piston points
08-10-2007, 03:18 PM
#2
Join Date: Aug 2007
Posts: 18
RE: piston points
Just bought rage 2bladebroadheads.Didnt even know about the piston points till today.They look good and a pretty smartdesign.Dont like the way the rubberband work on the piston points though.On the site he said it relies on the hair to pull the rubberband off.
08-10-2007, 03:27 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
Posts: 2,188
RE: piston points
The tip pushing back on the blades open the blades up and the bands slide off. If they don't slide they'll break. With the design it would seem impossible for the heads not to open.
08-12-2007, 08:41 PM
#5
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Balt, MD (orig: J-town,PA) The bowels of Hell!!!
Posts: 2,188
RE: piston points
I think he shouldn't have said a word about how the band is removed and just says about the hair so people wouldn't think it's an issue. As soon as the tip makes contact the blades are deployed fully.
This is where marketing plays a big part. I personally think this broadhead has a much better design than the Rage and if they'd put the money in like the manufacturer of the Rage we'd be hearing more about these heads.
Instead of relying on the shoulder of the blade to force open the blades this broadhead uses the tip pushing back to force the blades into position and they stay that way until after exit. On angled shots the blades would work th same way as from straight on. This has always been deficiency with mechanicals that kept me from using them.
I'd like to see a slow mo of the Rage on an angled shot. Unless both blades are tied in to open together even if only 1 shoulder is in contact I'd think that you could have a late deployment on an angled shot.
darbz18, do you know if this is true or not?
Another good point is that on a shot that does not go the whole way through the animal the blades reverse direction for removal.
This is where marketing plays a big part. I personally think this broadhead has a much better design than the Rage and if they'd put the money in like the manufacturer of the Rage we'd be hearing more about these heads.
Instead of relying on the shoulder of the blade to force open the blades this broadhead uses the tip pushing back to force the blades into position and they stay that way until after exit. On angled shots the blades would work th same way as from straight on. This has always been deficiency with mechanicals that kept me from using them.
I'd like to see a slow mo of the Rage on an angled shot. Unless both blades are tied in to open together even if only 1 shoulder is in contact I'd think that you could have a late deployment on an angled shot.
darbz18, do you know if this is true or not?
Another good point is that on a shot that does not go the whole way through the animal the blades reverse direction for removal.
08-13-2007, 09:06 PM
#6
Fork Horn
Join Date: May 2006
Location:
Posts: 414
RE: piston points
Look at some of the holes on angled shots with the Rage! I don't think you're getting late deployment.
There's a reason there is such a buzz about the Rage. It's leaving entrance and exit holes that no other broadhead has ever done.
There's a reason there is such a buzz about the Rage. It's leaving entrance and exit holes that no other broadhead has ever done.
08-13-2007, 10:44 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Virginia
Posts: 3,882
RE: piston points
ORIGINAL: annika3
Look at some of the holes on angled shots with the Rage! I don't think you're getting late deployment.
There's a reason there is such a buzz about the Rage. It's leaving entrance and exit holes that no other broadhead has ever done.
Look at some of the holes on angled shots with the Rage! I don't think you're getting late deployment.
There's a reason there is such a buzz about the Rage. It's leaving entrance and exit holes that no other broadhead has ever done.
