looking for a cheap easy source of target points.

[carpentertimw]

thats how much they are at 3rivers also

[alexzxz]

Field points get lost, that's the reason for judo points.
Also, I can't really get any types of points cheap, after all, in NYC no stores sell them. After shipping is added, it no longer becomes cheap.

[crooketarrow]

  I've solder the pin springs to brass before and stell blunts. They work for a while. I braisen a couple these you can't break these off. The heat takes the temper out of the springs so you have to straight the wire once in a while. I but puting the temper back in realy not a problem.
  But get a couple judio's I lost one in 25 plus years out of 10,000's of shots. I did lose one other on a ground hog once the took and arrow down the hole.

[bubby]

for a good cheap blunt just sharpen your arrow with a pencil sharpener, then screw a nut on to it, and if ya put a washer on first they pop up pretty good

[alexzxz]

  that groundhog!

The problem with sharpened wood is that it breaks really fast. The point dull really fast even on soft targets, and once I missed and it hit a steel fence just right, the whole arrow got split.

Also, there isn't much penetration. Maybe I should heat treat the points...

[sharpend60]

If ya use a nut and tapered wood...

You could soak the wood piont in CA glue, that would toughen em right up.

[Dictionary]

im going to give the nut and washer idea a try. So i just squeeze the nut onto the shaft i reckon maybe with some ttb?


Edit. to be honest, the acorn nuts as a small game point sounds very simple and effective. Maybe not great for target shooting, but work none the less.

[bubby]

i heat treat the sharpened tips, then soak in superglue, and i've put them thru a fence board with little damage, screw the nut on, it will work and it dont get any cheaper, bub

[bubby]

Field points get lost, that's the reason for judo points.
Also, I can't really get any types of points cheap, after all, in NYC no stores sell them. After shipping is added, it no longer becomes cheap.

so none of the archery stores in nyc sell field points?

[alexzxz]

that's the thing there are no archery stores, lack of demand, lack of supply.
In NYC, laws are pretty strict, but most people don't know there is little regulation on bows, compared to guns.

[Ifrit617]

i heat treat the sharpened tips, then soak in superglue, and i've put them thru a fence board with little damage, screw the nut on, it will work and it dont get any cheaper, bub

I do the same thing and have punched holes in pressure treated boards with no damage what-so-ever to the point besides scuffing the finish.

Jon

[bubby]

that's the thing there are no archery stores, lack of demand, lack of supply.
In NYC, laws are pretty strict, but most people don't know there is little regulation on bows, compared to guns.

i did a google search for archery stores in nyc and quite a few came up, don't know where your at but they were spred out, Bub