field points getting loose
 

Is it just me or do other experience this . I just got back from shooting targets and it seem i'm always checking to see if my field point is coming loose they loosen up here and there . now i keep checking each one before i shoot . I don't know if it is the way i'm pulling them from the target or what ? Is there somthing that will help keep them tight with out making them impossible to remove afterwards ?


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When I used to shoot fieldpoints I checked each one every time to make sure they were tight. I do the same with my practice broadheads now. Peace of mind.;)

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One thing I do that seems to help, cover the threads with wax. It seems to keep them from rattling loose near as much. Also you can use a pair of pliers to snug them up, I dont think I have ever had one come loose after doing that. Only bad thing is you pretty much need pliers to take them off. Hope this helps, and good luck.

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yea mine come loose after every shot. its quite annoying actually.

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Fletch your arrows so that they spin in the direction that tightens them when they hit your target. Also, put string wax on the threads as was already suggested.

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Bohning Thread Tite works very nice.

As Greg said a right helical or offset will help keep your points snug by rotating into the target with the threads of your tips rather than against them.

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The arrows have a right offsetto them already . I'm glad i am not the only one with thisgoing on.it kept happening so i to was checking the tip often , I will try the wax and maybe a firm tightening with pliers and see if that helps






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yup it always works!

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Happens to me often dude. I think it's pretty common. I check em after every or every other shot as I walk back to the line from down range.

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Wax takes care of it.

Here's a thought I just had about this.......Other than being annoying, does it affect anything?? I mean, I know eventually they will come all the way out.....But other than that??

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It happens to everybody. I wouldn't worry about it.

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no it is not affecting anything just annoying
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Heres what you can do, and I do this with my broadheads as well. Take some string wax and coat the threads with the wax. This will not only ensure that the do not come loose but also protects the inserts as well and keeps them from becoming corroded. They may come lose from time to time but very seldom do I have to tighten them.

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Wax or loctite. The loctite is actually fairly
easy to unscrew, it just doesnt let anything rattle or vibrate loose.

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I agree, it is a pain in the rear. Im going to have to try the wax.

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I am trying the wax. so far so good that has helped






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Sounds typical. Mine always come loose as well, I always check them while walking back from target. I will probably try some permanent tightening with pliars, b/c sometimes it is annoying.

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Put bowstring wax on the threads

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I used to have this same problem...I used to use the Saunders field points but after I switched to the Gold tip points I rarely/never have this problem, also the retrieval of arrows is much more easy...

I am agains the use of wax because the point will still get loose from time to time and when this happens, the wax is a magnet for the dirt from the target...use plumber's teflon tape, the white thin one, and you wont have problems... also I picked up this one from an old timer...use a little of regular yarn/thread (you can ask you wife for this), and tight a small piece between the treads of the field point, this will give the same effect of the tefflon tape...

my 0.02