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Author Topic: "Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?  (Read 347 times)

Offline Al Kidner

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"Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?
« on: November 17, 2014, 10:05:00 PM »
G'day guys,

Just wondering if anyone has ordered and shot the above mentioned shafts at all? I've always like the idea of tapered shafts, how ever you name them, be that Breasted, Barrelled or Hunters and thought I'd ask around.


Cheers,

ak.
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Re: "Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?
« Reply #1 on: November 18, 2014, 01:54:00 AM »
Iwondered myself about them .
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Re: "Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?
« Reply #2 on: November 18, 2014, 01:11:00 PM »
Never done fir from them.
Bought quite a few dozen tapered spruce shafts though.
Good shafts, good consistency, real good people.

When I look for wood shafts I go to them.
I'm normally looking for lighter weight shafts (spruce) so I can use a heavier head to get my weight up...adds a little foc...which I figure won't hurt.
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Online Jim Wright

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Re: "Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?
« Reply #3 on: November 18, 2014, 01:26:00 PM »
If memory serves, in Dr. Ashby's exhaustive penetration studies the only taper that provided benefit is a back taper, where for example an 11/32" shaft tapers down to 5/16" at the nock or rear end of the shaft. The "barrel tapers", where the front and rear of the shaft taper down actually impeded penetration.

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Re: "Hunters Taper" shafts from Hildebrand...?
« Reply #4 on: November 18, 2014, 01:29:00 PM »
yeppers..that's what I use...and why.
Just a touch lighter in the back end...

..well..they do look kinda cool too..lol
If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.~Aristotle

..there's more fun in hunting with the handicap of the bow than there is in hunting with the sureness of the gun.~ F.Bear

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