Rage offers several braodheads; this test was done with the new Trypan Titanium 1.75+ Cut. The Trypan offers a needle point tip, Titanium tough ferrule, .39-inch thick blades (The thickest provided by Rage), and shock collar technology to ensure the blades don’t open prematurely, which dramatically affects accuracy.
TenPoint Launch
I aimed to see how the Trypan flew relative to 100-grain target points. I launched the test from a TenPoint Viper 430 on a bench rest and used TenPoint premium arrows. When doing the broadhead test at 15-20 dollars a shot, one plans carefully, and I made sure that my target point shot accurately and could be retrieved from the Morrell High Roller foam target. The big red die is my favorite regarding multi-use targets, and braodheads and field points are pulled out easily.
Shock Collars Included
The Trypan 1.75 is designed for crossbows and compound bows. Usually, this requires specific engineering because blades that fly in the closed position from a 300 fps. compound may open at launch or in flight from today’s fast crossbows. Likewise, if the head is engineered to withstand the launch from a crossbow, it may not deploy effectively from a compound. Rage solves this problem by providing grey shock collars for compounds and thicker, red shock collars for crossbows.
Shock Collar Vs. NC
Rage introduced the NC (no collar) brand (In my opinion) because customers didn’t like the retention collar concept. When I first began testing crossbow broadheads a dozen years ago, I set up my target with two large garbage cans as a backstop “just in case.” The arrow missed the target on the first launch and double lunged a rented, heavy vinal garbage container. Oops! Upon inspection, I saw a slice on the cocking stirrup which signaled that the head opened on launch, cut the stirrup, and missed the target by a bunch. Since then, I have feared a broadhead opening in flight and prefer one with a retention collar, regardless of brand.
Great Flight Stability
Yes, the Trypan 1.75 heads fly like target points, which means an archer can practice at length from various ranges and angles without burning his bankroll on practice broadheads. As you can see, the two previous shots with broadheads were half-inch apart, and the target point split the difference. Despite today’s inflation, the accuracy of three shots was on a quarter. Since my test didn’t include penetration, the following video speaks to that point using real deer bones.
Check out the video and the Rage Website by clicking HERE
Penetration Test on Actual Deer Shoulder Blades
