As far as your suggestion of not paper tuning but have someone observe from behind, well I am not sure that I agree that this exercise can replace or substitute for paper tuning, but putting that aside, when doing so, the arrow "appears" to fly straight and true.
You'll get people from both camps (paper tuning v. BH tuning) touting their own method. I just don't see the significance of having a perfectly paper tuned setup if I'm not getting true arrow flight. If I'm getting true arrow flight.....the paper tuning would concern me a "little".....but the flight of the arrow doesn't lie (personal opinion....and I may get my hand slapped for saying so
). How far back are you standing to paper tune?
But Jeff, just because a particularKE level works for a fixed doesn't necessarily mean that level ofKE isn't the problem with a head such as the rage.
IMO it does....when you're talking over 60FP's. If your bow is tuned properly.....what else could be the reason. 61FP's is sufficient to get pass-thrus at normal whitetail hunting scenario distances (shot distances).
Granted, it takes very little KE to open the blade, but you have a much wider head that has to penetrate the hide twice as well as go through or around ribs, robbing the arrow of it KE much quicker than a smaller diameter head.
Agreed. But the additional speed is a factor in the computation of the KE. It's going faster than the heavier head......hence your higher KE reading.
So while I do not have enough experience or replications with the Rage, to say this as an absolute, I am still "leaning" towartds the idea that 61#KE is not enough energy for this TYPE of head IF a complete pass thru is a must.
Interesting take. I've just always heard that it was plenty (again...assuming we're talking if shot from a well tuned bow at normal whitetail hunting shot distances).
Only when I am 100% sure that bow is completely in tune with that particular broadhead and only after I have shot a few more deer with it, will I have a STRONG opinion in this regard, one way or the other.
Completely agree.
Again, not trying to start another Rage thread, but rather a tuning question.
Agreed, again. We coud as easily be discussing a different head.....even larger.