- 5-foot sticks of 100 psi Siloflex equivalent Polyethylene Pipe. Please go to www.combat-archery.com for a list of equivalents. You will get 4 bolts per stick.
PVC pipe cutters, or hacksaw.

- Leather punch, and drill.

- #6.5 white gum undrilled rubber stoppers.

- 1” diameter good quality monofilament strapping tape. Please do not use cheap strapping tape, Scotch 3M is highly recommended. If you use bargain strapping tape you will save some change at the register, but your bolts will quickly fail due to the cheap adhesive and you will find yourself restrapping your bolts prematurely.

- Cordage. Either 1/8” polypropylene cord (avoid nylon, it unties itself) or doubled lengths of artificial sinew and leather sewing needle (highly recommended for bolts!! Artificial sinew has a low profile and lies flat when tied!).

- Closed cell foam pads, 1 3/8 or 1 ½ inch diameter and 1 inch thick. See the Install the Foam Pad section below on how to make foam choices.

-Foam side wrap strips. I use self adhesive “Foamies” sheets, bought at my local Wal Mart in the craft section. Each sheet will yield 4 strips. I do not recommend using non adhesive foam as this will shift out of place and bunch up with repeated