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Author Topic: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)  (Read 598 times)

Offline jmack

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Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« on: October 10, 2007, 01:52:00 AM »
Well, I had complete catastrophic failure using a stinger yesterday. Man was I bummed. I had been in the stand for hours (first time in the stand this year), hadn't even seen a pesky squirrel. So just before dark I pack everything up, and as I begin to start climbing out of my stand, I see a nasty 'ole cottonmouth slithering towards my ladder. I caught him about 1 inch behind his head, and if it weren't for the tiniest piece of skin, would have been a perfect decapitation. (This had to be my best shot ever, instinctive aiming at it's finest!) The bad news though, is that my arrow penetrated about 3 inches into a gnarly old oak root. Talk about performance! I even easily pulled it from it's final resting place... minus any part of blade, and only half of the ferrule. I know it's no real test of penetration, but I was impressed to say the least. Thank heavens for their warranty.
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Offline 702plmo

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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #1 on: October 10, 2007, 01:59:00 AM »
Thank goodness you saw the snake before you stepped out of your stand.    :scared:
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Offline jmack

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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #2 on: October 10, 2007, 05:02:00 AM »
No kidding, he was about 2 feet long. And that old wives tale about snakes striking after you've cut their heads off... it's completely true. This guy kept striking at me while I was looking for broadhead pieces. Not really striking, but bareing his fangs at me. Was pretty neat actually.
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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #3 on: October 10, 2007, 05:59:00 AM »
I seen one of the prototypes of that head do the same thing on a small havelenia.  Just buckeled right over.  Broadheads aren't indestructable but that is dissagpointing to say the least.  Good thing you got the snake. dino
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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #4 on: October 10, 2007, 06:30:00 AM »
He was coming for you. Probably had been watching you for a long time and decided he better make his move before legal time ran out.

Will they really warranty a head destroyed by a tree root?
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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #5 on: October 10, 2007, 08:14:00 AM »
Bonebuster... Mike Sohm will replace it for "ANY" reason.

Dino... not sure what's dissappointing. I think it did pretty good to penentrate that deeply into an oak root.
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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #6 on: October 10, 2007, 08:55:00 AM »
send me the skin   :D
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Re: Total catastrophic failure (100gr Magnus Stinger Buzzcut)
« Reply #7 on: October 10, 2007, 09:38:00 AM »
You killed the snake. The oak tree is a lot bigger so will take longer to bleed out. Like Charlie says, oak roots are tough!
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