RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I shot Stingers for two years and had pass thrus on every animal I shot with them. One doe in particular I broke a rib on the way in and on the way out, and the head looked like new when I unstuck my arrow from the ground. Something just doesn't seem right here. I have a hard time believe that a rib alone caused that much damage. Keep us informed with what Magnus says, I'm curious.

On a side note, I'm shooting NAP Nitrons this year and they're tough as nails. Picking up the meat from my buck tonight along with the shoulder blade that my arrow went clean through. I'll post photos of the bone as well as the head/arrow when I get a chance. Impressive to say the least.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I'm not sure of what to say either. Maybe it was a defected broadhead, or hit just right. Regardless, I agree with you, it shouldn't of happened and makes you think about the future. But since you have shot mulitple deer with these broadheads, I would probably continue using them.

Well I'm glad you found your deer, do you have any pics of the deer to share with us?

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I agree... It's just got to be a fluke or something... I mean, Magnus Stingers are awesome broadheads with a lifetime warranty.

Butch A.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I think it probably happened after the fact. Was the head sticking out the other side and possibly hit a tree or something. I shot one last weekend and it went straight thru the rib without deflecting or bendig anything on the broadhead. It did rip all of my fletchings off when the end of the arrow went thru the rib. I was amased at that. My arrow completely passed thru that deer after going thru that rib with a 35 yard shot. I would say something else happend to that head.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I have had nothing but 100% pure smoke throughs........until this shot. The last 6 deer I killed the arrow was in the ground about 6 inches.

That's good to hear.


I still have the skeleton in my garbage..........I will take pics of the rib tonight.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

Could just be the angle at which it hit the inside of the rib.
If you want to break through something, you hit it at a 90 degree angle, but if it hit at an angle more parallel to the rib's surface, it may not have had themechanical advantageto go through.

Have you ever hit a solid bone with one of these heads? Like a shoulder or spine?

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

I had a bleeder blade bend when it went through a rib, but even that one was a pass-thru shot and in a couple inches in the dirt when I found it.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

Bulzeye,

I shot right thru the shoulder of a deer with an 85gr magnus stinger. It then hit the bottom part of the spine and deflected downward and came out right behind the shoulder on the opposite side. The arrow stayed in the animal but the head was sticking about 6" out the other side. The bleeder blade on the 4 blade stinger did break from that shot but I can imangine most blades would have broke after hitting the same.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

Here are 2 pics of the ribcage. You can see that the rib that stopped the head has a pretty good flesh wound around it which makes me think the head either deflected/mangled on impact or was stuck in the rib when the deer bolted off and crashed into trees. The rib is broken.

RE: Magnus Stinger destroyed by a rib
 

Here is the entry hole cut cleanly between the ribs.