Aluminum ,wood ,or boo?
Aluminum ,wood ,or boo?This is not a preference question .I,m actually wondering what is more affective as a shaft.Has anyone tested all three out to see witch one is best?.Thanks INDY
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Hey Indy, I have probably experimented with more diferent materials for darts than most, so here it goes. My least favorite dart material is wood. Its ok up close, but get any distance away and you...
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Evening Indy.... In addition to the sage and respected advice of Sabertoothhunter I would like to add the use of Easton's Mountain Tent Pole Aluminum Shafts for making Atlatl Darts.....I am retired...
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This is great info guys!!!!I appreciate this so much !I guess I'm going to be making some of these darts if you guys see any good tutorials or anything that can help me do this PLEASE let me know !!...
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Hi Indy, I also use carbon darts exclusively. I join two Beman ICS 340 hunter camo shafts OR Gold Tip Camo 7595 or Bass Pro Shops Carbon Fury 6595 Arrows. Join the shafts using aluminum tent spikes...
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Doug, it's great to see you back on the forum! Hope all is well by you. I prefer cane and bamboo. I can't get the good cane from back east, so I often use bamboo. If anyone knows where I can purchase...
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Cool !!!I extremely appreciated the advice I've been looking at allot of atlatl sites on this stuff its great to get this fed back.I have made wooden and boo darts .Now the boo darts I find allot...
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Good Day, Indy.... It's All Good and Easy making darts out of those Mountain Tent Pole Shafts if Modern is where you are heading for a bit......Mike Frank at occpaleo.com sells Three 68 Inchers with...
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When you compare aluminum darts to cane and wood it works out this way: The aluminum darts are good for distance, not so good for accuracy and poor for penetration and are durable and always straight....
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Hey thanks TB.If you can I would love to see them darts of yours and maybe a vid on how you throw them .I'm throwing 8 footers with not too bad accuracy I tried 6 footers but seem to be a little too...
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Hey Tom, I could ship you some cane if I could figure out the logistics of it. Not sure how that would work out in the mail. Is arundo donax not comparable? Bob, I think consistency of cane should be...
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I have been an active ISAC competitor for a decade, and had my best season to date, 2003, with Bob's Thunderbird wood shafts, sanded down some to save weight (I'm a little guy). I think I had four...
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Devin, On the consistency issue I consider the weight. spine, length, diameter, moisture content, over all density; measuring all of these as the darts age. I have often harvested 300 culmns at a time...
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I am new to the atlatl only a year or so and need some advice on what size rivercane to use for darts? I live in florida and have alot around,and dont know what to use or not to use.Such as what...
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You can use app. diameters 3/8" distal to 1/2" proximal. That's what I use with cane, at various lengths and it has worked great for me. Use that as an approximation and you should have some decent...
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hi bob have you tried tapering or barreling (sp?) your wood shafts? If so how did you find it.
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