ORIGINAL: Jason Cuda
Todd, I hear ya, and you have to go with what you have confidence with. I used to Grim Reapers a while back. They are still the same design, but now offer two diff heads I believe. I looked at their data, and I personally believe that its close to true, but my personal experiences with them have found them to still have shot deflection on quartering shots. I was not getting the usual pass thru's that year, but looking back, I was using a much lighter arrow then. As with any mechanical head, shooting a little heavier shaft often times, helps out by increasing a little K/E. I use a drill press to test all the ferals of my broadheads before use, and my finding back then were found that many of heads ferals which were cnc'd from aluminum did not spin test well. Especially near the tips where they were turned in a lathe for the adaptation of the screw in razor cut head. I wasnt sure if they heated up in this process, and warped or what, but that was my findings then. Like I said, this was a while ago, and they probably changed their production processes. I myself, am going to stick with the PP's for a while longer as I have 20 packaged 3 pks still hanging on the wall of my bow tuning area. I also do not care for the cheesy rubber band either, and yes they seem to dry rot easily too. I have to agree there, but I still have too much confidence to change up right now, as I know I can stick that shaft on a dime whenever needed, and in the moment of truth, thats all that matters to us as hunters.
Now, get to work, so you and your gang could put together another awesome video for us!!!!
Jason Cuda
Jason,
That is very interesting...... I would think that most, if not all broadheads that are machined and not MIM'ed like the G5 stuff would be done on some sort of screw machine or hydromat machining center?? At least anything with any type of high volumes?? Like all machining and manufacturing processes, there are variables within the process that need to be controlled and monitored closely to ensure a consistant product. Some processes have more variability that is inherent to the process based on variables such as the machinery, the materials, and the complexity of the operation being performed. Of course like with anything, many times it comes down to the quality (see cost)of the machinery and tooling (repeatability), the raw material, and how thoughtout the manufacturing process may have been, and it's overall capability to produce a quality product that is consistant and reproduceable within that process.
I would find it interesting to perform capability study for linear runout (amount of wobble)on the ferules of many of the popular heads today and then compare those to a study of a cross-section of field points?? You never hear people question their field points, but I would bet they are produced the same way??? There would be less runout, mostly because they are generally shorter in length than broadhead ferules, but could still be produced with a "wobble".
Interesting stuff, no doubt.............
Mark