homemade blunt tip

[troutguy]

today i took a 38 special brass shell casing and slid it on the tip of a 11/32 poc shaft with some hot melt glue . im not sure what it weighed but it flew like 125 gr point. and it fit perfect. it had to be close in weight because the arrow flew great.has anyone ever tried this? this is a archery topic...

[Alfie]

A quick search here and google will let you know that a 38spl case are a well known way to make a blunt.
Many use them for stumping and smallgame hunting.
Never tried it my self so far.

[Bud B.]

Try searching " homemade small game head " in the Pow Wow and you'll get some good reads.

[Grey Taylor]

The cases are actually a lot lighter than 125 grains. If I'm feeling really picky when I make those up I dribble in #7 1/2 shot until the case and shot total is 125 gr. A good dollop of epoxy keeps the shot from rattling and the case on the shaft.
But usually I just glue the case right on the shaft and don't worry about the weight.

Guy

[bosteldr]

I just slide the 38 case over the field tip.  Out to 15 to 20 yds most squirrel shots, I see no difference.

[centaur]

They work fine and the price is right. 357mag cases work just as well.

[Roadkill]

Use 9mm casing with primer removed on a 100 grain point.  Take a hack saw and cut an X on the top.
I heat up the casing and drive it on a point, let it cool, and then glue it on the 100 grainer.  They work so well and that X helps deliver energy, but grabs grass and brush.  I have even use a screw driver to expand the X's a bit.

Keeps you in the weight ball park as a 9mm weighs about 64.  Never weighed one without the prime and after I cut in the X,b ut it would seem to get ya pretty close.  I can use just a little heat and remove the 9mm case to get my tgt points back

[Red Beastmaster]

Drop a #4 split shot sinker into a .38 case and tap it with a punch(I use a bolt) and small hammer. No need to glue it in, just smash it slightly and it will never come loose. It weighs very close to 125 grains.

I make my stump arrows about 2" too long. I can break the blunt off 3 to 4 times before the arrow is too short. If the casing goes unrecovered it's no biggie. They cost next to nothing.

[Bill Carlsen]

We had a cop in our club many years ago and I was able to get a ton of .38 special casings. I used solder to get them up to 125 grains and they shot very well. Great rabbit arrows.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

Another way with the shot...#8 shot weigh 1 grain per kernel, makes adding a specific weight a matter of counting..
I would just stand the case up fill it with enough shot and heat it with a torch till the lead melts.