The reason we changed was in hopes of easier recovery especialy on the evening hunts in thick brush the coyotes have been making a mess out of our deer when left until the morning. The entry holes have been as advertised and blood trails awesome, 3 of the shots were complete pass throughs and one the broadhead did exit and then the arrow was broken by the deer running and fell out. We have been 4 for 5 on recoverys the one doe was an extreme quarting away shot and believe that the shot went through the armpit area and did not breach the chest cavity, the shooter admitted he aimed to far forward for the angle she was standing. So far my crew has had good luck with the 2 balde rage we switched last year forn the muzzys. best luck- but i am shooting montecs and when my son is old enough he will shoot stingers b/c of the lack of draw weight. i shoot over 300fps and both the montecs and stingers are dead on. they only reason people shoot expandables is because they dont take the time to tune their bow to be able to shhot a fixed head. i lean towards smaller <1 1/8th' short profile heads b/c i feel they fly better at the higher sppeds i shoot. some of this may hold merit, but is all about where u hit em. some people will say this head or that head give better blood. as for bloodtrails- you can hit a deer with 10 differant arrows and the same head in almost the same area and get totally differant blood trails. w/ only 2 blades they passthrough easy (low draw weight) and fly good. on to the stingers, magnus is only blade w/ a warranty from the manufacturer if that is a worry for you and they can be resharpened like the montecs. shoulder blade passthrough this year for me also. i am using these once again after straying from them for no reason and 90% of the shots are passthroughs for me. montecs will last you many deer, shoot well and no blades to replace, just sharpen w/ wet dry sandpaper or the special $30 stone they sell. of these, by far the 2 most consistant heads are the montecs (#1) and the magnus 2 blade stingers (#2). have used magnus stingers(great head), g5 montec (my #1), muzzy's, slick tricks and wasps.

tried expandables(old 3blade spitfires) and never had a bad experience but only took one deer and no passthrough on a broadside shot.

I love my archery and have tried lots of heads. I do think the Grim Reaper is an improvement over the Hyper Shocks but all these expandables seem way too expensive! I guess I can't say that I can see what the great advantage is, and I did have one that did not pass through (happened from time to time w/ the rockets too, but I've seen those little rockets break through the bone of the shoulder joint too) Although I take some nice bucks I do kill a lot of does on our crop land for meat so I want to find a broadhead w/ economical replacement blades that still flies like a field point- maybe somebody knows of a source for the old style Rocket replacement blades or has another alternative? I guess I tried the Hyper Shocks too back a bunch of years ago and killed some deer w/ them but must have had a so/so overall opinion. Curious about people's experiences w/ this expandable? I've used the fixed Rockets w/ the bacon skinner blades for years and taken dozens of deer w/ them but Trophy Ridge bought them out and now they are $39 for 3 (used to be $25 for 5) so I figured well I got this new bow and arrows, let's try something different for a broadhead.

Rage vs grim reaper broadheads