Originally Posted by
Mikey30067
so the other 4 rages worked perfectly well with the 40ke blades? are the cavity's that the blades set in possibly bent in any slight way on the other 2? i would try taking the blades out of one of the 4 that are working and put it in one that isn't locking, that should tell you if its the broadhead or the blades.
I agree. Pain in the butt as it might seem like... that will let you know if its the head or the blades.
Those stupid roll pins can be a real beesnatch to work with... might have buggered something up... its easy to do.
I have been using mechanicals for the last 5 years, and not once have i ever had a problem during a shooting situation. Based on what you are saying, you should be hunting with a traditional bow, not some fancy smancy compound with a bunch of moving parts. Why complicate things? lol
This is a retarded arguement in my opinion. The bow is going to do exactly the same thing every single time. What makes it change is the way we draw, hold and release it... we are the weakest link in the system. With a recurve... we are still the weakest link in the system. ]
With a broadhead... there are an infinite number of variables that are totally beyond control. Angles... bones... tissues..... no two shots are exactly alike.... the name of the game is to eliminate some variables... and thats what fixed heads do for me.
Lets face it... if it was simple to get fixed heads to fly to POA/POI with field points.... or if broadheads just always shot as good as field points do... then mechanicals would not only hardly ever be used..... they probably wouldn't even exist. You'de a fool to make something more prone to failure simply for the sake of doing so. It would be like starting the 4th string QB in the super bowl just because it would make a great story if it worked out.
I watched Mike Hanback shoot his rage practice heads into a target at 50 and 60 yards on TOC the other night... Man they flew like darts..... Mike then turned around and whiffed on a 24 yard shot on a huge mule deer. He punched the trigger.... and he admitted it. The deer ran and stopped about 40 yards away and looked back... he already had another arrow on.... and started to draw and then stopped.... I didn't notice until they replayed it in slow mo... (and they didn't mention it of course.... what would the sponsors say).... but every single arrow in his quiver full of rage heads had the blades deployed... and the reason he didn't get a second shot off.... my bet would be that his blades on the arrow he was about to shoot had slipped.
Anybody care to recall what happened to Randy Ulmer at the long range broadhead shoot this past winter????