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Title: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: deermaster1 on June 03, 2008, 03:49:00 PM: can a 50 lb bow shooting a 600-700 grain total arrow get a pass through on a whitetail shooting a coc head like the snuffer 160 or the g5 striker mag 125? i know placement is the key and there is really no need for such a head, but i am curious about how much power would be needed for a passthrough. thanks for any info!
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: Apex Predator on June 03, 2008, 04:16:00 PM: With that arrow weight, I think you can push one through most of the time.
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: Fletcher on June 03, 2008, 04:21:00 PM: The only way to find out is to try it. I do believe you would need a very well tuned setup, tho. I shoot 55 lbs @ 26" and a 600+ gr well tuned wood arrow and don't feel that I could shoot thru consistently with a big snuffer. JMO
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: KentuckyTJ on June 03, 2008, 04:34:00 PM: It "could" considering all the perfect conditions. Thing is when that deer is in front of you and you are shooting it with archery equipment by the time your arrow gets to the deer those perfect conditions can change in a hurry. Plan on the bad shot or non perfect conditions not the good ones because if you hunt long enough that bad ones will come.
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: zipper bowss on June 03, 2008, 04:41:00 PM: I shot 1.5" magnus for years with a 57# bow and 650 grain arrows and got through a lot of critters,BUT I have shot completely throug alot more since I swithced to 1.25" magnus even with less bow weight and arrow weight.
Bill
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: RC on June 03, 2008, 11:09:00 PM: I don`t know about the snuffer but the MagI and Simmons will do the job.RC
Title: Re: who much power for a 1.5" broadhead?
Post by: rg176bnc on June 05, 2008, 10:25:00 PM: I bet nearly every time. Whitetails arent that tough to penatrate. Thats the set up Im gonna use this year except I draw 52lbs.