Repeat this process for all 48 bolts in both sizes. This will help in the aerodynamics of the bolt. Using the tip of your finger, apply additional wood glue as needed to form an airtight seal. SHARROW 6.7 Inch Mini Crossbow Bolts Aluminium Shafts Arrows with Replaceable Steel Tips Crossbow Pistol Arrows. Check for gaps on the top side and bottom side of the shaft where the vane is attached. Once both shafts are attached and dry, remove the rubber bands. (This is critical for a proper flight.) Allow this to dry, repeat with the second shaft. Push the vane against the shaft, checking from the back end, that it is centered along the shaft from top to bottom of the diameter. Carefully slip the vane under the rubber bands, pressing it so that the back of the vane is at the pencil mark.

(The end grain will be at 90 degrees to the bowstring so that the bowstring will not split the wood after repeated shots.)Īpply a light coat of wood glue to the long edge of one vane. Make sure that it is nearly perpendicular to the bottom of the block. Slide the butt end of the sharpened shaft into the groove, under the rubber bands. This is the mark that the rear of the vanes will be aligned to. Scribe a mark around the diameter of the butt end of the vane, at 1/2 in from the end. (See picture) Tightly wrap two rubber bands around the block, one at each end. Make a gluing block from a piece of scrap wood by gouging out a V-shaped groove 1/4 in deep x 1/2 in. Attach the vanes to the butt end of the shaft. Nor advises using these in opposition to any jurisdiction's regulations! Use these at your own risk. Not allowed for hunting anywhere! This document is for educational purposes only.

NOTE - Crossbow hunting is not allowed in many locations - check your local laws first. I have tested them, and find that they are sufficiently accurate for me to document this process so that others may benefit from my effort. I have come up with plans to make a decent field point bolt for competitive shooting, and a decent broad head for hunting.

Not that these are not formidable, but you really can't get any decent distance, there is not enough knock-down power for hunting after 10 meters, and there are no field point or broad head bolts available for the serious pistol crossbow archer for competitive targetĪfter analyzing the commercially available bolt's overall length-to-fletch size ratio, balance point, fletch length, etc. and 80 lb.-pull pistol crossbows available, but the only bolts sold are molded plastic or aluminum tubes with molded plastic fletches, both of which have target tips, and these are about 6-3/4 in. There are several different models of 50 lb.

Pistol crossbow bolt tips