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bamboo heads on 4-footed shafts
Dustybaer:
well, I shot the arrows you see in the picture below to see how they group. the arrows are of different length, spine and material. the only thing they have in common is the weight, approx. 27g (410gr). since i can only shoot about 10-12 yards in my back yard, i can't judge the flight to well, but at least i can see how they group and they grouped well. the narrow boo point split lengthwise on the first shot, so i'm making a new one as we speak, but the wider one did amazingly well. actually it hit dead center three times in a row. what's amazing is it's not FOC it's ROC (rear of center) despite the mahogany foot.
edit: i forgot to mention, i weighed one of the tips and came up with approx. 1g (15 grains). no wonder the arrows com out ROC.
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Dustybaer:
field tested the tips. pretty sturdy. this one penetrated that limb and about 1/4" was sticking out the other side. couldn't pull it out, so broke it off. i can imagine it would have gone right thru a rabbit or squirrel (if i could hit one, that is ;D ).
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DBernier:
Dustybaer, I cannot find that other head, but I will make another one. Probably in the next two weeks. Your penetration test on that limb kinda squares out with my test. I suppose they would "do the job" if necessary. To Eddie's point, they can be very, very sharp if care is taken on the edges.
Dick Bernier
Agbowyer:
Love this thread. Never even thought about bamboo heads before. Used bone and steel. By the way, how come they don't let you hunt with a bow in Germany? I have seen this in several threads. Do they allow hunting at all? Just curious.
Dustybaer:
agbowyer, yes, hunting with rifles is permitted and we have the same pro and con discussions here: animal rights versus hunting. hunting is viewed as a very elitarian sport, probably from former times, when it was reserved for aristocracy. it is still very expensive to get the hunting license and it takes a couple of years to get it. i think the reason it's prohibited is the (wrong) impression that bow and arrow doesn't kill an animal fast enough.
dick, don't worry about the point, unless you wanted to make another one anyway, in which case i'd be very much interested in seeing it ;D
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