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Ugggg. Archery isn't a perfect world. Fixed blades are less accurate, mechanical's fail. I don't have any doubt animals are lost with all heads. Thanks for sharing your experience.
So apparently the new head is designed with a... "back up tab" for lack of a better word. This tab is specifically designed to ensure that if one blade breaks, the other will lock open still do its job. This of course is in theory and in tests performed in ballistic gel so only time will tell if it works as described.Actually - looks like the issue would / could occur if you broke one side. Then the other side pivots back into the BH body because of the lack of opposing resistance.
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So apparently the new head is designed with a... "back up tab" for lack of a better word. This tab is specifically designed to ensure that if one blade breaks, the other will lock open still do its job. This of course is in theory and in tests performed in ballistic gel so only time will tell if it works as described.
You break a blade and the other stays locked the arrow is going to want to make a hard turn in the direction of the locked out blade. Nothing apposing it on the other side. Penetration is going to pretty much stop right there.
Is there any reason why they can't double the thickness and strength of these mechanical blades? Why do they all have to be tin metal thin?
Kind of ironic that FOC and EFOC seem to be the topic of the day yet guys are all trying to figure out how to do this using 100gr broadheads.
Don't 100% agree with this. I have one arrow setup I might like a little more (certainly not less) tip weight and I've already got 75 grain brass inserts and 125 grain heads.You can make a 100 grain broadhead nearly any total weight up front with most arrows. Different weight inserts or weights can make this weigh anything you want.
John Dudley says 100 grain broadheads are often more accurate and runs weighted inserts. Levi Morgan says FOC matters the most on the internet.
Not that they know what they are talking about. They are just your average run of the mill world champion archers. I'd listen to them if they had a higher archery talk post count.
John Dudley says 100 grain broadheads are often more accurate and runs weighted inserts. Levi Morgan says FOC matters the most on the internet.
Not that they know what they are talking about. They are just your average run of the mill world champion archers. I'd listen to them if they had a higher archery talk post count.
I think the majority of archers over think FOC.
I think the majority of archers over think FOC.