arrow storage

regardt · 11-27-2009, 08:02 PM

came back after three months offshore and found i could not hit a barn door at 30m`s. thought to myself ok so ime out of practice. after a week it was not much better so i start checking all my equipment. eventually i find that nearly all my arrows have a runout of 2 to 3 mm`s!!!all my arrows are stored in a arrow case when ime offshore and anyway carbon shafts are not suposed to take up a "set" are they? looking closer at the arrow holders in the arrow case i found that they dont line up to well so they hold the shafts with a bit of a angle"ie bends them slightly when clipped in". anybody had the same problem before? anyway i now store my arrows upright and tip down in a wooden block with 8cm deep holes drilled in it so they stand without fletches touching and no tention on the shafts " never mind the fact that i had to buy 40 new shafts" anybody have a idea if the old shafts can be staightened?

kwilson16 · 11-28-2009, 05:46 AM

Carbon arrows cannot be straightened. Then again, I have never heard of carbon arrows taking a 'set' either. Glad to hear you figured out your storage.

Were the arrows subjected to a heat source during storage?

Heat could cause the carbon resin to become pliable.

3Children · 11-28-2009, 08:36 AM

I would not get rid of them just yet. Try sticking them upright out of the way for a while and see if they straighten up. I have never heard of this, but I guess anything is possible. Make sure to flex them before shooting to make sure that the shafts are ok.

halfbakedi420 · 11-28-2009, 08:41 AM

i usually hang mine from the noks from a old string under a shelf i have....the 1st year i used carbon i jus had them here and there, and i dont know which way i had it but 3 were crooked....so i jus let gravity do its thing to em..i was understanding they wouldnt bend as well, but no more chances after ya spendin 130 bux a dozen!!!!

regardt · 11-28-2009, 08:19 PM

also did not think carbons would take up a "set". i like the idea of hanging them by the nok`s on a old string. should work like a charm.was not exposed to heat as far as i know. but then the wife was moving house while i was offshore and she is not excactly "tender with my shooting equipment ha ha!