best information is information obtained from many sources and opinions; especially, information obtained from actual performance under actual conditions.

5Shot, I understand what you are saying. However, the performance of broadhead shot into a hide, green or dry, draped across a lightweight board, cannot possibly simulate the body of a live animal, nor the varied forces, external and internal, a live animal's body will impart upon the broadhead and shaft.

The one important action that would be difficult to reproduce, almost impossible, when using your model, it that when the broadhead was shot into the deer by huntmup, the shaft also entered the deer's body. The external/internal forces imparted upon the shaft would directly affect the action of the broadhead.

How different brands and designs of broadheads perform in a side-by-side test on a medium they were not designed for, does not mean that the results will be the same under actual conditions. The results under real conditions could greatly differ, even be reversed.

I have never used a "Slick Trick" broadhead and cannot testify that the head is good, bad, or somewhere in between. However, I would not be surprised to find that the large and steeply angled blades could cause a deflection problem if the penetration is angled.

Additionally, I would venture to assume that the short ferrule and large blades would decrease the KE rather quickly. Once the KE is drastically reduced, the cutting/penetration ability will suffer and can cause the broadhead to stop or to deflect into and through a path of lesser resistance.

Last, I have always been leery of large blades having large windows, designed to reduce planing. When penetrating hair, tissue, and tallow, blades having large windows have a greater tendency to gather body material and can immensely impede penetration and cutting.


Edited by - c903 on 11/26/2002 10:18:48