my dad was born with a birthdefect and only has a thumd and some nubs on his left hand so he hunts with a crossbow he hasnt hunted in like 12 years but now he wants to start going with me but we have a prob he has a old pse crossbow that takes a bolt with a nock in sted of a flat back with a whole in it if you know what i mean but the prob we have is that pse no longer makes this and we cant find his bolts with only haveing one practis bolt left and no $$$ to buy a new bow im afraid that he wont be abl to bow hunt anymore and i dont want that to happen after all he was the one who interduest me to this great sport @ 2years old by takeing me to the stand with himand im thankfull for this every day so if you can help us find the bolts thank you

What size r, is the one practice arrow/bolt? So u use a regular arrow nock on the end of arrow/bolt? Can arrows be cut back to length to fit it? They had to do some thing along that order to keep costs down at factory.

Is it a regular nock or a moon/ concave nock? Can you take a pic. If it is a true regular nock you should be able to buy some regular aluminum CB arrows and take the flat or moon nock off and put a regular one in? You are the first one I have ever heard of that has a regular nock?

If it does use a regular nock why not just go to a pro shop and have them cut some arrows to length my local proshop cuts them to length all the time or have buy some PSE bolts and have the nocks replaced with regular nocks..

In the fwiw dept. I saw one of these bows not too long ago, they don't have a rail or barrel, the arrow is unsupported except for the very front, much like a vert. Not to rain on anyones parade, but I've read some very uncomplimentary things about that design. It's also very hard to cock them centered.

I found this in Crossbows FQA's


I purchased a PSE recurve crossbow that shoots a 17" bolt and am having trouble locating bolts in that length...all that I can find are 20" or 22". Any suggestions would be appreciated.
You could successfully use 18" or 20" if you get carbon arrows and observe the proper diameter and weight.

When I first read this post I thought it was an attempt to wrangle free stuff. I think I may have read it pretty poorly and I'm sorry. I could toss you a couple of Easton Power bolts but I don't think that would solve your problem and I sure can't offer any technical info as I am just a Xbow stiff who buys his bolts off the shelf but the Pheonix she don't mind. Good Luck toyou and your Dad. >>>>>>>>Whack!!

I remember seeing one of those years ago. I can't remember who had it. Check those arrows that he does have and see what size they are. They will have a 4 digit number. The first 2 digits represent the outside diameter and the last two are the thickness. Commonly they are 2219, where the 22 is the outside and 19 is the thickness of the wall. No matter what the size you can buy replacements. Most any pro shop will have them. They are not expensive. Maybe 3-5 dollars each. They are nocked just like a compound arrow. The pro shop will cut these to size and glue in an insert.

There is no rail on these. They are designed like a compound with only a front “rest”. Not the best design, but should still work just fine.

If you can’t figure out what size the arrow is, then you could call or email PSE and they should be able to tell you.

If you still have no luck, then post again. I know one of the local pro shops here used to sell them. I’m sure they would remember what arrows work. Let me know if you need me to inquire for you.

Good luck and don’t give up. You should absolutely be able to hunt this year and not have to spend a lot of money to get going.