What makes a "cut-on-contact" blade superior to a "chisel-pointed" broadhead?
A broadhead penetrates organic tissue by cutting trough it. The better (or earlier) the blade cuts, the smaller is the frictional resistance and so is the loss of kinetic energy and momentum (directional force).
Exceptionally strong game possesses a relatively strong and sinewy skin that reacts with a lot of penetration resistance to blades that don't cut immediately upon contact. This will decrease the potential penetration. Chisel-point blades are often marketed by their supposedly higher stability against bones. However, game isn’t bagged by destroyed bones, but by a cutting depth that results in profusely bleeding organs. An adequately designed "cut-on-contact" blade will also penetrate bones effortlessly while upholding the arrows energy and momentum significantly longer than a chisel-point broadhead.
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