Simple arrows using duct tape

[Zen///]

http://www.primitiveways.com/pt_qikfltch.html

Very simple, you can use dowel rods or bamboo.

If this has been posted b4 don't flame me

[windshrike]

I've seen this before, but I don't think that it has been posted yet. I did this for a 25# traditional I used to have, but never got a chance to test it's accuracy at longer ranges(longer than 15 feet, the length of my room).

[Zen///]

YOU HAVE A 15FT ROOM?!?!?!?!?

mine's 12 ft

[sandman]

mines 10 , i feel deprived

but i dont see those being very accurate

[Zen///]

I don't remember who, casually suggested that it would be easy to make a temporary fletch out of duct tape for a dart. It really works!

It doesent say how accurate they are but they probably used them with a bow not a spudgun.

Ill make some tomorrow and test the accuracy.

[windshrike]

My room is 10-by-15, just to clear up any confusion, and they should work reasonably well in a spudgun. I had problems with the fletching causing the arrow to 'jump' off of the shelf as I shot, but with a reasonable sabot accuracy is probably not going to be that bad.

[Hawkeye]

They actually work pretty well. I shoot a self bow with no rest and the tape does tend to start bunching a bit or gets wrinkled. Still, I've done some accurate shooting a longer ranges and even hunted successfully. The key is to minimize the fletching height and taper the front edge a bit. It takes very little to stabilize an arrow.

[Maniac]

i live under te stairs help me please.


thats what i was wondering hawkeye how much tape do you need to stabilize it

[dauphinoise potato]

i live under te stairs help me please.

With the broomsticks and bleach does a Maniac sleep?


Hmm I'm not to sure about this fletching, I would be worried aout the tape gettng wrinkled andd wrecked. But if it did go all bollocked atleast it isn't a really nice feather fletching, that you spent about a hour on.

[Hawkeye]

It's a temporary measure fletching. If you were in a situation that required a functioning arrow quickly, you could make one quickly without having to catch a bird first or locate feathers. They're not meant to last like a good arrow.

[Zen///]

But of course, feathers (after going through something) wear eventually too.

But things like these http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kinetic_energy_penetrator
are one time use