So we have our Carbon Arrows.
04-07-2009, 12:09 PM
#1
Giant Nontypical
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Burleson TX USA
Posts: 6,455
So we have our Carbon Arrows.
Like the title says
We have the 100gr brass inserts glued in, 125gr point fletched with 3 x 4" feathers.
But we are dissapointed with the end weight.
Now we can go and buy weight tubes but they are on the expensive side specially if you miss the target and loose the arrow.
So what can we do to add weight cheaply you might ask.
Well we head off to the local hardware store, I know you have to live on Mars or in England ( ) if you dont have a Lowes or Home Depot close by.
We look around the store buying a crap load of stuff we dont need till you find the garden/lawn care section and pick up some of this stuff.
It's a whopping $2.80.
Then we head back to the house.
Once home get your arrows out and remove the nocks.
Thread some of the line into the shaft and check the weight on the scale.
As it turns out I want an arrow that weighs in excess of 600gr's so I will have to use 2 lenghts of cord per arrow.
Cut the cord to the exact lenght of the inside of the shaft but dont push it all the way in, place the 2 ends inside the nock.
Then just push the nock back in.
Now here we go 620gr's
Now if you want to add a lot of weight get some electrical wire you know the coated stuff and do the same thing.
Now both these methods do not effect the spine of the arrow or the FOC as the weight is distributed evenly along the shaft and will bend and flex with the arrow.
Total cost of the upgraded weight.
$2.80 for the cord a 10 minute leisurely drive to the store 30 minutes or so browseing around the store and the drive back home.
Just for comparrason.
I just done up the same 505gr arrow with just 1 lenght of electrical wire.
Does anybody wanna guess how much the arrow weighed??????????????
We have the 100gr brass inserts glued in, 125gr point fletched with 3 x 4" feathers.
But we are dissapointed with the end weight.
Now we can go and buy weight tubes but they are on the expensive side specially if you miss the target and loose the arrow.
So what can we do to add weight cheaply you might ask.
Well we head off to the local hardware store, I know you have to live on Mars or in England (
) if you dont have a Lowes or Home Depot close by.We look around the store buying a crap load of stuff we dont need till you find the garden/lawn care section and pick up some of this stuff.
It's a whopping $2.80.
Then we head back to the house.
Once home get your arrows out and remove the nocks.
Thread some of the line into the shaft and check the weight on the scale.
As it turns out I want an arrow that weighs in excess of 600gr's so I will have to use 2 lenghts of cord per arrow.
Cut the cord to the exact lenght of the inside of the shaft but dont push it all the way in, place the 2 ends inside the nock.
Then just push the nock back in.
Now here we go 620gr's
Now if you want to add a lot of weight get some electrical wire you know the coated stuff and do the same thing.
Now both these methods do not effect the spine of the arrow or the FOC as the weight is distributed evenly along the shaft and will bend and flex with the arrow.
Total cost of the upgraded weight.
$2.80 for the cord a 10 minute leisurely drive to the store 30 minutes or so browseing around the store and the drive back home.
Just for comparrason.
I just done up the same 505gr arrow with just 1 lenght of electrical wire.
Does anybody wanna guess how much the arrow weighed??????????????
04-08-2009, 08:14 AM
#7
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: land of the Lilliputians, In the state of insanity
Posts: 26,274
RE: So we have our Carbon Arrows.
When I first started reading, I was going to suggest weedeater line. I have used it for some time. You can even bend it in half and icrease the weight even more. Just be sure to cut the line, the exact length of the arrow, through the nock, or it will rattle in the arrow.