How do those of you who shoot flint heads practice with your setup?
Shoot into a foam block such as dock float or another large block of foam that will not grip the point as ethafoam does
Maybe old couch cushions would work for ya.
Thanks Ted.
What are you doing shooting flint heads Randy? I heard that it might be legal there soon. I hope so because I have an antelope hunt that would be the thing for.
Some shoot into a pile of sand as well....
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Yancey:
What are you doing shooting flint heads Randy? I heard that it might be legal there soon. I hope so because I have an antelope hunt that would be the thing for.
It will be this fall if it goes through.
I have wondered too. How much do they dull? Just flake some off the edge to resharpen?
Stone pics Randy ! Stone pics!
Keep the wind in your face!
Shoot straight, Shinken
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I have found that the best way, for me, is to weigh your rock, and tune with a field point of the same or close to the same weight. I then take the field point off and cut the shaft (using the taper) for hafting. I then place the point into the shaft, spin test it and adjust if needed, then apply some pine pitch to make it solid. I wrap it and only take 1 test shot with it to ensure good flight into a WORE OUT bag target. Then touch it up if needed and its ready to hunt. I ONLY practice with the field points.
Ill post a pic of the hafted shafts in a bit.
QuoteOriginally posted by bornagainbowhunter:
I have found that the best way, for me, is to weigh your rock, and tune with a field point of the same or close to the same weight. I then take the field point off and cut the shaft (using the taper) for hafting. I then place the point into the shaft, spin test it and adjust if needed, then apply some pine pitch to make it solid. I wrap it and only take 1 test shot with it to ensure good flight into a WORE OUT bag target. Then touch it up if needed and its ready to hunt. I ONLY practice with the field points.
Ill post a pic of the hafted shafts in a bit.
By the way, a 8" slim taper file is perfect for hafting...
(http://i851.photobucket.com/albums/ab80/jnferguson/image-21.jpg)
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Those are AWESOME looking, Nathan!
Bisch
That is some fine work Nathan. You have some talent there, lurking under that beard. :clapper:
i have some big cold room styrofoam panels.
Tractor supply uses a looser (for the lack of a better word) foam block to hold the trailer tongues up off the ground. They give them away and they work good for test shots.
I still touch up the edges after shooting the arrow.
I make stone points and have tried several things. Styrofoam or beadboard is fine but gets little beads every where. The foam block works very well as Ted suggested especially if a solid type foam. Another option is blue board, it is used when insulationing concrete walls and craw space areas. Any home Depot or Lowes carry it. A good place to get it for free many times is a construction site where they have scraps that they are discarding. You can glue together thin pieces to get say 6 inches thick. A glue to use is Three M spray adhesive.
B-A-B! Wow!
Those are some *awesome* stone points! Looks like you have those well-mounted to the shafts.
Like to see some red coloring on those....
Shoot straight, Shinken
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