ORIGINAL: 5 shot
Shot a doe with a two blade rage the first year they came out. Shot was 10 yard and hear is the heat gette'r, she was facing me. I know but believe it or not I practice these shots and she was close, and I was on the ground. Arrow went in here throat, came out her belly near the rear leg. I cut the windpipe, jugular, and one lung. She traveld about 15 yards. Huge blood trail. Head was in perfect shape. Bow was set at 72lbs and I am pushing right at 73lbs of KE with that setup. I will also include a link to my website and a review of the Rage two blade for those interested. Just scroll down the page and you will see it.
http://www.broadheadtests.com/NEWHEADS.html
I haven't used the Rage so I'm not sure how you feel about me chiming in but I will due to the fact I've used the Snyper since 2001. The Snyper is the Rage's 1/2 smaller brother. Same design etc.
I've shot 6 bucks and a doe with the Snyper. Devistating holes, devistating.
1. Not the Rage but the Snyper
2. 2 blade.
3. 68ish
4. From 20 yards out to 41 yards.
5. Yes, (not all)
6. None made it 50 yards.
7. Not the Rage but the same designed Snyper. Awesome head. If I didn't use the Snyper, I'd use the Rage.
8. Available all over the web.
When I first came to HNI back in '98 I think, I was antimechanical and would get in heavy debates with many but I feel I was warranted as many of the original mechanical heads, SUCKED.
Today, there are some quality mechanicals, (not all) but the 2 blade Snyper and Rage and 2 quality heads. I've never heard of any failures on the Snypers and the few I heard on the Rage I consider pilot (user) problems, not head problems. (minus the one design flaw that was recalled by Rage).
Until I have a bad experience with the Snypers I'll always use them. I've used many fixed blade head misfurtunes that were in no way design flaws (I assume other than smaller holes than the Snyper) but I've had zero issue so far with Snypers. (Same design as Rage).
Again, I apologize if I overstepped my reply as I haven't used the Rage but I certainly would as the Snyper is the same head, slightly smaller, less expensive but same design.