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Post by strelnikov on Nov 21, 2006 19:35:13 GMT -5
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Post by Woody Williams on Nov 27, 2006 10:36:09 GMT -5
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Post by strelnikov on Nov 28, 2006 23:37:01 GMT -5
Replied to your PM (sent you 2), thanks Woody.
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Post by strelnikov on Nov 29, 2006 8:47:47 GMT -5
Just sent you a third PM, Woody.
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Post by kbacon on Jan 2, 2007 12:05:58 GMT -5
We have a gentleman confined to a wheelchair that comes into Gander Mtn on a regular basis that bowfishes w/ a crossbow on a regular basis. He had a few issues getting a bolt to work.. but he finally figured it out.
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Post by strelnikov on Jan 2, 2007 20:56:22 GMT -5
Here are the instructions I wrote in our club newsletter for making crossbow fishing arrows.
You can either buy crossbow fishing arrows from Sully's Bowfishing Equipment (they are not in his catalog but he will custom make them for you) or make them yourself. If you want to try making them yourself you will need the following items for each arrow.
1 fiberglass fishing arrow bare shaft
1 Muzzy carp tip
1 AMS safety slide for 22/64 arrows
1 2213 bare shaft (2216s will also work but you will have to turn down the fiberglass fishing arrow a bit on a lathe)
1 2213 threaded insert (or 2216 insert if you are using those)
epoxy (Ed uses 5-minute epoxy available at hardware stores, I use white Marine-Tex available at boat stores)
1 Zwickey Scorpio arrow arrestor for 22/64 arrows (optional).
1. Cut the 2213 (or 2216) shaft to length using a chop saw (I use 20" for my Daco Hornet and Excalibur Vixen, 24" for my Excalibur Exocet because the Muzzy tips of the 20" arrows will not clear the cocking stirrup of the Exocet).
2. Deburr the cut you just made with a Dremel or small file.
3. Glue the threaded insert onto one end of the bare 2213 shaft and let it dry.
4. Cut the fiberglass shaft to length so that when the Muzzy carp tip is slid on one end of the fiberglass shaft the back end of the carp tip hits the front end of the 2213 shaft at the same time the back end of the fiberglass shaft bottoms out on the threaded insert at the back of the 2213 shaft. What you are doing is making sure the fiberglass shaft is just enough longer than the 2213 shaft to mount the carp tip flush with the front end of the 2213.
5. Slide the safety slide onto the 2213 and tape it somewhere near the middle of the shaft with masking tape (don't forget to do this now). If you are using an arrow arrestor also slide this on the shaft in front of the safety slide.
6. Coat the fiberglass shaft with a thin layer of epoxy or Marine Tex and squirt some into the 2213.
7. Slide the fiberglass shaft into the 2213. Wipe off the excess that oozes out.
8. Glue the carp tip onto the end of the fiberglass shaft that sticks out of the front end of the 2213.
9. Now let the arrow dry.
10. Drill a 1/8" hole part way into the nearly complete arrow 1-1/2" from the back end of the arrow for the safety slide stop.
11. Glue the safety slide stop to the arrow while inserting the retainer screw for the safety slide stop. The narrow part of the safety slide stop goes to the back end of the arrow, the wide part goes to the front.
These arrows are heavy and have no fletching, so they shoot differently than hunting arrows. I have arrows both with and without arrow arrestors, depending on whether I’m concerned about pass-throughs and whether I’m shooting in water with a lot of grass and weeds.
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