ORIGINAL: bigbulls
What I dont get is, and guys Im not against either, but I have yet to see a hole from a fixed blade even somewhat compare to that of the rage/snyper design.
This is howI explained it in another thread about 6 months ago.
A 4 blade like a slick trick mag or Muzzy MX4with a 1.125" diameterwill cutexactly the sameas a 3 blade 1.5" diameterbroadhead as it would a 2 blade 2.25" broadhead.
Given the same shot on the same animal the results would be virtually the same the only real differance would be the shape of the hole.
Another way to look at is a square (4 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area is exactly the same size as a triangle (3 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area is exactly the same size as a long rectangle (2 blade)thatcovers 2 square inches in area.
Now assumeall threepenetrate 12 inches of deer they will cut exactly the same amount of tissue on their way through.
This thinking is actually a little misleading and incorrect as far as effectiveness of cutting diameter vs cutting surface.
Take a veryextreme example and you'll see.........(Hopefully my math is right? LOL cause this is off the top of my head
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If you take a 2 blade mechanical with an absolutely crazy cutting diameter of say 12"........yep 1 foot.[:-]and then compared that to an 1 1/4" fixed head with 10 blades on it for a total cutting SURFACE of 12.5" , I'm gonna argue that the 2 blade with a 12" cutting diameter is going to inflict MORE damage than a head with a smaller cutting diameter but with even more cutting surface as shown in my example. I don't think anyone visualizing that scenario would argue the point.
You could put 20 blades on that 1 1/4" head and it's still only cutting an area 1 1/4" in any direction affecting a smaller area and potentially affectingless vessels and possibly combined organs and vital tissue.
I truly believe that it is the ability of some of these heads to reach way out laterally that makes them so effective. The big cutting diameters combined with more completely compromising organs and vessels really does make them potentially faster more effective killers. I know it's easy to say 'dead is dead" but an extra 1" of cutting width can mean the difference in real life of hitting an artery, or taking out 2 organs instead of one etc.
I will never buy the cutting surface being just as effective as cutting diameter explanation, because as soon as you extrapolate it out as far as you want it becomes clear that you can reach a point where you have a 2 blade head that could cut a deer in half, while you've simply added 10 more 1 1/4" blades to a fixed head to equal the cutting surface.
And I'm not partial to brand. Trust me on that one. I would maybe guess that I have more varied broadheads at my disposal than 99% of the members here who aren't broadhead collectors. Just lots of dead animals and some educated ideas.