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Title: Bare shaft
Post by: bsv on November 23, 2010, 06:15:00 AM
What doe"s every one shoot there bare shafts into? Staw,foam,cardboard?
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Post by: Rob DiStefano on November 23, 2010, 06:37:00 AM
a butt for bare shafting needs to be "non directional", meaning the composition of the material should not redirect or deflect the angle of arrow as it hits the butt.  this rules out stacked cardboard.  poly foam, baled excelsior and straw bale would work just fine.
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Post by: Don Stokes on November 23, 2010, 07:31:00 AM
My favorite material is furniture foam, like is used in sofa cushions. It catches the arrows without breaking them. I went to a local supplier and had several cubes cut. The soft foam "shoots out" rather quickly if you do a lot of testing, but with a cube you can keep turning it.
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Post by: Cherokee Scout on November 23, 2010, 07:59:00 AM
I use a large foam type target made by a guy in Georgia, Southern Outdoors. They are non directional and give good reading on bare shafts.
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Post by: Bjorn on November 23, 2010, 12:52:00 PM
Straw bale is my fav
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Post by: Spinealigner on November 24, 2010, 11:40:00 AM
Big soft foam block