Target Help!!

[Rick James]

Marvin M. there must be something wrong with your bow--shooting blunts thru two pieces of carpet--it seems that it may be imparting too much kinetec energy into your arrows--in the interest of safety and the well being of everyone in your household you should send that bow to me and that should take care of your problem  

[GingivitisKahn]

Originally posted by Marvin M.:
I must be doing it wrong.  Carpet won't stop my arrows -- even using blunts.  I've been reading where everyone does that so I hung some up in my basement to make an indoor range.  First shot (with a judo) went through both pieces of carpet and hit the wall behind.

Went to cartridge case blunts on flu-flu's.  It will go through the first pice of carpet and makes a dent in the second.

Carpet is hanging from the ceiling using bungee cords to help absorb even more of the shock.  

Put several layers if you want it to stop a field point.

Marvin

I'm afraid to try field points on it.

I'm with you.  Carpet does nothing for me but rip my feathers off as the arrows go zipping through.

[Marvin M.]

Rick,

See GingivitisKahn's comments.  I'm not the only one.  That bow shoots good, but I don't thinkt it's excessive.  I've given up on a basement range.  I've got a bag target that I shoot into some, but there's too much risk of damaging something important down there.  Two pieces will stop it, but I make a hole in the first layer every time I shoot and damage the second layer.  Sooner or later, I'll send one out the back into something important.

It's not "cheap" carpet, but probably not the best in the world either.

If you're going to use carpet, test it first to make sure it will stop your arrows.