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AndiE:
Hi

I want to make a set of quarter pound arrows and now i am thinking of the perfect point weight.
What do you think? 350, 500 or 750 grain?

Kind regards
Andi

WillS:
It's kinda down to what weight the arrow turns out at, without a head.  Once you've made up the heaviest possible arrow, complete with fletchings and oil/varnish etc, just find out how much it weighs, and make the point fill in what's left!  I ended up having to get my plate cutters made to about 40 grams in order to get my 1/4lb arrows up to weight, which comes out around 615 gr I think?  They're very point heavy though, so a heavier shaft would be better.  I used half inch birch shafts, which I tapered to 3/8" only at the very end of the arrow to keep the weight as high as possible.

AndiE:
Hi

I have many different shafts from 1000 to 1400 grain so i can choose the point.

Kind regards
                       Andi

Heffalump:
Try Hector Cole "Heavy War Bodkins"......I've got a set of these to EWBS weight and spec....on torpedo tapered half-inch ash shafts, fletched with grey goose, fully whipped round with Lancaster red silk...........usually hand interested parties a 5/16" cocktail stick to hold while I pull these beauties out of the tube for a complete contrast  >:D

   theclothofgold.co.uk
Bloody expensive, but they're like works of art.....until you shoot them clean through a car door at a demo  :o.......(not my best ever decision,..... possibly)  :laugh:

Yours aye,

John  :)

AndiE:
Hi

Hector Coles points are great.
But what I wanted to know is what would be better for a good flying quarter pound arrow, 1000gn shaft + 750gn bodkin or 1400gn shaft + 350gn point?

Kind regards
                    Andi

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