Fired projectile points?

[Owlshead]

From what ive read when you find a point fractured like this from the tip and that kind of damage to the base it was fired and hit something solid. Any opinions?

[JoshinMO]

Oh yeah, look's to be an impact fracture. We might have a topic of impact fracture's.

[Owlshead]

IMPACT FRACTURE!!! I couldn't think of those words to save my life. Thank you.😁

[Owlshead]

Do you think when the point shifts inside the shaft it causes that damage to the base?

[JoshinMO]

Here It is. https://forums.arrowheads.com/forum/...pact-fractures

[Owlshead]

Cool, thanks. I'll check that out.

[Owlshead]

That was a cool read. Ive got more impact fracture points than i thought. Yay i get to move some "broken" points to a more important tackle box.😁

[Broken Arrow]

Looks like it was a relatively high velocity impact too, judging by how many and how close those ripples are to one another.

[Owlshead]

I never thought of that. Thanks.

[Hoss]

Nice example of an impact fracture .