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Diligence:
Just a quick "double thumbs up" to the home made duplex nail field points posted earlier by Bushbow.

I've been shooting them in my bamboo arrows, and they are the cats meow!.....the club's 3D and paper targets do not rob me of my field points, they come out easily and they work just great.

I'm not even sure that I will ever use glue-on field points again - that's how much I like them.  They do take at least ( ::)) 5 minutes to make and install, but it's worth it.

aero86:
i like them too.  get a grinder and you can make lots more quickly!

Bushbow:
Diligence I am glad to hear they worked out for you. I too, would never go back to a tapered glue on steel point for bamboo. After several months of shooting bamboo arrows, I have had many of the tapered steel points get snapped off. None of the nail points have broken off. I did have one hit a steel posted that basically shattered the bamboo. But I would call that excessive.

Chuck S.

Diligence:
Good to know.  Like you, I haven't been wrapping the shaft either.  Just drilling a hole to suit the nail diameter and using hot glue stick to put it in place.  I also use a counter-sink bit to very slightly bevel the inside diameter of the shaft.  This seems to allow the nail to settle into place nice and firmly.

We'll see how they hold up.  I've been meaning to make up some with adder points --- using sharpened wing nuts.  Figured they might make good little judo points.

J

agd68:
You guys have any nail points  pull out of the shaft?

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