160 grain snuffers

[Modad2010]

Charlie, what would be the minimum draw weight you'd suggest for using these heads?

[Charlie Lamb]

Depends on the bow, but over 45# and closer to 50# as far as I'm concerned.

[Ryan Rothhaar]

I agree with Charlie's assessment.
Light bows are why they build smaller broadheads 😀.

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[R.V.T.B.]

Ive shot Snuffers since the early '80's....  going way back to the greenish colored ones.  I shoot 145 and 160 gr. Snuffers and I tell everyone that over that period of time I have put a couple of dozen deer in the truck that if I had shot them with a lesser head, probably wouldn't have recovered them. I have killed several hundred deer, a pile of turkeys and bear as well as a lot of hogs with 160 grain snuffers.  A 160 grain head is great insurance for that marginal hit.

I have shot them off of bows as low as 50 pounds and as high as 80 (back when I was young and foolish).  These days I use 55-65 pound bows and have no problems with penetration.

[varmint101]

I like this thread! Only Snuffer killed deer I had was like Terry's. Think it was about 56# on a lodge pole shaft and 125g glue on. Blew through an adult doe like butter and she just walked off and fell over. I have some 145's and 160's but got into the wensel woodsmans when they came out and never used them. I need to!

[Tajue17]

I'm shooting 160's with a total arrow weight from 540 to 650gr out of 46 to 53# depending on the bow but bows made and set up for the faster side I guess,, I'm confident in my set ups by spending lots of time practicing with these heads and bare shafting the arrows

you hit that spot with any head and down it goes...       
 





   

[Wudstix]

Very effective on whatever they hit.   

[dragonheart]

Modad... the thought of using the 160 gr. Snuffer (the only real Snuffer as far as I'm concerned) out of a 40# bow for big game makes me nervous.

You'll probably get a lot of opinions to the contrary but thinking about it still makes me twitch.

I agree with Charlie...

[Ken Taylor]

I killed several black bears, caribou, and deer with 160 grain snuffers shot out of bows from 68# to 86# (I didn't always get pass throughs depending on the angle and bone, etc.) but...

With a 71# long bow at 29 1/2" draw length I shot a medium size bull moose at very close range perfectly broadside through the very top of the heart and did not get a pass through. I can't remember if I hit a rib or not upon entry but most likely I did.

He didn't go far though, that's for sure!

[Iowabowhunter]

I found some 160 glue on that im going to pick up for turkeys.

Not sure at 42# I've got enough juice for whitetails though, heads are huge!

[larry f]

The snuffers are great heads, I shot a lot of critters with them but I was shooting 65 and 70 pound bows and the damage they caused was remarkable. I wish I had some still, a great broadhead made by a great man, and family.

[Dave Pagel]

I love Snuffers, 145s and 160s.  My all time favorite setup was a 60# @ 28 Silvertip recurve that I drew to 29 with 2219s and 160 Snuffers.  That thing really was fun.  I had some epic kills with that setup.

I can't pull 60# anymore due to some should issues, but I have a 54# Silvertip that loves 2115s and 145 Snuffers.  I haven't killed anything with this one yet, but I will.

D.P.

[Wudstix]

If you don't like I'll pm my address.  Scary sharp is the key.

[Iowabowhunter]

If you don't like I'll pm my address.  Scary sharp is the key.

Haha there ya go. Im gonna get em, may try em out on a few smaller does first to see how I like em

[Tim Finley]

My boys and I shot the 125 grain a lot we killed a bunch of bears, whitetails, mule deer and a couple of caribou and my youngest boy shot the 160 on deer . I dont remember any pass throughs but lots of complete penetration we used 50 to 57 lb. bows .
  A friend gave me 2 dozen 160 grain snuffers a couple of years ago but I havent tried them yet they are not completed they need to have the final grind done, I grind em on my belt sander .When the WW came out I switched to it and I liked it better .

[R.V.T.B.]

I was down in Georgia last week and shot a very large boar with a 60 pound bow, 620 grain fir arrow and 160 grain Snuffer.  When I was processing him I discovered he had a foreign object lodged in his off side shoulder... 

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[Rando]

Best heads I've ever used, though I haven't used many cause Snuffers have always done what I asked of em from mid 50 to 70 lb bows. Really wish someone would start making em again - every once in awhile I hear a rumor... I'm down to a precious few remaining and I'm always a day late to the party when I hear of someone selling em. Wonder whatever happened to the equipment, that'd be a fun venture!
Rando

[buckeyebowhunter]

See them every once in a while on the auction site. Price is usually astronomical though. They are wicked. Best part is they have to be the easiest head to sharpen ever PERIOD.

[Fletcher]

I tend to agree with Charlie and Terry on 160 Snuffers with 40 lb.  It would definitely be pushing your luck a bit.  It's one of those things where I think you would be ok, but I would hate to find out I was wrong.  Pretty sure you would be ok with turkeys, but I wouldn't try it with deer.  Try the Grizzly Instinct.

[Wudstix]

Grizzly Instinct, VPA, Woodsman 150 grain get you the weight with a slightly more slender head.