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Title: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: PastorSteveHill on September 12, 2007, 12:54:00 AM
Hi guys.  Having trouble with my snuffers. They make a light whistleing sound when shot. I have bare shaft tuned as well as I think can be done and hitting good, no great.. What could be the culprit?  

I listend to a fried shoot the snuffer and it had a whisltly type breeze with it also.  Is this just a commonality with snuffers??? Many thanks to you all in advance...
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: Bill Carlsen on September 12, 2007, 07:56:00 AM
Smear a very thin coat of vaseline or first aide ointment on the blades making sure that you do get some onto the edges of the vents. You need very little...it has always worked for me.
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: **DONOTDELETE** on September 12, 2007, 08:17:00 AM
file the inside edge of the vents
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: geno on September 12, 2007, 09:46:00 AM
What are you shooting them on. I used my first set of glue on adapters the other day with some 4 blade zwickeys and they whistled. I filled it with some duco and it stoped
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: Tom Leemans on September 12, 2007, 09:49:00 AM
Yes, it's common. Just go ahead and shoot them. It hasn't stopped mine from hitting a deer yet. The sound is mainly audible from behind and from the side anyway. Vaseline doesn't hurt. Keeps the blades lubed and rust free anyway!
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: Mr.Magoo on September 12, 2007, 12:26:00 PM
Clean-up the vents with a nail file.
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: Curtiss Cardinal on September 12, 2007, 03:47:00 PM
If you're bow is quiet the deer will never hear the whistling. I'm not saying not to do what others have said. It's just that my Father called it the Whistle of Death.
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: hickstick on September 12, 2007, 05:02:00 PM
guess all above is correct.  though I did touch up the inside rear-edge of the vents on my WWs with a chainsaw file to round them over a bit.
Title: Re: 3 blade heads / whistling
Post by: Biggie Hoffman on September 12, 2007, 06:17:00 PM
I'm with Tom, by the time they hear it.......it's too late :-)