Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: Barrage on January 21, 2009, 10:47:52 am
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Does anyone make their own target points? I've got a couple shoot shafts that need points and would like to see any ideas that are out there for making my own. Thanks!
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Look through some of the posts. There are plenty of people that use trade points and bone points for target practice. Some use flattened nails.
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I'll post a few pics of field points that Kenneth thought up. He sent me a few to try and both styles work like a champ. I'll try to get the pics soon. Pat
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Here are a few pics of Kenneth's points. The point for the sourwood arrow is a piece of 1/16" thick steel cut into the shape you see. The indentation behind the point is for accepting a wrap to secure the point. I cut a slot in the end of the shaft like for a trade point. Then glue in the point, shape the shaft to the shape of the point, including an indentation for the wrap and on this arrow I used artificial sinew set in glue for the wrap.
For cane arrows Kenneth used a standard 16d nail, brazed some brass on the hear and put it into a drill and spin it while shaping it into a cone with a file. The nail shank can be cut to reduce the point weight. What I did was to use TBIII dripped into the center hole then fit the nail in. The head should fit flush with the end of the boo. I then add a wrap behind the point to reinforce the cane.
Both of these points work exceptionally well and the homemade looks works well with homemade arrows.
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I didn't have a cane arrow ready so what I used is just a piece of raw cane with no wrap for the pics.
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Thanks for the pics and info Pat.
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Great!!!!!
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Try em, you'll like em! ;)
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well thhat is very cool, like the idea of the flattened nail a lot. thanks for sharing pat. nice idea kenneth
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I use both of those kind all the time they work great! The flat stock one makes an awesome critter getter.
Thanks for the idea Pat.
TJ
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Can you still buy "scaffold nails" or "form nails" . ? We used to get them in 16 d size. they have a regular head, and about a half inch below that, another head just like it. Made so a carpenter can drive them in, hard, and still pull them with a bar easily. Seems like these would be the cat's meow for making nail points. Cut off the last head and still have a nice stopper to butt up against the end of the arrow, some iron inside and some outside for the point. How does that sound? piper
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Sounds good to me, I will use the power of google to see if they are still making them. :D
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Those nails are a mainstay in the concrete busness,I allways called them "double headed " nails any construction supply ought to carry them
Roger
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You beat me to it, Roger. Grandpa had a ton of them around the house from Bricklaying.
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They are called duplex nails and thats what I do when I need a field point you can put them in shoots shafts if you can drill a good hole. Tom
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Another picture, I call these target trade points. They are made from a giant hacksaw blade about two inches deep, too bad I have no more and don't know where to get them. Any way they atr hard, tough and keep a sharp point. I cut them about 3/8" wide or less to match the arrow with a metal chop saw, a metal cutting band saw like in welding shops would work also or could make do with a hand held grinder and vice. One of the arrows in this picture has the saw teeth left on and is a small game point, I havent tried it on game but figgure it must work well on squirrels and also works as a target point. Kenneth
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