New Home Made Blunts

[Recurve50LBS]

This evening after my son went back home to my ex wife I locked myself in my work shop. Appropreiatly named, "The Man Cave" to fiddle with anything involving the sport/art of Traditional Bow huntng. I had some .44 caliber brass cases and I wanted to make some new blunts for stump shooting or tree rat/bunny busting. Unfortunatly the .44 cases are way too wide to do a nice job. So I switced to plan "B" and dug out some spent .223 brass cases.
After some experimentation,and removing the spent primers I drilled a hole in the base just large enough to get an 8-32 machine screw through. I then cut the cases down to 7/8" with a tubing cutter. With the case, machine screw, a lock washer and a flat washer I was able to get the blunt head to about 125 grains. These cases fit very nicely over the end of my Easton 2016's. The 8-32 machine screws keep the case in place very nicely.
Since this was my first attempt to make my own blunts I'm sure that I will come up with a way to make improvments. When I do I'll be sure to pass the info allong to share.
Larry

[woodchucker]

Here is another one you might want to try.....

Take a 1/4" "wingnut" and a 1" 8-32 flat head machine screw (The wingnut and the screw weigh 125grs.) Rub some Bee's Wax on the screw threads,place the screw through the wingnut,insert the screw into the end of your arrow insert and tighten.....TaDaaa!!!!! A "WINGNUTTER"

(The "poor man's" Judo point)

Also.....For a "Quick&Easy" stump shooting head you can put a 1/4" washer behind a "Bullethead" target point (or a regular field point) The washer really helps to retard penetration in soft stumps.

[TRADITIONAL ONLY]

and the washer behind the field point will also TEAR UP a bird!! and DO NOT shoot above your reach in a tree, i had to climb 30 feet up a very uncomfortable tree to get a arrow back cause i was dumb enough to shoot it up there!

[Bowspirit]

Chuck, why not just combine the two. No reason you can't back a field point with a 1/4" wingnutter. Give the wingnutter a little added penetration power...

[pintail_drake2004]

any of yall have pics of these points??

[Dryrot]

For the wood shooters most folks probably know this already but .38 special/.357Mag brass slips nicely over a 11/32  shaft and can be tailored to weight by melting solder into the case before gluing it on. For those shooting 5/16 shafts .30 carbine brass fits nicely and can be weight adjusted also.