pellet bow?!

[forrestdweller]

in case it has been already asked- my search did not come up with any results...

i'm toying with the idea of making a pellet bow as a possible alternative to a slingshot for small-game-hunting ((!!! i know bows are a NO-NO in the UK and several other countries for hunting! only where allowed or in true survival situations!!!)). my google search has far not been very successful reg. finding instructions how to make one (some websites may be blocked here in japan....) - has anyone tried to build one?! and how would they compare to a regular bow with hex-blunt arrows for small game?!

THANKS!

 

[nickliv]

You want to have a look at Mr Middletons book. Beware. it is a slippery slope....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0811701565

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[nickliv]

bobbins URL deleted

 

[nickliv]

The slope is even more slippery at 10 and a half quid

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=380531499599

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[peaks]

As said above - a very slippery slope, but fun sliding!

You may also get some ideas from here - see slingbow section. Not the same, but maybe insiprational?
http://slingshotforum.com/

 

[Ogri the trog]

My suspicion would be that you would have all the inaccuracies of shooting a round / semi-round projectile with none of the refinements that a fletched arrow offers - as well as a larger launch platform that is heavier/bulkier to transport.

I have seen some of the medieval bullet-cross-bows, but these were siege weapons, more useful in volley shots rather than sniper type shooting.

However, it does sound like an interesting project worthy of keeping an eye on!

Good luck with it

Ogri the trog

 

[boatman]

Stone bows were popular around late Tudor and into Stuart times. See towards the end of this DVD
http://www.mikeloades.co.uk/cms/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=26&Itemid=21

And the Viper fishing pistol crossbow will also shoot ball I believe.

Shakespeare-Twelth Night

"SIR TOBY BELCH

O, for a stone-bow, to hit him in the eye!"​

 

[boatman]

Illustrated stonebow in
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Book-Crossb...1388657876&sr=1-1-spell&keywords=the+crossbow

 

[forrestdweller]

My suspicion would be that you would have all the inaccuracies of shooting a round / semi-round projectile with none of the refinements that a fletched arrow offers - as well as a larger launch platform that is heavier/bulkier to transport.

I have seen some of the medieval bullet-cross-bows, but these were siege weapons, more useful in volley shots rather than sniper type shooting.

However, it does sound like an interesting project worthy of keeping an eye on!

Good luck with it

Ogri the trog

accuracy is one of the things i was wondering about, too... . however-- i found a short clip on youtube where a guy was rather accurate- and the bow much smaller then a regular bow. i've also seen a ""les-stroud"" movie about the weddah using pelletbows for small game (it was some time ago i watched it...) and found several other mentionings of the weddah using them....

+i would also be worried about hitting my own hand when shooting....

pellet bows would have the advantage over slingshots that you would not need suitable rubber ....

 

[forrestdweller]

The slope is even more slippery at 10 and a half quid

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.co.uk/viewitem?sbk=1&nav=SEARCH&itemId=380531499599

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shame that my nomadic lifestyle does not allow me to get any more books right now...
if i ever manage to settle down i'll get one!

 

[ammo]

I recently traded a crossbow that could fire 6mm ball-bareings. Very accurate. The balls slot were your bottom fletching would go. It had a gentle magnet to keep the ball in place.

 

[Laurentius]

I found this web site http://www.ctmuzzleloaders.com/ctml_experiments/bulletbow/bulletbow.html

apparantly such things did exist in the 18th century, but testing shows them to be only slightly more powerful than a slingshot.

 

[Oldwoodyrock]

Back in the sixties, I bought a medieval crossbow reproduction in London. It had very heavy prod which took a lot of cranking with the winch to cock. I made a separate string with pocket for .500 lead round ball bullets. At 100 yards it punched right through 1 inch deal boards, whilst keeping a five inch group. Accuracy was not a problem at all. It was a lot of fun shooting the round balls, and cheap too. Shooting bolts that were seldom found was not fun. Sold the bow a few years back, and now it is legal to hunt with a crossbow here (PNW US of A).
Woody

 

[forrestdweller]

a crossbow version sounds interesting, too---> but this has to wait until i find a place to settle down- my (semi)nomadic lifestyle limits what i can carry with me (i was thinking of making a small take-down version of a pellet bow) + crossbows might cause unneccesary attention when i cross borders(i get enough of that with my tool collection....)

 

[Niels]

http://home.planet.nl/~veen0804/bogen 1stuk.html

There's one here be it on a Dutch bowyery site.

Kataboog of Boogapult ??
Een klein uitstapje naar het randgebied van de bogenbouw. Lars Kossen kennen we natuurlijk als een serieuze bogenbouwer. De vraag is dan ook: waren zijn pijlen op of is dit gewoon een leuk project?

There's some good info on the site itself underneath this picture which you could throw into google translate.
Som

 

[forrestdweller]

that looks like what i had in mind....

 

[David Morningstar]

[video=youtube;8gl6LDwVjn4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gl6LDwVjn4[/video]

 

[David Morningstar]

[video=youtube;gXPx8H3J6yo]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXPx8H3J6yo[/video]

 

[Niels]

Now that's proper cool

 

[forrestdweller]

i found that first video when i was searching for infos before posting my question- it looks basically like a small bow with a double bowstring and a bulletpouch?! i tried to make one many years ago after i saw a photo of one but it was not very successful- i guess proper balance of the bowstrings and bulletpouch is the key to success....

i have currently only limited time for projects and a friends just ""ordered"" a spoon (which i have to finish first) so it will take a few days to gather the materials and to get started....