I have ALWAYS had nothing but 100% glowing reviews of Magnus Stingers and their performance. They are sharp, fly great and blow right through deer leaving great blood trails. I have showed many pics of the holes these things make in a deer. I have never even had anything remotely close to a complaint about these heads........and I have killed 7 deer with them.
The other day I shot a buck and I didn't get a pass through. Really good penetration and plenty of blood but the arrow was in him as he bounded off. I found the broken arrow about half way down the trail and the head was destroyed.......it looked like I shot a brick wall. I couldn't figure it out because I knew I was no where near the shoulder but I was near the spine so I waited until I butchered him to find out what happened.
The head didn't hit the spine.........in fact it didn't hit anything exept a rib on the opposite side. The rib was not broken but it did have a chunk missing from it. I was amazed that a bone as small as a rib would do this to my broadhead.............I immediately wondered what would have happened if I had hit the rib on the way in..........would it have just bounced off him?
What has been your experience with rib contact...........has anyone ever seen anything like this?
Needless to say I have some thinking to do over the off season. These heads have performed flawlessly for me for years now.........and I found this deer no problem. It just makes me wonder if I have been lucky or if this was just really bad luck.
I am gonna contact Magnus and see what they say. I don't think a rib should do this to a head.
