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Title: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: mountain lion on August 17, 2012, 07:50:00 PM

Does anyone see an advantage with the new eichler signature muzzy, over the Magnus stinger. Ive shot the stingers for a couple of years and like them. But I have to get some heavier heads and was thinking about tryin the muzzys, what do you think?

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: AZWarts on August 17, 2012, 08:02:00 PM

I have a friend that shoots him out of his wheelie bow. They fly good and they are sharp but they don't have the same warranty so I would stick with magnus.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: Alexander Traditional on August 17, 2012, 08:06:00 PM

I like the option of sharpening or having new blades that you can insert.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: AZWarts on August 17, 2012, 08:24:00 PM

thats a good point.^

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: rastaman on August 17, 2012, 08:30:00 PM

Magnus is hard to beat...

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: Charlie Lamb on August 17, 2012, 08:54:00 PM

For normal hunting I can't see one having an advantage over the other. Magnus might take the lead given it's ease of assembly after resharpening. The guarantee is nice as well.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: BobCo 1965 on August 17, 2012, 08:55:00 PM

Personally,I love the size of the bleeders (small) on the magnus stingers. I have used both though and both are very sharp out of the package.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: koger on August 17, 2012, 09:19:00 PM

I have 3 types of  mangus heads, 150, 165 and 175 grains with alum inserts, and love them all. They fly great, shoot as good as my field tips,and kill stuff like crazy! I have had great luck with Ace Stds also.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: FerretWYO on August 17, 2012, 09:41:00 PM

I have a lot of experiance with Stingers Almost every animal I have taken with a bow has been with a stinger. Great heads.

My experiance with the phantom is minimal saw one kill a bison that was pretty effective though.

If your confident with the stinger dont give it up.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: stujay on August 17, 2012, 11:45:00 PM

I've been looking at the stinger BH's too. What do most like 2-blade or 4-blade, buzzcuts or straight edge?

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: SlowBowinMO on August 18, 2012, 01:49:00 AM

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Originally posted by stujay:
I've been looking at the stinger BH's too. What do most like 2-blade or 4-blade, buzzcuts or straight edge?

The four blade straight edges are the most popular choice.  Probably because the bleeders are small enough they have little to no apparent effect on penetration but they still do a little extra cutting.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: beachbowhunter on August 18, 2012, 02:06:00 AM

I prefer the stinger 150s, straight edge 4 blade over the buzzcut (though I use them too). Mostly because they are easy to touch up with an Accusharp.

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: Jwilliam on August 18, 2012, 02:57:00 AM

Magnus Stingers !!!   :thumbsup:  


Bill

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: Pheonixarcher on August 18, 2012, 03:38:00 AM

I believe that a smaller bleeder like on the magnus stingers is the way to go with a four blade. They open up a hole just big enough to lessen the friction on the shaft, and add a little extra cut and bleeding in the process. Great heads!

Title: Re: Magnus stinger vs eichler muzzy
Post by: stujay on August 19, 2012, 08:03:00 PM

Back up to see weekend input.