I've been reading all of these posts of guys who love Rage Broadheads and other mechanical Broadheads. I think a hunter needs to ask himself, "why would I want to shoot a mechanical broadhead? What's the advantage over a fixed head?" The majority answer to that query would have to be true arrow flight right? (More to come onarrow flight later.)I alsoknow someone is going to say that Rage Broadheads make huge holes but that advantage is offset by 2 main problems of the Rage: 1.just beforeyou draw your bow for the shot, you better make sure a blade hasn't popped loose off one of the rubber o rings (this has happened to tons of guys using this headat crucial moments). For that reason alone, I won't use them.I don't like to have to wonder if my Broadhead is ready to shoot when a 700LBbugling Bullelk is coming in fast and there's no time to worry aboutequipment. 2.On occasions when pass throughs don't happen, the fixed blade will continue to work and cut tissueas the animal runs away as the blades won't sway back and forth against resitance as with the Rage. Witha fixed head broadheadYou KNOW it's ready for duty without ever glimpsing at it and you know it's stronger than any mechanical on the market.

Mechanical broadheads should be outlawed in my opinion. They have mamed and wounded more game than they've killed. Broken blades, failure to deploy, premature deployment,chinsey/weak designs,bone deflections,I could go on an on. I've heard guys saying that even the mighty Rage heads don't open on rare occasion. Why take the chance?

Now tothe common sense part about arrow flight. Guys who have trouble getting a fixed head to fly (and have good mechanics, see your pro shop if you don't)are almost always using purecarbon arrows. Carbon arrows arenot a quality product, they still don't have the technology to make a carbonarrow with uniform wall thickness yet, sure,it might be straight but each arrow will flex differently in flight due to thin/inconsistant areas in the arrow wall, that's why broadheads won't fly in most caseswithcarbons when you get over 260 FPS.To combat this problem, you simplycan't beat an xx78 aluminum arrow or a aluminum/carbon hybridarrow like the ACC or the FMJ, try one of these arrows, tune your bow and watch your fixed head broadheadsfly consistant and truefor certain and throw away the toy mechanicalheads once and for all!