Would you rather have a guy shooting that can hit his spot with a slightly out of tune bow with a mechanical or the guy that has that same slightly untuned bow shooting a fixed at a deer at 30 yards.
Circular argument. I'd rather have neither.
At least with the fixed head, the archer knows he's out of tune and has CHOSEN to ignore it. You can't fix stupid.
The mech. head user is simply ignorant to the fact (he's out of tune). The heads do nothing to change this.
I'm not aware of fixed head manufacturers that purport "flies just like a FP" marketing schemes. Out of a properly tuned bow (even if they did), that wouldn't be a lie. Misleading? You bet. I blame shop owners as much as the mfr's. From their mouths and internet postings I see this claim on mech's the most.
Anyone who tells you their fixed heads fly just like their FP's should also tell you the steps he took to make that happen. I've never worked with a setup yet that didn't require some tuning.
One of the most important tools we can utilize to help us recover hit amimals is the arrow at the POI. I shot (+/-) 12 whitetails with the Rage head....out of a 66# Bowtech Allegiance @ 29"DL. Plenty of KE, right? I recall WAY less than 1/2 pass-thrus. Hard to discern an arrow if it's in the deer.
Switching to a fixed head.....and a recurve @ 50#'s, I got 5-5 pass-thrus in my 1st season using that tackle. Using a large, fixed head BH FORCED me to understand the importance of bow/arrow marriage (i.e. "tune").
Out of the correct setup....supplying sufficient KE, there isn't a more devastating wound channel produced....that's better than a mechanical. I've always said this.
My assertion is that the correct setup isn't being produced NEARLY enough.
If the Rage co. (and all other mech BH mfr's) would emphasize the importance of tuning.....AND give realistic lower limits of FPKE requirements, I think it would go a long ways towards lending credibility to their products.
But, that would negate a LOT of potential customers from utilizing their products. See the rub?