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wvram04 wvram04 |
Split Arrow
Mar 26 2008, 12:33 AM EDT The thing is with the wood cedar arrows you cannot use a field point to split the arrow they found out. But when you shoot a aluminum arrow into another it can be done with a field point. I have done this myself 3 times when i used to shoot archery. When aluminum arrows are used it is alot easier because of the tubing of the arrows. So i feel that when they said " Busted " it depends on the arrows used. 1 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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RE: Split Arrow
Mar 26 2008, 1:38 PM EDT Just a thought, but I think they were trying to go after the wood-on-wood one. It's one of those things people hear in legends of Robin Hood and see in the old movies and wonder if that can actually happen. With the modern ones, sure maybe, but all the ones shown were not telescoped down to the tip. I'm sure it's more possible to since the issue with the wooden ones were the grain of the arrow itself. These 3 times you mentioned, were those knock to tip. or only patial? 2 out of 2 found this valuable. Do you? |
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wvram04 wvram04 |
RE: Split Arrow
Mar 26 2008, 9:05 PM EDT No, one of the arrows just split open half way down. One time i did it, i was at a 3-D bow shoot and i had already ruined a couple of arrows and i only had a couple left and after i " Robin Hooded " the pair i had to take the one out of the other so i could finish the shoot. The other was still pretty decent enough to use. 0 out of 1 found this valuable. Do you? |
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RE: Split Arrow
Mar 27 2008, 8:26 PM EDT Although anything is, in theory, possible, a complete split of a wood shaft as depicted in the movie would be way more remote than anything you could call a "fluke" The very mechanics by which the wood is split rule out a path of any appreciable length that does not follow the grain. Even the best wood shafts... including Forgewood... have grain that traverses the shaft. In modern tubular shafts, it happens all the time to various degrees. I don't think I've ever seen a complete end-to-end penetration but once past the nock taper, the hollow tube will help guide the second arrow in alignment with the first. Not that much of a trick anymore. The myth, however, concerned more traditional shafts. BTW: I hope you have laid in a better supply of string gun bullets. Shooting a damaged arrow is not wise. I've seen a few guys learn the hard way that a shaft breaking on release is not good. wds Do you find this valuable? |
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wvram04 wvram04 |
RE: Split Arrow
Mar 29 2008, 12:21 AM EDT I agree but i had to finish the shoot and that was all i had. I have seen even the little things like nocks have a small crack in it and you go to shoot and all you hear is a loud "Twang" and then splits in the limbs and only thing ended up with was nice riser. I was lucky one time and only thing that i split was my lips when my release flew back. Do you find this valuable? |
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mediasmith |
RE: Split Arrow
Mar 29 2008, 11:47 AM EDT I go back a fair distance in the bow and arrow game. As I type this, I can look up and see my first bow... a genuine "Little Beaver" about 2 feet long with nearly round limbs about 3/8 inch in diameter. <G> Below it hangs my other "first bow" a 30 pound draw Ben Pearson longbow. I tell you this because those years have shown me a lot of things I never wanted to see. Opinions were formed from these events which are frm but mine. Take them as you wish but rest assured, I have no need to P&M about something needlessly. I am aware of three instances where damaged or defective arrows split upon release with the remains of the shaft penetrating the shooter's hand or wrist. I don't want to ever hear of that again and sure don't want to see it. No, it doesn't happen every time an arrow fails but I do believe Tory and Grant would find it plausible should they test the possibility. Again, my personal opinion leaves wood and composite arrows on the shelf. Alloy arrows are much more likely to show highly visual indications of damage and are much less likely to be re-used if damaged. Composite shafts can lose structural integrity through mechanisms as simple as a moderate rap against a hard surface. The damage may well be nearly invisible by a casual inspection. Think about it, do your homework and act according to what you find. That's what I did because I'm a woose. I don't like pain or blood.... even if it ain't mine. Do you find this valuable? |
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wvram04 wvram04 |
RE: Split Arrow
Mar 29 2008, 3:09 PM EDT I was not meaning to deviate from the origin of the story. I just got off track and apologize for it. The wood arrows would not be consistent with the grain in splitting all the way to the tip. And also the way the tip is forged back then. The broad heads of now days are completely machined and true. Back then the heads could not be perfect and completely true in their design. Bear heads and the Snuffers are the probably closest to the latter years of designs. And their heads are not a true point. So for one of them to split a arrow all the way are not feasible.. Thanks Do you find this valuable? |
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mediasmith |
RE: Split Arrow
Mar 29 2008, 4:15 PM EDT I don't see a problem there. <G> But, as long as we are off on a lark, I was fond of the Bear broadhead before I worked for them and long after I got out of the game. Although broadhead designs are about like opinions, the original design works as well as any with anything like correct shot placement. I'm not that fond of the newer skeleton style BTW: The best archery salesman in the world has always been and will continue to be, "buck fever." <G> Do you find this valuable? |
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RE: Split Arrow
May 12 2008, 11:56 PM EDT I know that this doesn't really "split the arrow" but it's still a cool video non-the-less http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6rfEetV64s Do you find this valuable? |