Been shooting 50 grain brass inserts with 200 grain field points. Would like to switch to 100 grain brass inserts so I can shoot 150 grain broadheads. So I bought some 100 brass inserts but they do not want to fit into my carbon express heritage arrows. What's up?
You can always lightly sand them.
Two options here. You bought the wrong size or you still have some glue inside your shafts.
Correct size and won't fit into new arrows. I could probably force em in, I think.
Both goldtip and CE Sell 50 and 100 grain inserts so shouldn't be an issue inserting them unless like TJ says there might be glue in there
I ran into the same thing buying the ones 3 rivers sold me for CE shafts. DON'T force them or the shaft will split....
i just chucked up a field point in my drill press and used a sanding block to turn them down a fuzz...No problem.... you could do the same thing with a drill motor.
Yep, CE had some slight changes a year or so ago and I got a batch of new arrows and old inserts that were too tight. I just hit em with a file for a sec and they were perfect. Easier than dealing with a return.
Thom
Awe heck, I may just buy some 200 grain woodsman elites. The 50 grain inserts fit in great.
I bought some gold tip 100's cheap and they were too big for the CE arrows. I chucked them up in a drill press and hit them lightly with some emory cloth. 2 part epoxyed them in and they are good to go. The gold tip have a thin "rim" and the carbon express have a thick rim.
You probably have Gold Tip/Easton brass inserts. Those are .246 and too tight in CE. For Carbon Express you want the smaller .244's. Or sand them down a bit as suggested.
They are gt but I thought it was strange that the 50's fit.
I have to sand them down a bit to fit in my wife's CE Aramids. And a few years ago I had troubles fitting inserts in some CE Heritages. The thicker rimmed ones seem way tougher than the GT's but the last GT I inserts I bought seemed more robust though.
You may have a lip of glue in the shaft and since the 100 grain are longer they are hitting the glue
QuoteOriginally posted by DoradoWilder:
You may have a lip of glue in the shaft and since the 100 grain are longer they are hitting the glue
He said they're new shafts. Shouldn't be any glue issues, right?