Maybe if u wouldv payed attention, u wouldve read where I said I've never had a rage failure, nor am I a fixed blade shooter.
I am simply arguing the fact that all things mechanical can and will fail. I would bet you a grand right now that there were more mehanical bh failures last season than fixed... Wanna take that bet?
Since I do extensive bh testing year round, I have had the mehanical issues pop up during testing. I've had blades come open, and had them not come open upon impact(one did and the other didn't). I have also tested them with frontal rubber bands with and without the o ring.
I NEVER said I didn't like rages, I love them. They have brought me the 5 fastest bow kills ever in the past 2 years...
But u saying that it's just as likely for both to fail is ridiculous, and anyone who has any mechanical background would agree 100%.
You say"so long as the hunter does his part" I say so what if he doesn't? What if the hunter doesn't notice the small crack in the o ring and it opens in flight. Would that have had happened to cause a miss??? Maybe. But with a fixed head there isn't even the opportunity.
You even mentioning hunters shooting capability is completely irrelevant to this argument, and it's just your way of making you and rage feel better
have fun believing that the failure opportunity is even...
Originally Posted by
annika3
Did I ruffle some feathers?
Drockw:
What is so ridiculous with the statement? The hunter themselves will fail more often than the BH.
Never said that a fixed will "fail" more often than a mechanical.
Your Statement:
"What on a fixed blade can fail period??? Other than blades breaking and ferrules snapping, which is entirely material related, nothing... Its not going to open prematurely or not open at all like a mechanical can. It is a static and unless the construction is broken, it CANNOT fail."
If the hunter checks his equipment a Rage will NOT open prematurely and it next to immpossible for it NOT to open on contact of the animal based off how it works (or if you can, please explain to me how it's NOT going to open based off how it works). So it really looks like the only things that can happen, blades breaking and ferrules snapping, is the same as a fixed.
Have Rage blades broken? Yes
Have Rage ferrules broken? Yes
Have Slick Tricks blades broken? Yes
Have Slick Trick Ferrules broken? Yes
I used fixed for 20 years and then switched to Snypers and now Rage and IMHO the REAR OPENING 2 blade Rage is the best head I've used including all fixed that I have used.
I guess the difference between you and me is I have used both and don't bash fixed heads because I know most of them are good heads.