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Title: Accidently did a broadhead test!
Post by: snag on August 10, 2011, 08:02:00 PM
I had just put on some STOS heads on some tamarack shafts. Wanted to test them out for flight so at 20 yds I shot at a broadhead target. The arrow flew great...right at the shot-out center! The 620gr arrow had no problem cutting through what foam there was and hitting the 1/2" plywood back drop! The head penetrated almost all the way through the plywood. Had to heat up the head and pull the shaft off the head. It will take some doing to cut that head out of the plywood. Tip is straight! No curling! haha
Title: Re: Accidently did a broadhead test!
Post by: Sharpster on August 10, 2011, 08:22:00 PM
Among the laminated tip, glue-on BHDs STOS are the most bomb proof IMHO. Would have been more surprised if it had bent or curled.

Ron
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Post by: BWD on August 10, 2011, 08:26:00 PM
You should be able to stack up a few sheets, if you can find them. When does the season come in?  :D
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Post by: jamesh76 on August 10, 2011, 08:30:00 PM
:thumbsup:
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Post by: Old Chief on August 10, 2011, 08:33:00 PM
x-2 on being bomb proof.
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Post by: Ken Taylor on August 10, 2011, 09:05:00 PM
Sounds great... and I'm not surprised!

Stos is my favorite broadhead for moose but I sure wish that they would make a slightly heavier model.
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Post by: Coonbait on August 10, 2011, 09:36:00 PM
By your heading I was expecting to see some horrible slicing and dicing of human tissue. Thank goodness it was only plywood!
Glenn
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Post by: Shedrock on August 10, 2011, 10:31:00 PM
When I shoot a 2 blade broadhead, it's a STOS, great heads!
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Post by: Terry Green on August 10, 2011, 11:19:00 PM
:bigsmyl:
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Post by: CaptainJ on August 10, 2011, 11:37:00 PM
Man you scared me.

"Accidentally" and "broadhead" do not belong in the same sentence!

That being said, the performance of the STOS doesn't surprise me, I use them too.

CJ
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Post by: straitera on August 11, 2011, 12:11:00 AM
Maybe if you had sharpened them first you wouldn't have this problem.
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Post by: Bjorn on August 11, 2011, 01:28:00 AM
Arentcha' glad your wife's car wasn't where the plywood was?
I think the STOS heads are the price performance kings!
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Post by: Shakes.602 on August 11, 2011, 02:19:00 AM
Good Shooting!!  :thumbsup:
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Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on August 11, 2011, 07:51:00 AM
vise grips and a claw hammer work great for getting them out of the wood..
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Post by: Russ Clagett on August 11, 2011, 10:05:00 AM
The STOS has no problem slicing right through the 55 gallon metal burn barrel out in the back yard either......kinda hard on the surewood shaft though......
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on August 11, 2011, 01:59:00 PM
Good one Snag. I looked up the Stos site and think I'll try a pack in 145 and 160. One of those should work on the arrows you made for me. I'm not going to shoot any plywood though...
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Post by: twitchstick on August 11, 2011, 02:24:00 PM
The elk should fear you now!    :eek:
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Post by: snag on August 11, 2011, 02:41:00 PM
Oh come on Tom, you got to try the plywood test! haha  
I was impressed with these tamarack shafts too. No damage.
I think I'll construct a little different back drop though.
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Post by: Ted Fry on August 11, 2011, 02:51:00 PM
David , I had a friend that did that test with the radiator of his truck, glad yours stayed in the plywood.
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Post by: Night Wing on August 11, 2011, 05:30:00 PM
When I was shooting heavy arrows last year, I was using a STOS 130 grain broadhead. The tip never curled. STOS are awesome.
Title: Re: Accidently did a broadhead test!
Post by: snag on August 11, 2011, 07:11:00 PM
Ohhh Ted, how humiliating! Not only loose an arrow, but a radiator too. That one would be hard to explain to the repair shop....   :rolleyes: