Sitka's & Grizzly Woodies..breaking nocks..?

[MikeW]

I recently purchased both of these arrow shafts and I'm breaking nocks like crazy. I've read complaints about Alaska Grizzly shafts having nock issues but I thought they were fixed a long time ago.

I have a 1/2 dozen of each an only two have nocks now and I haven't shot them that much. They haven't hit any thing hard like a rock, only trees. I had one break hitting a target bag with a hex head on it...???

My main go to carbon is the Beman MFX Classic and I don't have a nock problem with them.

Any input?

[laughing turtle]

I would like some info on this too.  I have noticed poor nock quality as well.I have gone to using index nocks on adapters to solve the problem.

[MikeW]

TTT

[Dave2old]

Ed Schlief of ABS says this happens not due to inferior quality, but because plastic nocks are the weakest part of the arrow and esp. so given the extreme narrow taper at the backs of the shafts, limiting nock size. Maybe they will find stronger nocks but for now most shooters just don't glue them in, making 'em really easy to change if they snap off ... like I had one do earlier today when tuning a shaft with the 300-grain ABS field point, like a darned torpedo, and shot plumb through two backstops and 3" into a tree. The nock broke but the front end of the shaft and the adaptor hardware were unharmed,w hich is where it counts. I'm a woody shooter but experimenting with the GrizzlySticks because I want to try the new Ashby-style "armor-piercing" broadhead. I'm tremendously impressed, so far, that this massive setup, at 764 total and most of that right up front, seems to fly as fast and flat as woodies a hundred grains and more lighter. I'm also noticing better flight and groups with woodies using Woody Weights and heavy points. Like O.L. Adcock says in the neighboring "Perfect arrow" thread, having extremely high FoC arrow balance gives the feathers more traction to keep things straight. Which is way off the nocks topic, sorry. dave

[Al Kidner]

Never be sorry for something you've written Dave... it's always good to see your posts.


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