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What this craft stores All of it small and all of it numbered Which the archetype describes exactly And the shelf agrees for once It also has tins The federal angle is a tax, not a safety rule The excise tax reaches manufacturers and importers And this property gives no rates Nor does it say whether you are a manufacturer Read the sorting section for the useful part References

227 jars against 27 bottles. The archetype and the shelf agree, which is rare.

What this craft stores

Field points by weight, inserts by shaft diameter, nocks by throat size and fit, fletching by length and shape, and bow wax in a small tin or tube.

All of it small and all of it numbered

A 100 grain point and a 125 grain point are indistinguishable by eye. A .244 and a .246 insert are the same object to a glance. The sorting is the craft.

Which the archetype describes exactly

"Small dry parts. Wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside." Four of five leaves, precisely.

And the shelf agrees for once

227 jars against 27 bottles. In most properties here the shelf drifts from the archetype; this is the closest match in the library.

It also has tins

9 tins and 9 steel containers. Most groups in this catalog have none, and bow wax is a product that traditionally comes in a small tin.

The federal angle is a tax, not a safety rule

Which is worth saying clearly because it is the opposite of what a reader of this library might expect. No regulation governs how arrow components are packaged.

The excise tax reaches manufacturers and importers

A tax on the sale by the manufacturer, producer or importer of archery equipment and arrow shafts. It is about who you are rather than about the container.

And this property gives no rates

They are in the statute and its regulations, they change, and a container catalog reproducing them would be wrong within a year.

Nor does it say whether you are a manufacturer

Assembling arrows from bought components is exactly the question, and it has money attached. A tax adviser answers it.

Read the sorting section for the useful part

Because in the absence of a container regulation, telling nearly identical parts apart is the whole subject.

References

The archetype behind this shelf is store-small-dry: 15 to 500 mL, wide mouth, PP and PET and glass, cold, solid, chunky, scooped, with "small dry parts, wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside" as its stated reason. Four of the five leaves are small dry parts and the shelf is 227 jars against 27 bottles, which is the closest archetype-to-shelf match in this library.

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The archery shelf is 647 rows: 277 containers and 370 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 118; 30 containers at 15 mL or under, 45 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 142 at 120 or under. 117 PET, 87 PP, 64 glass, 9 steel. 227 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 9 tins, 2 tubes. 96 clear, 51 white, 33 amber, 28 natural, 27 black. Closures: 297 continuous thread, 27 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 9 liners and sealing discs, 6 round tubs, 5 phenolic, 5 specialty. Necks: 56 at 89-400, 56 at 70-400, 36 at 58-400, 16 at 53-400.

26 U.S.C. 4161(b), the manufacturers excise tax on bows and arrows. It imposes tax on the sale by the manufacturer, producer or importer of specified archery equipment, and separately on arrow shafts. It is a tax on that sale rather than a retail tax, and the taxpayer is the person who makes or imports the listed articles. Rates, the precise list of taxed articles and the exemptions are in the statute and its regulations and are not reproduced here. law.cornell.edu

Written from 26 U.S.C. 4161(b) and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No tax rates, percentages or thresholds appear here: they are in the statute and its regulations, they change, and a container catalog quoting them would be wrong within a year. Whether assembling arrows makes somebody a manufacturer for excise purposes is a determination for a tax adviser. Hunting rules, broadhead requirements and draw weight minimums are state wildlife agency matters and are not addressed.