Arrow wraps to increase FOC

[Straightarrow]

Has anyone here put arrow wraps on the front of the arrow? I'm thinking of trying this to increase FOC, but wondered if they stood up to hitting foam and/or bag targets without desinegrating. Are some brands more durable than others?

[Red Lion]

I had someone make the suggestion to me of putting a wrap on the front end of an arrow to increase weight/FOC, when I had asked for ways to increase weight on the business end of arrows. With that said, I have no idea whether wraps would hold up to targets without disinegrating or not?

[brucelanthier]

Would a 9 grain wrap make that much difference?

[MDBUCKHUNTER]

Carbon Express Maximas use wraps at the business end of the arrow to increase FOC. I don't see why it wouldn't work for any other arrow.

Your wraps will wear out after time and you will have to replace. But it is easy to do.

Find a nice long wrap and try it out. The longer the wrap, the more weight on the front of the arrow.

[KodiakArcher]

Even a 7" wrap by OneStringer only weighs 7.7 grains; not sure that it's going to make that much difference.

[JimPic]

You can use brass washers to add a little bit of weight(5gr/each)or if you need more weight up front,they have brass inserts at 50gr and 100gr

http://www.3riversarchery.com/Product.asp?c=57&s=228&p=0&i=5208X

[YooperMike]

Actually, the maximas aren't really wrapped, it is part of the arrow itself, not like a stick-on wrap. I think they would get beat up real quick shooting them into targets. Easiest way to get more FOC is a heavier head. If you are using 100 grains, go to 125 and problem solved.

[StealthyOne]

ORIGINAL: YooperMike

Actually, the maximas aren't really wrapped, it is part of the arrow itself, not like a stick-on wrap. I think they would get beat up real quick shooting them into targets. Easiest way to get more FOC is a heavier head. If you are using 100 grains, go to 125 and problem solved.

My thoughts exactly. Why not just use heavier broaheads or filedpoints?

[Straightarrow]

Easiest way to get more FOC is a heavier head. If you are using 100 grains, go to 125 and problem solved.

Actually, I have 250 grains on the tip and wanted an easy way to get to 260. This isn't solely to get a higher FOC, but also to fine-tune dynamic spine without having to increase draw weight (can't on my stick bow). With gold tips I can add their insert weights. With some arrows, there aren't as many options and I thought a wrap (or two) might be easy. I was just looking for someone who had actually tried it and could give me feedback on the durability. I'll just try some as see what happens.

[arrows42071]

You could switch to brass inserts, possibly.