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Offline Stonedog

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What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« on: December 18, 2013, 08:46:27 pm »
I have some 3/8" dowels I want to make into small game "flying log" arrows...

Will any caliber brass fit over a 3/8" dowel?
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Offline Dharma

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #1 on: December 18, 2013, 09:18:35 pm »
.38 Special or .357 Magnum
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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #2 on: December 18, 2013, 11:04:37 pm »
Or...
Make it into a nutter.
Taper the tip per a regular glue-on point and screw on a 3/8" nut. A drop of epoxy or other glue will help it hold on.
They hit hard and they're super easy and cheap.

Guy
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #3 on: December 18, 2013, 11:13:18 pm »
9mil will fit decently well, or some hot glue and a 9mil.
plus, if you have friends that shoot a lot, they are cheap.
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Offline Pat B

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #4 on: December 18, 2013, 11:44:56 pm »
I agree with Guy. A nutter is deadly on small game with the shock of the hex nut and a little penetration from the tapered point...and cheap.  ;)
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Offline Stonedog

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #5 on: December 19, 2013, 09:42:45 am »
Anyone have any idea how many hex nuts I would need to equal 300 grains?  These are actually for my medieval bolt shooting device that shoots 16" OAL bolts  ;D...with that short of "arrow" I need them to be FOC heavy to achieve the penetration needed for clean kills.

I already play on shooting 300 grain broad heads!


The idea of nutters with a homemade bleeder blade sounds DEADLY!
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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #6 on: December 19, 2013, 10:34:39 pm »
Uh, weigh them. ???
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Offline Stonedog

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #7 on: December 20, 2013, 09:25:38 am »
'Ah have nae grain scale laddie!
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Offline CORIUS

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #8 on: December 20, 2013, 07:50:07 pm »
.762mm will fit if u cut off the neck
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Offline Thesquirrelslinger

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #9 on: December 20, 2013, 10:14:55 pm »
7.62 :)
Any of the .30 cal will fit very well.
7.62 base, and the part that holds the powder is rather large- about 1 cm in diam...
7.92 works good.
Recently, I have been cutting off the necks of .223 and/or 5.56(almost identical).
Its near perfect fit. Literally. And the longer brass adds wieght, allows me to add some lead, and also keeps the shaft from breaking right after the point.
If you cut off the base of the cartridge(primer, etc), and then slit the neck, it makes a cheap and easy ferrule.
44 mag work really good on Ceder arrows.
They add some weight...
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Offline scattershot

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Re: What brass for 3/8" dowels?
« Reply #10 on: December 22, 2013, 06:22:11 pm »
I use two 3/8" nuts for my nutters, they weigh 160 grains for both.
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