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On 11/7/2017 at 8:02 PM, TurtleFace said:

From what ive gathered between reading posts and watching videos, the hypo points often don't survive their impact, meanwhile the chisel tips can be cleaned up enough to make another kill

The blades are another matter. I used my vertical on two deer with rage chisel tip in october and I sharpened and cleaned up all four blades (two per head). I used one of these on a deer a couple of days ago (xbow) and one blade went completely missing. No idea where it went, and the other blade snapped at one of its parts so although it is still there I can't re-use it. The chisel tip looks fine (didn't spin test yet), but the price or replacement blades is almost as high as entire heads with blades. It was a nice lung shot but the blades went to hell hitting ribs.

I absolutely will use these again simply because I think accuracy is by far the most important aspect of any head and these shoot well. 

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On 11/9/2017 at 7:36 AM, mowin said:

With that much energy, I doubt another broadhead would have stayed together.

I bet the G5 montec would have. Unless it snapped at the insert.

I'm sure it has happened but when I google gt montec break I get one hit on it and it's a very popular head. Same search for rage almost breaks the internet. Granted, rage is also a very popular head and any mechanical is going to be much weaker than a single piece of metal.

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42 minutes ago, Cattcounty said:

Anyone ever shoot ram cats? They are a fix blade and I guess they are supposed to have field point accuracy. I bought some but they are still in the package

I came close to buying a pack this year from walmart for $29. I only didn't because I felt like the blades may not stand up to a lot of target shooting into a broadhead target and I needed them to. Also, walmart sells the original ramcat, not the diamondback, which is 100% fixed and doesn't have a wiggly quassi-fixed thing going on, which I think may make the breads tougher and probably remove the oft-repeated issue of loose screws after each shot. 

Despite all the negatives they remain near top of my list.

I also had a revelation about 15 seconds ago. I wonder if you could remove the blades and shoot them blade-less approximating their bladed POI. Then when you add the blades the blades ought not to impact flight much.

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I came close to buying a pack this year from walmart for $29. I only didn't because I felt like the blades may not stand up to a lot of target shooting into a broadhead target and I needed them to. Also, walmart sells the original ramcat, not the diamondback, which is 100% fixed and doesn't have a wiggly quassi-fixed thing going on, which I think may make the breads tougher and probably remove the oft-repeated issue of loose screws after each shot. 

Despite all the negatives they remain near top of my list.

I also had a revelation about 15 seconds ago. I wonder if you could remove the blades and shoot them blade-less approximating their bladed POI. Then when you add the blades the blades ought not to impact flight much.

If you took the blades off wouldn't it basically be a field point?

 

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17 minutes ago, YFKI1983 said:

If you took the blades off wouldn't it basically be a field point?

 

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Very close. It has some weird grooves cut into it that look like the Deadmeat's grooves. But to your point that is probably why people find the ramcat extremely accurate.

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On 11/7/2017 at 8:02 PM, TurtleFace said:

From what ive gathered between reading posts and watching videos, the hypo points often don't survive their impact, meanwhile the chisel tips can be cleaned up enough to make another kill

Ive only taken 3 deer with my hypos so far but neither have ruined or even slightly damaged a tip. One rage hypo buried in a spine as well, came out super sharp still, blades tip and all.. etc

Cattcounty- I love the Rage Hypodermics! Especially the sharp "hypodermic" tip. Have heard a lot of good stories/reviews on the "China"dermics from Ebay as well. 

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4 hours ago, LET EM GROW said:

Ive only taken 3 deer with my hypos so far but neither have ruined or even slightly damaged a tip. One rage hypo buried in a spine as well, came out super sharp still, blades tip and all.. etc

Cattcounty- I love the Rage Hypodermics! Especially the sharp "hypodermic" tip. Have heard a lot of good stories/reviews on the "China"dermics from Ebay as well. 

I agree with ya. I think they are the best heads I have used. The holes they put in the deer are awesome. 

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12 hours ago, 2012_taco said:

Lawd, are you going to post your review of the Rage Hypo now that I see you stuck one? Nice buck and great story. ( archery harvest thread)

I almost forgot about this, thanks for reminding me.

Yes, I killed my buck with one over the weekend.  I didn't get a pass through and the arrow pulled out after about 30 yards.  Blood was very sparse for the first 120 or so yards.  I left the buck go over night as I heard a couple snorts in the direction he went and didn't want to bugger things up.  When I picked up the trail the next morning, I went about 30' with darn near nothing and then it started pouring out.  I found him just 40 yards from where I stopped trailing the night before. 

The entrance wound was WOW but the lack of a pass through has me concerned but I'm 98% sure I'll stick with them.........

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On 11/13/2017 at 8:35 PM, Belo said:

I have shot every deer I’ve ever killed with one version of rage or another and never lost one.

Currently shooting chisel tips, not sure they still make them or not.


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They do make them. I bought a pack when I bought the hypos

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On 11/10/2017 at 9:49 AM, YFKI1983 said:

I killed a couple with hypodermics and the wound is huge. Great blood trails. Only thing is they are ridiculously expensive. I did some research on the knockoff hypodermics and all the tests ive seen show they work the exactly the same. I just bought 24 on eBay for 25.99

I will test 4 or 5 to make sure they fly right and open before using them.

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I've been interested in the Rage broadheads as everyone I know that uses them loves them. I just ordered a pack of 3 + a practice head on Ebay for $15, including shipping. I don't know if they are chinese knockoffs but the package shown on the listing looks just like what you see int the stores. I'll compare them with the Rage BH that Lawd has as I know he got his at Cabelas and post the results.  

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