I have shot Muzzy three blade 100 gr for years. I tried expandables one year and went right back to the Muzzy. I shot a big Northern Buck a few years ago and hit him square in the shoulder. It went through that shoulder and the oppisite shoulder as well. He only went about 60 yards. I have also heard good and bad about the Rage heads. I do not think any expandable head would have done the job the Muzzy did on that buck no matter what brand it was. The problem I had with the expand. was not getting a pass through. If the deer was perfectly broadsides you would get them, if not you wouldn't. Anohter friend of mine shot them the same year I did and toghter we hit 16 deer with them and found 12 of them. We both try to take only perfect shots, usualy under 20 yards. Three of the six I shot did not have pass throughs and bled very little. I saw two of them go down or it would have been tuff tracking. My thought is taht no matter how you try you will not always get a perfect shot, something always seems to go wrong at the wrong time. If you make a less than perfect shot with a fixed blade head you will get more and better penetration almost every time in my experience. I saw this last year on a hunt with a buddy. He hit a buck to far forward and hit the shoulder. We looked and looked for the buck. He bleed very little for about 30 yards and that was it. We found his arrow and it had the broadhead and about 2" of arrow broken off!(he was using expandables, not Rage's though). We never found that buck. If you are going to use them take only perfect broadside shots! This is after 25 years of bowhunting (man that makes me sound old, I started when I was 16). Just my twocents


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Sept 09, 2004