I shoot a Bear Montana longbow @ 50#. I bought some Magnus stinger 4-blades but noticed that they don't fly well. I shot some Slick Tricks of the same weight and they were spot on. I've read to not hunt with micro heads from a longbow and need some advice on broadhead choice. I did play with brace height and nock height but the Magnus were just unpredictable in flight. With the slick tricks, I can consistantly cut a string at 15 yards but couldn't get close with the Stingers.
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I don't even know what a Slick Trick looks like so I got no clue if it's a good broadhead. However, if it were me, I would stick to one of the standard brands of broadheads that are cut on impact. They have proven themselves over many decades of use by many bowhunters world wide. When you get better and have a few animals down then try others. Stick with the regular Magnus, Black Diamonds, Stos and many others. I just think you will have better luck tuning your bow and have good success with your hunting as well. -
My bow is tuned fine in my opinion. I know the broadhead problems contradict that statement but I've shot magnus, slick tricks and a couple others my brother had laying around...all the same weight and the stingers are the only ones that don't fly true.Comment
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I shoot the Magnus 4 blade and it flies dang near like a field tip.Originally posted by bsimm78 View Post
I did notice while shooting the other day that one of the BH's was flying all over the place. It looked fine but it had been flying perfect for over a month. upon a much closer inspection I noticed that one of the small blades on the side was slightly loose, as well as the tip of the main blade was slightly bent. Although barely noticeable it had the adverse effect. I got one of the other from the three pack and it again flew like a field tip. Look at them very closely, or just use a good alternative.Comment
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Thanks Flywise. I was only shooting one out of the pack, not all three. That makes sense. Good thing Magnus has a lifetime warranty. I'll check it out.Comment
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I was actually considering using the Atom bh by Arrowdynamics but after your advice/experience, I may not need to go that route.Comment
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bsimm78, the slick tricks will work but cut on impact heads are preferrable for trad bows. I used to be very "sharpening challenged" and could not hardly sharpen a butter knife. I shot thunderheads off my trad bows for years because of this and took many animals with them. My theory was that I would rather have a super sharp three blade without the cut on impact tip than to use a cut on impact head that I knew was not sharp enough.
I think that same principal goes in your situation. I would rather see you shoot the broadhead that you know you can put in the right spot than one that flies irratically and may or may not hit the spot.
I shoot cut on impact heads now that I have learned how to get real sharp (rhanks to the KME knife sharpener) and will tell you from experience that they are better in the long run. But I would still advise you to use what hits in the right spot over something that does not and to keep working to find a cut on impact head that will fly good for you.
JMHO
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I hope that helps, if not you might have to go to another bh. What ever you end up using
just get one on the ground and share the experience and pic's with us.
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I have never actually shot the Atom so this is just speculation on my part. I think that that head would work fine from a compound with the greater energy imparted to the arrow. I would not use it though, or any mechanical, from my longbow that only shoots 170fps and has about 30# kinetic energy.Originally posted by bsimm78 View Post
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Thanks BischComment
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Well, I emailed Arrowdynamic about it because they mentioned reliability with recurves. When they tell me the recommendations for a longbow, I'll post it.Comment
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X2 on what bisch said. I have had no luck with Magnus but I shoot STOS like field tips.Comment
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