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Title: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Bullfrog 1 on May 28, 2012, 11:40:00 AM
I find is something breaks on my Arrows it's the aluminum adapter. Steal weighs too much for me. Any suggestions. This is on. Arbon.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Bullfrog 1 on May 28, 2012, 11:41:00 AM
Sorry meant. Carbon
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: smokin joe on May 28, 2012, 11:45:00 AM
Glue-in-glue-on aluminum adaptors with glue-on broadheads -- much tougher than the screw-in adaptors in my experience.

3Rivers has them, as I am sure other vendors/sponsors must.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Rob W. on May 28, 2012, 12:02:00 PM
I have switched to VPA's for everything but squirrels. Problem solved.  :D  

You may try footing with a small peice of aluminum and letting the footing hang over a hair. Mates up my Zwickey's nicely and puts more impact on the footing. File as needed for perfect alignment.


Rob
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Hoyt on May 28, 2012, 12:10:00 PM
I'm in the same boat..was going to use glue-in-glue-on aluminum adaptors with glue-on broadheads, but can't find any that will fit MFX shafts.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: SERGIO VENNERI on May 28, 2012, 12:28:00 PM
What Joseph said!
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Bullfrog 1 on May 28, 2012, 02:19:00 PM
Last year I shot razor caps and didn't have a problem. I like original woodsmans and Simmons but that insert scares me. I never broke one on game but have stump shooting many times. The insert actually breaks inside the shaft on a HIT/mfx set up.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: LCH on May 28, 2012, 02:31:00 PM
I used them on the Simmon's Tigersharks they broke only when I hit the spine on deer. Since then they made the Tigershark as a screw in.LCH
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: JamesKerr on May 28, 2012, 06:11:00 PM
I would try the titanium adaptors that Abowyer is now making. You get the strength of steel with the weight of alluminum.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: 30coupe on May 28, 2012, 06:52:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by JamesKerr:
I would try the titanium adaptors that Abowyer is now making. You get the strength of steel with the weight of alluminum.
At the price of gold?

I don't mean to start an argument, but titanium adapters have to be pretty pricey I would bet.

I'll grant that aluminum adapters can break, but I would also wager that thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of game animals have died without complaint due to aluminum, carbon, or fiberglass arrows tipped with a vast array of broadheads glued to aluminum adapters. Fred Bear alone probably killed hundreds of animals with them. I think sometimes we make too much ado about things that really make very little difference...especially during the off-season. Make sure they are screwed in tight, and aluminum adapters are actually pretty darn stout.

Okay, I'm done now.     :campfire:
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: Earl E. Nov...mber on May 28, 2012, 07:47:00 PM
The corner between the shaft and the shoulder seems to be the weak point on adapters or screw in heads.
Missed a deer with a Muzzy this fall and buried it in a tree.. Muzzy might be bad to the bone but pure trash against an oak.
Title: Re: Aluminum. Broad head adapters. The weak link!!!!
Post by: SlowBowinMO on May 29, 2012, 11:38:00 AM
QuoteOriginally posted by smokin joe:
Glue-in-glue-on aluminum adaptors with glue-on broadheads -- much tougher than the screw-in adaptors in my experience.

3Rivers has them, as I am sure other vendors/sponsors must.
Great solution right here!   :thumbsup: