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Offline 1442

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Heavy hunting point
« on: March 21, 2019, 11:47:33 pm »
I was shooting for a 150 grain hunting point with this piece of gravel. It had some cracks and concrete and I couldn't hit where I was aiming, so it turned out a little thicker than planned and weighs  175 grains.
It has a small bump like a mole on one side and some fingernail hinges here and there so it's loaded with features beyond what comes standard on a new hunting point.
Here's the rock and biface

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Re: Heavy gravel hunting point
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2019, 11:51:55 pm »
cleared for flight

Offline Wally44

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Re: Heavy hunting point
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2019, 06:13:00 am »
Looks pretty good wish I could knap like that

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Re: Heavy hunting point
« Reply #3 on: March 22, 2019, 09:22:52 pm »
Still looks like a killer 1442. I usually make 125 grain points but I've been thinking next hunting season I'd like to tune some shorter arrows to my shorter bow. I'm thinking a 175 grain might be just what I need to get my spine right.
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Re: Heavy hunting point
« Reply #4 on: March 24, 2019, 10:40:58 pm »
oughta work
I used to haft some really heavy ones on heavy cane shafts for stump shooting, They held up well

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Re: Heavy hunting point
« Reply #5 on: March 25, 2019, 11:48:44 am »
Excellent use of a small nodule.  Is that landscape gravel?
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Re: Heavy hunting point
« Reply #6 on: March 26, 2019, 10:34:31 pm »
thanks
it is from a landscape gravel pile, but this latest load delivered has Citronelle looking gravel mixed in. This piece is really similar to Citronelle gravel