I wonder why these heads are not more popular..........I have shot a bunch of different heads and buy new ones every year just to play around but when I head out the Stingers are always leading the way. I get on the subject of BH's with guys and they look at me like they never heard of them or they say "Oh yea Nugent shoots those" The heads are amazing...... fly like darts, are so freakin' sharp they give me the creeps and 4 blades open big holes with tons of blood and short tracking jobs......best of all (for me) is they have replacement blades so I can shoot the EXACT head I will hunt with right up until the morning I go out.....just pop in fresh blades and head out. They are very nicely priced in todays market as well (about $7/head). My bow is not a speed merchant but it's not slow either......and my arrows blow through deer like they are not even there and bury in the ground 5-6 inches. Off the top of my head I can think of around 20 deer I have shot with Magnus Stingers and I have pass throughs on every deer but 1 (still short recovery). I hear tons of stories about Rage heads not getting pass throughs and it just makes me shake my head when I see the empty the Rage displays.....not singling them out, just an example. It really does make me wonder why more guys are not shooting these heads.......the only thing I can think of is the knuckle dragging mentality of wanting/needing to shoot through bone that Muzzy capitalized on for so long. I actually had a guy ask me when he saw my Stingers..."What the hell are you gonna do if you hit him in the shoulder with that?"......to which of course I replied "Go home and learn how to shoot better" Another guy saw my Buzzcutts and said he would NEVER shoot a serrated head because they "tear" instead of "slice".......where some people come up with this crap is beyond me. Just wanted to tip my cap to a GREAT product that doesn't get the respect it deserves IMO.
My buddy Jake shoots these, and once I shoot up the BHs I have now....I will give them a serious look. Shoulder, psh. Jake's montana buck was shot right THROUGH the shoulder with a stinger, I had never seen any broadhead do that. Tremendous hole, and a blind man could have followed the blood trail. Props to Magnus.
And lets not forget the lifetime warranty. No questions asked. Send a head back to Magnus and they will replace it. You could shoot a rock,( I know this personally), and they will replace the head you hit the rock with. I tried that with a busted up head that went through a hog and into the ground. The tip of that head was bent over 90 degrees. Magnus had a new head in my mail box the following week. BTW, the hog went about 40 yds. Then she went on my smoker! I'll be shooting them next year from both of my bows. If I go with 125gr heads I can use the same head from compound or longbow. It just makes sense.
Atlas, I couldn't agree more. Their customer service is second to none as well. I shot a doe with one, and the head got all busted up on a large rock after the pass through. The head did it's job, and Magnus replaced it, no questions asked. They also offer lifetime sharpening. The ONLY reason I am still not using them is I like the large cutting diameter I get with my mechanicals. Because you're right, they're fantastic.
I love my 2 blade stingers. I have killed 3 deer with them this year, and they blew through all of them. The blood trails are awesome for the most part, they fly like darts, and they are strong as crap (and if somehing does happen, you've got the warranty). They are simple and strait to the point (pun intended)
Those look like the Old Bear heads of the 70's and 80's..... They worked great back then.... I didn't know you could still get them. SB
That's what I thought when I first saw them. Not that I was alive back then, but my dad use to bow hunt, and those are the BH's he had along with his 40+" Bear bow. LOL.
There different then the old style bear razor broadheads. The old bears didn't have a set screw, they were a solid one piece broadhead and a damn good one at that. When bear changed the design on the tip of there broadhead I quit shooting them, they squared the tip some, kinda stupid If you ask me! As for the Magnus broadheads, they are awesome heads. I like some of them better then others. I'm not a fan of the buzzcut though, serrated edges don't Impress me none. The stinger I think Is a good head, Its very sharp. The Magnus II 2 blade I believe Is there best 2 blade head. There very very strong with a decent cutting diameter for a 2 blade head (1 1/4). The only knock Is you gotta sharpen them when you get them, there simple to sharpen though. My favorite head of all the Magnus Heads Is the 3 blade Snuffer. They are also a very strong head and there a 3 blade giving you that much more cutting diameter (1 1/4 to 1 15/32). The points on these Snuffers are scary sharp when they sharpened and ready for hunting. The Snuffers also need to be sharpened to be ready for hunting.
I picked up some 2 blade stingers for my longbow setup because I heard so much good about them. I shot them out of my compound too and man did they fly so perfect. I am seriously thinking of shooting the 4 blade 125 gr next season, but I have just had so much good luck with my thunderheads.
I agree for the most part Atlas. The heads are indeed sharp, economical, and fly very trued. I shot the stinger 4-blade for a while before I switched to Slick Tricks. My only beef with the stinger were the small cutting diameter and the lack of durability when they came in contact with heavy bone. I definitely dont go around shooting stuff in the shoulder but any head will perform when it's put in the right place, but to me, that is what separates good and great heads. Shot several deer with the stingers, and the head ALWAYS came out trashed after exiting through the shoulder... if it passed through. A great head for sure... I won't disagree.
