Combustion exhaust arrowhead

摘要

An elongated tubular body is provided and which may include circumferentially spaced, generally radially outwardly projecting and forwardly tapering blades. The body includes a rear end including structure for mounting the rear end of the body on the forward end of an arrow shaft and the forward end of the body defines a counterbore in which a rearwardly facing rim fire cartridge may be chambered. The body includes lateral ports formed therein rearward of the cartridge and the forward end of the body removably mounts a tubular plug for maintaining the cartridge seated in the counterbore and supporting a longitudinally reciprocal firing pin including a diametrically enlarged head portion forward of the plug and a rear primer area impacting portion for contact with the rim primer area of the cartridge upon sharp rearward displacement of the firing pin relative to the plug. When the cartridge is fired as a result of the firing pin impacting therewith the rapidly expanding gases from the cartridge are vented through the body ports and into the target in which the arrowhead has penetrated.