Anyone make their own field/target points?

[Barrage]

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!

[madcrow]

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.

[Pat B]

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

[Pat B]

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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[Pat B]

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.

[Barrage]

Thanks for the pics and info Pat.

[Cromm]

Great!!!!!

[Pat B]

Try em, you'll like em!

[armymedic.2]

well thhat is very cool, like the idea of the flattened nail a lot.  thanks for sharing pat.  nice idea kenneth

[nugget]

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

[islandpiper]

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

[Cromm]

Sounds good to me, I will use the power of google to see if they are still making them.

[Bone pile]

Those nails are a mainstay in the concrete busness,I allways called them "double headed " nails any construction supply ought to carry them
Roger

[mullet]

 You beat me to it, Roger. Grandpa had a ton of them around the house from Bricklaying.

[napper]

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