How tough are Stingers (PIC)

CoilSpring · September 24, 2011, 10:31:00 AM

The physics behind them is called "shear". Take a piece of paper and pull it - it's tough to pull apart because of the "fibers" - just like meat or animal tissues. Yet, scissors cut (they actually shear) a piece of paper easily. Shear can make an easier cut on some tissues. The same reason I go for a steak knife instead of a smooth blade when cutting a tough steak. Every sharpened blade has serrations, you just can't see them without magnification - they're micro-serration.

September 24, 2011, 10:53:00 AM

If the low spots, the serrations, are sharp and since flesh under the pressure of penetration will compress into the the surface of the blade, the serrations give the blade more cutting surface, not less. The part I am stuck on, it only penetrated up to the ferrule and then bounced back. Sounds to me like a ferrule problem. I shot an old style Bear through a car once, no ferrule problem there, of course in was only a double rear fender hit not a barrel. (Just playing with ya, Stingers are fine broadheads.)

fnshtr · September 24, 2011, 01:36:00 PM

While I killed a bull elk last year with a 125 grain, 2 blade stinger, I have also been disappointed in one particular shot.

While my shot was a little off, striking the shoulder bone of a mature bull, I was still disappointed that the broadhead failed the way it did. The blade broke away from the ferrule... leaving most of it in the bull.

I have a WW that is impaled in a vertebrae of a whitetail deer (a spine shot from years ago) that put the deer down.

I would like to share the pic of the Stinger, but photobucket isn't cooperating with me.

BEN · September 24, 2011, 01:57:00 PM

Been shooting Stingers for about 6 yrs now. My last deer before hanging up the compound was at a broadside deer. Arrow went clean through, splitting a rib on both sides, and plowed into the ground on the other side. broadhead was fine--just needed to be re-sharpened.
Now with Trad. equipment, I've used the same arrow on a coyote (which also plowed the earth) and then a deer from a treestand: the broadhead did stop in the leg bone on the far side, but again, only needed resharpening between the 2 animals........it is now retired since it took down my first trad deer! Love those broadheads!

maxwell · September 24, 2011, 05:48:00 PM

I'm pretty sure the serrations increase the surface area kinda like a cars radiator or the villi in the sm. intestine. Just thinking.

Lamplighter · September 24, 2011, 05:57:00 PM

I'll let yall know nex Saturday morning.

2Blade · September 24, 2011, 09:16:00 PM

Yea you can still get them. Just a diffirent company producing them now.

El gran J · September 25, 2011, 04:02:00 AM

According to Spyderco, the serrations on their knives adds 24% cutting surface on a blade. I don't know if it's the same for the Stingers, but it could be true, who knows? I can say this those heads are a top 5 choice for me!

Jake Fr · September 25, 2011, 09:05:00 AM

I talked to my buddy and he works in there shop down the street from me and the reason he said that they did it was the tissue issue and it atcualy creates less dragg when it impacts an animal I have been shooting them sence I started just cause they make in my town they have great customer service and never bock over replacing a head the serations actualy will break the vacum on entery just like a blood groove on a bayonet and in a target when tuning I get much better penetration than the regular stingers