Always wanted to try a Magnus head - so I bought black hornets off a buddy. I got a good practice arrow shooting great. Even with wide 1 1/4” main blade they tune easy due to shorter profile than a stinger.
I set up 3 arrows with these and one Swhacker. Sunday morning I had bucks all around me. Sparring like mad. All out brawls. A 2 yr old 7pt and 5 dinks. In comes doe - last year’s fawn. No fawns of her own. She gets 17 yards and stops slight quarter away - perfect shot. I draw and arrow falls off string. She got a little spooked and walked off. Arrow fletching caught in my rest so I re-nocked it and drew and saw issue. Turns out due to my arrow length these heads cannot have main blade horizontal. Turns out about 1/2” before full draw they hang up on riser and pull arrow off string. WTF? I had practice drawn a different arrow day before - that one had bleeder blades horizontal - full clearance. Turns out my practice arrow has them at 45 degrees even better. I modified all hunting arrows to match practice arrow so all at 45. Quite possibly the stupidest thing I ever have done but that’s a long list but it’s near the top!
This morning I finally put these to the test - she went 40 yards and expired under 10 seconds. Very slight quarter away - 25 yards. Whether I was shooting VPA 3 blade 125s, or Shwacker heads - this riser issue was NEVER an issue always had clearance. However - I been at this long enough I should have known better! Thankfully it didn't cost me a mature buck and I was able to redeem myself after learning the hard way.
Another reason to index broadheads.
That's right Todd - there are now 4 ways of doing things.
The right way...
The wrong way.....
The Barta way.....
And - the Harris way....
Easy decision for me, plenty of great broad heads to shoot these days.
—Jim
