my actual COST per bolt is slightly over $2 each. (2 feather bolts) Add glue and a certain amount of wastage due to warped shafts, crooked heads, etc. $1.30 for the 15 inch shaft, 31 cents for a field-point, and about 20-30 cents per feather, depending on what size. These days, buying materials in bulk, my target bolts are $4 apiece. Presumably Herters could still make a profit at that rate. Inflation over the last 40 years has been substantial. It's been mighty dry the last few years, but we're finally getting some rain, so folks can continue to take baths and drink something other than Shiner Beer.Īs for the costs of crossbows, I hear ya. The Texas Hill Country is still out there. Just make sure it's mounted right at the end of the stock, otherwise the string will eventually knock it into the next county. As I recall, they threaded the upper,bent end, (where you would hang the miscreant) and threaded on a little nut for a fore-sight. And the fore sight was just an L-shaped gallows, pinned to the front of the stock, bent over the track. The red-oak will take the strain just fine. No stirrup? No worry, just bend some 3/4 in by 1/16 inch mild steel into a stirrup-shape and bolt it to the bottom of the stock. You want a 31 inch prod, suitable for Wham-Os. Since their prods are pretty much all made by Garvin the Slow anyway, you might want to drop one or the other supplier a line and see if they have something in stock. Alchem used to make asymmetric steel replacement prods for Wham-Os. If you're seriously worried about shooting a 40 year old aluminum prod, you can always replace.

right in the middle, so it's really not likely to hit you, but a leather strap down the back or a very thin leather or rawhide wrapping will give you an extra margin of safety. Wham-O bows used an aluminum alloy (7075-t6) prod that was quick and efficient, but eventually the alloy either loses its spring and bends, or it work-hardens and fails. If you shim the prod up a bit, you'll lose less performance to drag, but as it gets higher in its mounting-slot, two-vane bolts get to be a much more attractive option. The old Wham-Os were designed with a lot of string-drag on the top of the channel. one if you fear it will unbalance the flight. say a 4-inch feather rather than a 2 or 3 in. down, you may have to make the cock-feather very low-profile. Wham-Os were indeed made for three-fletched bolts, with cock-feather down, but if your hold-down bolt is only 3/8 in. Wham-O powermaster! My first crossbow was a wham-o. » need help contacting le musee Dauphinois Grenoble » Skane/Lillohus lockbow information needed » 400lb Windlass crossbow bolts weight and accuracy shooting high. » prod angle, and lever trigger for sale anyone? » Questions around heavy crossbow lath buildin » Colletiere a Charavines continuing experiment » 12th Century Chinese Crossbow Chronographed

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