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[Brown Chass]

Please send the pics.. i am dieing to see one

Chass
--- Dave Pearcy <dpearcy at telusplanet.net> wrote:
> 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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