The shaft is the main “body” of an arrow, and it is to the shaft that all other elements of the (mentioned below) are attached. Most modern crossbow arrows are made from either aluminum or carbon; these materials are light-weight, do not splinter, and are very resistant to bending. ...
All other things being equal, arrows with the same spine will all shoot the same from a given bow. Being able to test the spine of an arrow or the shaft to be used to make one greatly simplifies the production of uniform arrows which are well suited to a particular bow. Step 3: The...
Shaft 14 is a hollow tube and on its forward end is an insert 20 which is a conventional RPS insert except that the innermost end has been drilled out at 21 to provide a passage 22 extending from one end of the insert to the other, for reasons which will be explained subsequently. The...
When nocking an arrow on a bowstring with a D-Loop, the knock on the shaft goes between the upper and lower knot of the D-Loop. If there is a gap left after the arrow is snapped into position, the nock on the arrow shaft should be pushed toward the top of the D-Loop.That...
arrow shaft; said arrow gripper being configured to grip on a lightweight aluminum or carbon fiber arrow along a substantial portion of its arrow shaft that is extending from a foam target, to evenly and linearly distribute a grasping force over a substantial portion of the arrow shaft, and ...