Nub, the " score" really doesn' t tell the whole story. It' s just a starting point. I don' t shoot mechanicals into the tire becuase 90% of them won' t go through and they are a pain in the (^&()_% to get out! I don' t subtract points from a head unless the cutting surface is lost or the head just completly breaks apart. Alot of heads do " score" between 20 and 25, but like I said that' s only half the story. All of the heads I test will probably work on game with good shot placement, all I am doing really is seperating the cream so to speak. The higher the score the better the head probably is, but not always. When heads get up to the 24/25 range you are getting into the " best of the best" end of the tests, but again I have had one head " score" a 26 (bone busters) but I never could get it sharp, so even though it " scored" high, I don' t recomend it becuase of the sharpness issue. I try not to " judge" a head unless it just totaly proves unreliable, I provide the info and give an opinion, but it' s up the the man buying the heads to try them out for themselves to see if they preform like he or she needs them too.