Primitive Archer
Main Discussion Area => Arrows => Topic started by: ZanderPommo on September 09, 2008, 07:54:33 pm
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Hey all! We have all claimed to split arrows, but lets see some! Please state conditions and circumstances in great detail. Here's mine: youth arrow split 2 years ago with a 30 # recurve target bow at about 10 yards. I had it hung up on my wall forever and decided to put it to some use. it was about 2 or 3 in from the center of the target. Please include pics! I'm sure you guys saved these babys.Enjoy!...(none of that carbaluminium crap!!)
(http://i375.photobucket.com/albums/oo199/ZanderPommo/P1010002.jpg)
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Nice shot! Sorry, my arrows are to nice to shoot at. I shoot Art Butner, Chris Cade arrows.
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Here you go. Sourwood shoot arrow :(, self nock >:( Pat
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keep em' coming fellas! ;)
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Nice shot, Pat. :o
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When I see this arrow carnage, I'm glad I shoot like crap. ;D
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never intentionaly tried to wreck and arrow,theres a reason i shoot at the five dot side of my block, but hey to those of your who have done that feat,thats cool 8) ;D.
i have an uncle whose done that so many times he throws them out when it happens now.
tim
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Yep, Tim. not unusual for compounds. I tend to get real excited if I shoot one of my horn nocks. :( :'(
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actually my uncle got most of his years back when he shot recurves in leagues in the 70's-early 80's,after he got his wheel bow and arrows he doesnt do that so much now,too dang expensive he says, gotta agree with that logic.
he used to make all his own arrows back in the day.so they were cheap
tim
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I did it more with a compound but I wasn't shooting self nock arrows. ;D >:( I try not to do this. I'm such a bad shot I hit when I try to miss. ::)
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I don't "hither" anymore :-[..... but here's one!! ;)
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i donno about a robinhood but i'v busted the knocks of 3 arrows in the past 2 days.
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I shoot blunts to practice, so I would just demolish the nock into oblivian when it happens. To date, I done it about 6 or 7 times I think. Not much fun :P.
Here's my first one. Hickory arrows, fifteen yards. I took about five seconds for both shots, but still hit just below my targeted stump. I don't have any pictures of the rest though, and no splits.
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Thats ok Kegan you get an "A" for effort ;)
Anyone else deadly accurate (with some pics to show for it)
Zander
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The only time I shoot at knocks is when its somebody else's arrow sticking out >:D
Dennis
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This is my one and only Robin Hood of any kind.
(http://us.share.geocities.com/sp06di/robinhood1.JPG)
Pretty impressive to nail a .17 caliber pellet with an arrow. 8)
Would have been more so had it been intentional. :-\
possum
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nice, I don't suppose that occured in mid-air? ;)
Zander
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cane arrow shot one iside the other first shot with this set of arrows, the reinforced wrapps was all that saved it from goin all the way.- Ryan
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nice! those reinforcements really are like steel on my cane arras too
Zander
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Has anyone actually split the arrow all the way down or at least half way? Kevin Costner split the one clear to the target in his movie. Yes, I know that is Hollywood but I was wondering if that would be possible. Seems to me that would be a lot of friction to stop it before it got down that far.
possum
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"Mythbusters" tested this determing that it was probably impossible and I believe if you are talking about the old robinhood movie, if ya look real close, you can see bamboo nodes so while the arrow was really split, it wasn't genuine.
BUT I"LL KEEP TRYING!!!!!
Zander
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on mythbusters when they were able to hit it,it would split and go out to one side.
i think if one was to get a shaft with almost perfect grain tip to tip that it could be possible to get it split tip to tip.
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actually, mythbusters revisited the myth because of that, they actually had a trad. archer send them a "perfect" piece of cedar which they split & hand planed. good thing we complain to them when we get it wrong :D
what I think may have happened is the arrow was still paradoxing and therefore cut it's way off the arrow halfway into it.......i hope that made sense, I ain't not no good at phrazing stuffs. ;D
Zander
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actually, mythbusters revisited the myth because of that, they actually had a trad. archer send them a "perfect" piece of cedar which they split & hand planed. good thing we complain to them when we get it wrong :D
what I think may have happened is the arrow was still paradoxing and therefore cut it's way off the arrow halfway into it.......i hope that made sense, I ain't not no good at phrazing stuffs. ;D
Zander
Actually, they made an error.. while war arrows were made using a piece of horn in the nock to stop it from splitting which was they're reasoning behind it being busted... I hardly think an "outlaw" would do the same on a regular basis but I could be wrong.
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yes, I too was dissapointed that they didn't even try to do it without the horn. they usually do that.
Zander
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im disappointed with myth busters on a regular basis, it more like myths and big explosions instead of really testing a myth completely.