What about a Rage would cause poor penetration? Sounds to me these cases would be more related to a lighter arrow. Too often people look to speed and throw their kinetic energy out the window. I shoot Easton FMJ's and get pass-thrus every time.

[/QUOTE]I'm basing what I'm saying on +/-2yrs. using the head from a bow/arrow that gave every indication it was "in tune". I mean....my FP's and BH's (Rage) had the same POI. How would I (and, I consider myself the avg. bowhunter) know any differently? It wasn't until I started employing fixed heads that I was FORCED to learn the importance of bow/arrow marriage.[/QUOTE]

That was the line of logic that led YOU to tune your bow...that line of logic will not necesarily "force" someone else to tune their bow. I think I see where you are going: If an arrow is kicking you won't get the same penetration. I think you'd have to be kicking pretty bad to see a significant difference (assuming the same weight arrow/BH is used in the pentration test.)

[/QUOTE]Agreed. But, don't you see an exhorbitant amount of folks claiming Rage/Mech. BH "failure" that purport perfectly placed shots? How much of this do you buy? I'm not buying much of either (BH failure OR perfectly placed shots resulting in lost deer).
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I've yet to have one fail...I can only assume a mis-placed shot...think we're in agreement here.

Interesting topic.