Open Rage flight pattern?
12-13-2011, 11:49 AM
#11
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2007
Posts: 277
I'm not here to bash Rage or any other mechanical, but I don't understand why people use them. I have yet to see a thread in this forum about a fixed blade broadhead failing. There are some out there that fly just like field tips. So why chance it on a mechanical? That Rage, with the moving parts, just cost you a chance at a buck of a lifetime. JMO.
12-13-2011, 02:09 PM
#13
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
Posts: 4,894
12-14-2011, 01:26 PM
#14
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2010
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 872
12-14-2011, 03:03 PM
#15
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
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12-14-2011, 03:05 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
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Location: central and east texas
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12-15-2011, 05:35 AM
#17
Spike
Join Date: Nov 2011
Posts: 35
I shoot the rage 2 blade. Never had one open durring flight. and I can tell you why I use them. MASSIVE blood trails! Every deer I have made a killing shot on with them died quickly and the blood trail was so good that you could follow it at a fast walk and never loose it. I mean buckets of blood. I have shot thunderheads, muzzy, G5 monteks, and many others and never had blood like I get from the rages. You can almost stick your hand throughthe hole. Keep them sharp and keep the rubber o-ring new and no problems. I replace the o-ring every year.
12-17-2011, 05:57 AM
#18
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: State of Confusion
Posts: 172
Congrats to you for holding off on the shot, that took some will power. I dont mean to laugh at your situation but I do find it ironic that you have a mechanical broadhead failure on an arrow that never leaves the bow.
Since mechanicals have never been legal here I have always shot fixed blade heads and never had a reason to change.
Good luck I hope you get another shot at him.
Since mechanicals have never been legal here I have always shot fixed blade heads and never had a reason to change.
Good luck I hope you get another shot at him.
12-17-2011, 04:09 PM
#19
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ELK GROVE CA USA
Posts: 1,251
1-The rage head is meant to be shot while it is closed, not open. They will NOT fly correctly if they open.
2-You have to make 100% sure that when you close the blades you feel them "click" in over the rubber o-ring. If you don't feel it "click" than rotate the o-ring or replace it. You can also modify the back portion of the blade by fileing it down some to get it to fit better over the rubber o-ring. You can also put the ruber band over the top like others have posted.
2-You have to make 100% sure that when you close the blades you feel them "click" in over the rubber o-ring. If you don't feel it "click" than rotate the o-ring or replace it. You can also modify the back portion of the blade by fileing it down some to get it to fit better over the rubber o-ring. You can also put the ruber band over the top like others have posted.
