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Old 03-25-2008 | 09:59 AM
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I think marketing may very well have something to do with it.

Yep.

Its the same reason so many people come into the gun shop looking for TC Encores... marketing, advertising, putting it in celebrities hands.... getting people to talk about it. How many threads you suppose were posted up here, in the gear review forum and in the technical forum last fall about Rage heads? I got sick of seeing them. It seems like a full 25% of the membership here was planning on trying them. They go so much "talk advertisement" that everyone knows what they are and what they are about.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 10:01 AM
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As with any new product marketing and word of mouth are good bet.
If they didn't get the exposure their sales wouldn't be as good.
This is of course true, but......that same word of mouth can hurt you as well. If they weren't as bad arse as they are, they wouldn't be as popular.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 10:11 AM
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that same word of mouth can hurt you as well.
Obviously.

If they weren't as bad arse as they are, they wouldn't be as popular.
Well you can make anything popular for a short time, that's when the word of mouth becomes more important then the huge advertising dollar.

I haven't used the head so, I can't say if they are bad arse or not. I do know they haven't been out that long so time will determine how good they are. You know what I mean?
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Old 03-25-2008 | 10:23 AM
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that same word of mouth can hurt you as well.
Obviously.

If they weren't as bad arse as they are, they wouldn't be as popular.
Well you can make anything popular for a short time, that's when the word of mouth becomes more important then the huge advertising dollar.

I haven't used the head so, I can't say if they are bad arse or not. I do know they haven't been out that long so time will determine how good they are. You know what I mean?
Yes sir, yes sir I do. We most certainly will, there's no doubt of that.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 10:36 AM
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How do the Tekan 2 by G5 rate against the RAGE ? , anybody on here tried them yet and what do you think of them ? .
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Old 03-25-2008 | 11:00 AM
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I have personally seen three deer taken with them. They are the real deal.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 11:42 AM
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The only complaints I have heard from anyone on the big mechanicals is lack of a pass thru. If you have enough KE, that shouldn't be an issue on an average deer IMO. Is anyone using Hypershocks or have in the past? I'm interested to see what they can do and would like to know your experiences.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 11:48 AM
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Of the three deer shot, one large mulie was shot at 40 yards - hard quartering away angle - entered last rib and exited out the top of the shoulder. 2nd one was another large mule deer buck. Hit muscle tissue of shoulder broadside at 30 yards - went through both lungs - stopped in bone of opposite shoulder. Third one was a whitetail buck at 20 yards. Pass through on a broadside gut shot. All bows were 60 lbs. of KE. All three deer were only able to make it about 50 yards after being shot. Massive blood loss.
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Old 03-25-2008 | 11:59 AM
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Why is Rage top dog? That's easy; they've spent more money advertising and promoting they're heads than anyone else! I won't be shooting them anytime soon, cause I don't care who uses them, I only use what tests have proven to be better performing heads....
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Old 03-25-2008 | 12:05 PM
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Why is Rage top dog? That's easy; they've spent more money advertising and promoting they're heads than anyone else! I won't be shooting them anytime soon, cause I don't care who uses them, I only use what tests have proven to be better performing heads....
How do you perform better than deader'n a doornail with a massive swath cut through???

I'm not making fun of you or your post. I'm just wondering which head inflicts more dmage than the rage.....and if someone would be kind enough to post up some photos of said damage.

We can compare our results.
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