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[Dave Pearcy]

Greetings Gilli

I to have been experimenting with the siloflex ABD on my crossbow bolts. I'm
only using 1/2 inch (top) piece of tube and attaching it with waxed polyester
string to the fiberglass shafts. It works! I have two photo's I could send you
if you'd like to see? ~300K in size

Deicyn

Bob Dewart wrote:

> Though I'd share.
>
> I'll bring the dead ones with me.
>
> Gilli
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Dewart" <gilli at seacove.net>
> To: <SCA-MissileCombat at yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, April 27, 2001 8:37 PM
> Subject: Test results 160 siloflex and wood shafts
>
> > Greetings and Hi There,
> >
> > I just had some interesting results, even though I didn't shoot many
> times.
> > Last night I'd cut several differant lengths of siloflex.
> >
> > I used some of my 45lb chundo wood shafts left over from Gulf War.  I
> pulled
> > the fletches off and attached a 3.5 inch top peice of slioflex as per the
> > Outland diagram (minus the finger hole) to the shaft.  I went to my side
> > yard and shot at my gate door which is plywood.  At a distance of about 10
> > yards I shoot the arrow from my 30lb recurve. I aimed low.  When I retreve
> > the arrow, it had broken in two at the forward strapping and duct tape!!
> >
> > Well, let's try
> >
> > I went back end and made two more arrows.  One more   3.5  incher and a
> two
> > incher.  I moved further out toward the street, perhaps a range of 15
> yards
> > I aimed at the middle of the gate. The two incher hit where I aimed with a
> > good thud.  However it too was destroyed just like the first.
> >
> > I shot the second.  Again I aimed at the middle of the gate.  I fired
> > several times. Never hitting where I aimed.  They all het more or less
> > broadside except for the last one that went over the gate at a 45 degree
> > angle.
> >
> > So out of a, what turned out to be a quick test, 3 arrow test I have two
> > arrows broken in two being held together only by strapping tape, and one
> > that didn't fly right.
> >
> > I take it then siloflex wasn't meant for wood shafts?
> >
> > Gilli
> > who has about a 1,000 wood arrows
> >
>
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