SEW I agree with everything here. The accuracy is so go now with components as you have said, that IMO there is no reason to shoot a mech. I mean, I shoot an Excal because it is simple, and reliable. Why add in some complexity on the arrow when it is not needed?SEW wrote:The major advantage of an expandible out of a vbow is that the broadhead doesn't bite into its displaced positions just after launch, or as much as a fixed broadhead. With a crossbow, the arrow theoretically comes out straight which doesn't cause this bite to occur. The short arrows (18"-20") and very stiff shafts (Zombies, STs, TTs, and others) and the extreme precision of the Excal xbows with the arrows coming straight out removes most of the flight problems of fixed blades. With all 3 of my Excals, I've tested 125g Wasps, Griz Tricks, std Slick Tricks, Xbow Tricks vs FOCs and field points. In low to no wind, group sizes stayed the same thru 80 yds. Indexing the fixed could bring them to the same impact points of field tips. I rarely found this to be the case with vbows.
Anyway, just curious as to what you are doing to index the Slick Tricks. Are you indexing to the spine of the arrow? I've always had mixed luck by indexing to the fletching. And saw no real improvement by doing anything with a 4 blade BH as it related to the fletching. I attributed that to the different turbulence a 4 blade creates versus the air the fletching catches. I think the fletching might catch better air when shooting a 4 blade. Or at least that a 3 blade head could have more effect on the air the fletching sees because it is aligned (or purposely not aligned). But then enter the RamCat. The fluted ferrule is designed to push fluid and tissue (and hence air too) away from the shaft (similar to a Ruger ARX self defense bullet). I have found these heads to fly to my field points and give me tighter groups than even my very good flying Slick Tricks. Caveat: I can only shoot to 40 or 50 yds.
