I had this great idea for a potential LARP weapon (That’s Live Action Role Playing for those of you who don’t know)…
Get one of those $20 ($16.99 on Ebay actually..hehe) small crossbows and use a dowel and make a large foam tip for it…..
I thought it was a good plan until I got the crossbow and fired a metal-tipped arrow at the wall….. BAM! Stuck half-way in! Pulling it out the tip fell off, so I shot an all plastic dart..BAM! Same deal! (WHAT THE FUCK!) Yes, The plastic non-tip (a flat plastic dowel) flew just as far into the wall as the steel-pointed dart did…. Maybe if I make the dart really heavy, it’ll be good enough… or get a longer string than is supposed to be on the crossbow… either way, I need to weaken that bow if I’m to use it for gaming!