Originally Posted by bigbulls

1. Will ALWAYS fly better and more consistent in ALL hunting conditions from 0-60 yards. (wind, form, torque on the bow)
I've seen and shot enough different broadheads of both types to know this isn't as simple as you try to make it here and simply isn't always true.

Sorry but under hunting conditions using the same bow a mechanical will consistently shoot better than a fixed. Trying to say fixed with its exposed blades will fly better in wind, with heavy clothes on, shooting from an awkward position, with not perfect form with torque on the bow is simply being hardheaded when it comes to which head will fly better.

2. Bigger cutting diameters which means bigger entrance and exit holes which means consistently better blood trails.
Bigger cutting diameter does not mean more tissue being cut. Diameter is but one part of the equation. You must consider the number of the blades doing the cutting as much as you do the diameter of the broadhead.

I never said it was the whole equation but with the exact same shot placement with a 1 1/8" fixed and a 2" Rage you will 99.9% of the time get a better blood trail from the 2" Rage with the bigger hole.

And yes I understand the difference between cutting diameter and cutting surface.

Cutting diameter gives you the size of the hole.

Cutting surface gives you the amount of cutting within the cutting diameter.

3. With the large cutting diameters it will consistently put down game quicker.
See #2.

4. With todays bows rear opening BH's will easily have efficient penetration. (I shoot 260fps and have had 5 for 5 passthroughs on mature Kansas and Iowa bucks with the Rage) Nearly any broadhead can pass through the ribs even from 35 pound youth bows. Square up on the shoulder blade and see what happens to a rage or any other super huge mechanical. It is a fact that super wide blades (even if you only have two of them) will consistantly penetrate less than a smaller diameter fixed head (even though the fixed may actually have more cutting ability) when you hit bone.

Square up on the main part of the shoulder and see what happens to ANY BH.

As you can see from my statement above I never said it would penetrate better. I said with today's bows you have more than adequate penetration to get a passthrough



As drockw said, if it is mechanical it can and will eventually fail.

As will all BH's at one time or another. As I stated on the post above the person behind the arrow will fail a lot more than the BH will.