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What is not regulated Which is the honest opening So the content is sorting and material behaviour The one federal provision is fiscal It is also widely misunderstood And the determination is not ours State rules are a different world again What is left is genuinely useful Plus one wax with a temperature problem And a shelf that happens to fit References

Nothing federal governs how you package a nock.

What is not regulated

The packaging of field points, inserts, nocks, fletching and bow wax. No federal rule, no model code, no consensus standard doing the job.

Which is the honest opening

Most properties in this library quote a statute because most crafts have one. Reaching for an authority that does not apply would be inventing the thing this catalog exists not to invent.

So the content is sorting and material behaviour

How to tell a 100 grain point from a 125, what corrodes a steel point in a damp garage, and what bow wax does when it gets warm.

The one federal provision is fiscal

An excise tax on the sale by the manufacturer, producer or importer of archery equipment and arrow shafts. It is real, it is the thing archery businesses actually meet, and it is not about packaging.

It is also widely misunderstood

Because it is a manufacturers tax rather than a retail one, people assume it does not reach them when they assemble and sell. Whether it does is a determination.

And the determination is not ours

A tax question with money attached is for a tax adviser. Naming the provision so somebody knows to ask is the useful thing a catalog can do.

State rules are a different world again

Hunting seasons, broadhead requirements, minimum draw weights and where you may shoot are state wildlife agency rules, they vary, and nothing here addresses them.

What is left is genuinely useful

Four leaves of parts that look alike, stored in a garage or a basement, handled with cold hands, and needing to be found by number.

Plus one wax with a temperature problem

Which is the only leaf here with a material behaviour worth a page of its own.

And a shelf that happens to fit

227 jars, 96 clear, 9 tins. For once the containers section is mostly good news.

References

No federal regulation governs the packaging of arrow components, bow wax or fletching. This property says so rather than borrowing an authority from a neighbouring craft, and the content is material behaviour and measured catalog facts.

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

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.

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.