Heavy Combat Archery

Solenarion Crossbows at
Spring Potrero War in May 1998

With up to 50 lb handbows
• Standard tennisball tipped golftube arrows/bolts

  With up to 1000 inch pounds crossbows

• Fellwalker ABD fiberglass crossbow bolts
• Experimental UHMW tipped golftube bolts

  With up to 30 lb handbows

• Fiberglass shaft arrows with Baldar Blunts or UHMW heads
  • Must use an approved 1 1/4" min diameter ABD
    • Directions for building a Caid legal handbow ABD
  • And an HTM nock
    • Sir Jon's paper on HTM nocks
  
  
  
  
  

• Heavy handbows of over 30 and up to 50 lbs draw must be marked on the top 6 inches of the upper limb with red duct tape and may use
  • golftube arrows

• Light handbows of up to 30 lbs draw may use
  • golftube arrows
  • fiberglass shaft arrows with baldar Blunt or UHMW heads
    • Must use an approved ABD of 1 1/4" min diameter
    • and an HTM nock

• Crossbows of up to 1000 inch pounds max and may use
  • Golftube bolts
  • Fiberglass Fellwalker ABD bolts
  • Experimental UHMW tipped golftube bolts

The GWW heavy combat guidelines and schedule are available at http://www.loop.com/~padraic/marshalate/GWWIII.html

• Handbows are limited to 30 lb max draw and may use
  • Golftube arrows
  • Fiberglass arrows with a 1 1/4" min approved ABD

• Crossbows of up to 1000 inch pounds max and may use
  • Golftube bolts
  • Fiberglass Fellwalker ABD bolts

The full text of the Estrella Treaty is available at

Archery Units in Caid

The Solenarions

St. Artemas Archers