I rank my rocket sidewinder blades as -----DISPOSABLE!!! Once they go through they come out looking spent. Bent and dull.

The blades have such a skinny width, how much wind planing could they possibly do if they were fixed heads?

I' m not saying that thy' re junk or anything like that. I just consider them one set of bldes per animal B/H' s. They' re cheap enough to use in that regard as I only shoot 2 or 3 animals a year. I will gladly give up a head for each animal I shoot, as long as it does it' s job in harvesting the game animal I' m happy.

I had a kid a couple of weeks ago who swore off mechanicals after shooting a pig with them. When he told me he got a complete pass thru, but they were bent up. I told him that it sounds like it did it' s job. I ended up giving him my 90 grain muzzy 4 blades and a pack of new blades. They should last him a while.

I shoot the Mar-Den Mini Max 3 blades. I always keep at least one head (usually from last year) for practice shooting. I don' t know if it' s really necessary because they always hit with my fp' s, but I do it anyway. I shoot from the balcony of my barn into the ground. It' s always worked for me.

To each their own but when shooting a compound bow with sights (as opposed to a stickbow without sights), if the broadheads fly EXACTLY like the field points - and Rocky Revolution 100' s did for me, then practicing with the broadheads amounts to buying field points at ten bucks apiece. Nothing wrong with doing that if you have a mind to do so, but it' s unnecessary. One of the big advantages to a quality mechanical head is that you can use the exact same setup you shot 3D with and tweaked to perfection all summer for hunting by simply switching the target points with the broadheads. That, however, is providing you' ve confirmed that you' re hitting exactly the same as your field points. 2 inch groups at 40 yards with the Rocky Revolutions right in the middle of the group told me all I needed to know. Confirmed 20 and 30 and that was that. The rest is just business as usual.

I think a lot of good can from shooting broadheads regularly and often. shooting broadheads is as much a lesson in tuning as it is in form.

practicing with them from tree stands and odd angles, with full hunting attire can yeild some " surprising" results. Surprises I would much rather limit to my backyard

Rack, are you saying in simulated hunting conditions you' ve had mechanicals not shoot to the same point of impact of a field tip, where they did in just straight up shoot at the target practice?

If so, care to elaborate?

Oh

rocky revolution is an expandable isn' t it[&:]

I skimmed over it and thought he was talking about the rocky fixed heads.

Thanks Range

Sorry Rob, I agree - no real need to shoot mechanicals all the time

I still do though

I put away my 3-D rig and start shootin my huntin bow a few weeks before the season at 3-D shoots with the exact same setup as I hunt with,less my NAP Spitfire 100 grn expandables!
I have tested these broadheads out to 50 yards and they group right with my field tips!!!!!
I have taken a lot of critters with this setup.... Q2XL set at 65 lbs,28 inch draw and Gold Tip 5575 carbons with 4 inch vanes. Finished weight is 405 grains!
You can check out some of my harvests and others bowhuntin trophys on my websites photo gallery!
www.stealtharchery.com

I like to shoot my mechs just to make sure they are going where they' re supposed too. I tie the blades closed with some dental floss so they don' t get dulled from practice.