field tips for cane arrows...

[Looper]

I'm putting together some cane shafts to shoot out of my BBO and was wondering what type of field tips work well.  I've made some blunts out of rifle casings, but I need something to use for target shooting.  I was thinking of inserting a nail and brazing some brass on the point and shaping it.

I've also thought about gluing in an insert, tapering it and using some 5/16" tapered field tips.

What do ya'll use?

[jonathan creason]

Go get yourself a box of duplex nails.  Grind the top head off and into a point.  Drill out your cane shafts to fit and glue the nail in the shaft.  After trying these I'll never, ever attempt to taper a cane shaft again.

Oh yeah, be sure you wrap something around the shaft to keep it from splitting.

[Looper]

I think I'll try that.

[LBR]

What I've seen were "footed" with a piece of wood shafting and a regular glue-on point was used.  Also works for glue-on broadheads.

[SCATTERSHOT]

I use glue-on points. If you're careful with your tapering tool, you don't even need a dowel in the hole. Try to get a size that will slide over the shaft a little, so that it will reinforce the shaft at that point.

[JEFF B]

i just use screw in heads i epoxy them in then smear epoxy around the out side of the rivercane just incase ya hit somthing hard then it dont split it works real good.

[razorsharptokill]

I taper on a disk sander. Just spin against the disk agains wood clamped at right angle.

[JAG]

Iadd a small wood dowel, then taper like any wood shaft.  Add a brass glue on field point.
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