[Ansteorra-archery] Need input from archery marshals please :)

[jack spinks]

Yes. I am familiar with the ones you use and have allowed them in the past. Mainly because of the shortness of the edges.  Were they any longer I would have disallowed them due to potential damage to the butt.   Even at that- were more folks using them I would be hesitant to allow even those.  A dozen shots with a sharper edge by one archer one time is one thing.  Having many arrows and especially higher power crossbows shooting on butts would be another.   Were I calling it today I would probably simply go with a "no edges" rule of thumb with edge being defined as anything that could be made sharp with a few strokes of a file.

Pug Bainter <pug at pug.net> wrote:  I think that you will find as the others have mentioned. It will be on a case
by case basis when you get to the field depending on the head design.

I do know that those who have not allowed 'sharp' bodkins in the past still
allow the ones I use which have a hard edge but not one of the needle points
or knife edges which what most are concerned with. Mine are not modbods which
I think you are describing, but they are short bodkins with a 4 sided pyramid
point.

Ciao,
Pug


> -----Original Message-----
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> archery-bounces at lists.ansteorra.org] On Behalf Of David Ruff
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> Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Need input from archery marshals please :)
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> 
> Greetings unto the shooting populace
> 
> 
> I need to get input from the archery marshals that run shoots on
> something.
> 
> 
> I have started making 5/16" and 11/32" socketed bodkins. I have seen some
> that allow the use of them and others that do not. I have also seen the
> rounded "look alike" that are sold from various sources.
> 
> Mine are bodkins, the edges sharp and as of recently i put one through
> .121 inch thick steel plate shot from a heavy (450lb) crossbow. Penetration
> is not a concern as i make them from 40gr to 170gr.
> 
> The question is, IF the edges are rounded and do not carry a cutting edge
> - would these be allowed on the target field? I am assuming that the reason
> some marshals (with good cause) stop the use is the worry they will cut the
> bindings on the butts.
> 
> 
> I ask as i will be starting to add these to my line and want to make sure
> i give sound advice to potential owners before they hit the field and are
> turned back.
> 
> 
> Thanks in advance for the input :)
> 
> 
> 
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