Yup.......that was dumb for me to leave out. Damage a head and they give you a new one......and they will sharpen your old blades for you as well. I have dealt with them on the phone and through email and they are top notch. I gladly toss them money every year even though I have enough Stingers to equip an army. Money well spent on a company that "gets it" IMO.
Probably one of the most common things I hear when guys see some Buzzcutts in my quiver......the serrated heads scare people. I honestly bought them because it was a new Stinger (as good of a reason as I needed). In truth I can't notice a difference between them and my Stingers.....both perform like champs. There was more blood on the ground from the buck I shot this year with a Buzzcutt then any animal I have ever seen........granted he thrashed around like a maniac and had both lungs punched and a hole through the top of his heart but still it was a horror show of blood so those serrated edges don't leave any less blood on the ground in my experience. One negative for the Buzzcutts is they are tougher to hone up with a few passes of a sharpener.......I have done it but the smooth edge Stinger is obviously easier for this task......I don't sharpen them anyways, I just replace the blades but for those who do I would suggest the Stinger over the Buzz for only that reason. I have also butchered a bunch of deer shot by my hunting pals that were killed with serrated Steel Force heads and they do some wicked damage as well........and awesome penetration from some lower power setups. I know plenty of people out there have negative feelings towards serrated edge heads but I have just never witnessed any issue with them at all.........maybe a dull serrated head would be bad but these things are like scalpels.
I have a few packs of 2 blades as well but honestly have never shot them at anything but a target.......for really no other reason then the 4 blades fly just as well. I have always shot 100 grain but one of these days I am gonna grab a bunch of the 125's when they get clearenced out and see if they fly just as well. I have shot a BUNCH of fixed blade heads and no 4 blade head flies as straight as the Stingers (out of my bow anyways). When I can watch my arrows flatline for 50 yards in my backyard.......I feel REAL good about that 20 yard shot in the woods finding it's mark.
I really don't know for sure but I think Stingers are 1 1/8".....but Bass Pro has them listed as 1 1/4" I see Slick Tricks biggest head is 1 1/4" and the rest are 1 1/8" or smaller.........so they are the same as Stingers or at most an 1/8" larger. Can you really tell a difference?? Not busting balls.......serious question because I never heard anyone state the cutting diameter of Stingers as a negative. I have not tried the Slicks yet.........call me goofy but I just don't like how they look.......stupid reason I know but true.
Magnus Broadhead's cutting diameter... Magnus Stinger Buzz cut 4 blade 100 grain- 1 1/16 Magnus Stinger Buzz cut 4 blade 125 grain- 1 1/8 Magnus Stinger 4 blade 85 grain- 7/8 Magnus Stinger 4 blade 100 grain- 1 1/16 Magnus Stinger 4 blade 125 grain- 1 1/8 As for my comment on the Buzz cuts. I can't speak from experience with them so I can't In no way say they are no good. The only experiences I've had has been with serrated knives and couldn't stand them. My knives without the serrated edges cut much much easier when skinning deer but like I said I have no experience with the buzz cut head. All I can really comment on Is the Magnus II 2 blade vented broadheads and the Magnus Snuffer broadheads. They have performed Incredible In my experiences with them. Magnus I think Atlas Is getting very popular with people these days. I know a ton of people In my neck of the woods who shoot these broadheads, most are Snuffer shooters and the Magnus II vented. Allot of traditional bow hunters also shoot Magnus broadheads.
Yea......I really had no experience with serrated heads other then butchering those deer killed by the Steel Force heads......I really didn't expect to see much of a difference and truely I don't....they are equally as impressive as the plain Stingers with no drop off I can see. The only reason I shot my buck this year with a Buzzcutt was I put in a practice session before going out just to keep in good form and I was tack driving that Buzz arrow so I changed blades and went out with it........I usually have a mix of Buzz and regular Stingers in my quiver. I know a lot of trad guys shoot them because the penetration is hard to beat........I have little doubt I could drop my bow to 50lbs and still get passthroughs......Nuge shoots 52lbs I believe.
Atlas, I used the improper terminology. I was referring to the cutting surface and not the diameter. For instance: The stingers I shot were 1 1/16" (100gr 4-blade Stinger) I think the bleeder is 5/8" wide so your total cutting surface is 1 11/16". My GrizzTrick with the same weight is 1 1/4" in both directions for a total cutting surface area of 2.5" When you compare the two heads, the GrizzTrick has almost a full inch (13/16) more cutting surface. More cutting surface creates mure tissue damage and so on. Both heads are deadly for sure, I'll attest to that and if ST went out of business Stingers would be my head no question. For now, I like big holes :d :d
I gotcha......the slick tricks do have a more boxey make up with really 4 main blades vs the main blade and bleeders on the Magnus. I hear what you are saying because that is why I don't shoot the 4 blade Stinger vs the 2 blade. There's a good joke in there but I'll take the high road Do you have any pics of entry/exits of the Slicks?? Here are a couple of what Stingers open up.........haven't been disappointed yet.
