Arrow or bolt?

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William Suter

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The guy that sold me the Scorypd kept calling the projectiles arrows. I said they were bolts. Bows shoot arrows and crossbow shoot bolts. He claims in the regs that projectile 22 inchs and over are arrows and anything shorter are bolts. Said its in the hunting regs but I don't have a new Okla hunting regs book yet so I don't know. Truth is, I really don't care either. I call them bolts. He's the same guy that tried to tell me McMillan buts aluminum betting blocks in their stocks as well. I called BS on that one to. At least I've never seen one if they do or did.
 
spotstalkshoot said:
Vertical bows shoot arrows, horizontal bows shoot bolts.
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That's what I told him. I did get a copy of Oklahoma hunting regs. All it says under crossbow rules, "Bolts" must be a minimum of 14 inchs. Bows must have a minimum of 100lbs limbs. Didn't say anything about crossbow arrows. LOL
 
spotstalkshoot said:
Vertical bows shoot arrows, horizontal bows shoot bolts.
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Not entirely true. I have a PSE Tac Ordinance (crossbow) that shoots arrows. Technically, arrows have nocks that attach to the string (nothing holding the arrow but the rest), bolts have nocks (half-moon, flat, etc.) that are snug to the string but not attached (bolt rides along a rail). It doesn't really have anything to do with the length of the projectile or what the weapon is. I've been out of the game for a bit, so I can't remember about Scorypd, but I think it shoots a bolt.

Edit: Now if it is a classification in OK hunting regs, I don't know anything about that. The above is just in reference to the technical term of bolt/arrow.
 
crapshoot said:
Guess they don't want any youth or female hunters. 100lbs limbs, you could count me out too.
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100lbs is nothing for a xbow and you'd be hard pressed to find one with that low of a draw weight. Universal cocking ropes cut the draw/pull of the crossbow in half, but it can still be difficult for some. Most will have a cranking system to assist with cocking the xbow. It's like winching in a bolt, most toddlers would be able to cock back a 200# plus bow with a crank.
 
DoubleLungRage said:
I would think that shooting a carbon arrow, lets say a 400 spine out of one of today's souped up crossbows would be pretty dangerous
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Without question.

The TAC arrows I shoot out of my TAC Ordinance are 26.25" and made specifically for that xbow. The "arrow" is nocked to the string and shoots off the string, not on a rail. I upgraded the whisker biscuit rest to a modified QAD Ultra rest. I shoot it off one of my AR lowers with a timney trigger. It's a pretty bad unit!
 
wolverines said:
100lbs is nothing for a xbow and you'd be hard pressed to find one with that low of a draw weight. Universal cocking ropes cut the draw/pull of the crossbow in half, but it can still be difficult for some. Most will have a cranking system to assist with cocking the xbow. It's like winching in a bolt, most toddlers would be able to cock back a 200# plus bow with a crank.
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The quote I posted said "bows", not crossbow. I was just going off what was written. Obviously crossbow limbs are higher.
 
crapshoot said:
The quote I posted said "bows", not crossbow. I was just going off what was written. Obviously crossbow limbs are higher.
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Copy that.

I was taking it as a rule in the OK hunting guide saying xbows must have a minimum of 100# draw weight. A lot of states make odd rules like that as I doubt there are many xbows with that low of a draw weight. Probably trying to weed out any idiot from trying to hunt with one of those cheap pistol xbows. Reminds me of a MI rule in the fur harvester guide in reference to night hunting. As stated in the guide, you can use any center fire cartridge .269 caliber or less when hunting at night. I don't know of any .269 caliber rifles, obviously they just don't want anyone using a .270 at night (or anything bigger). Just an odd way to word it in my opinion.
 
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