trick for making heavy carbons

[Friend]

Most informative...thank you!!!

[Legolas]

Would be a better video if you had shown the stuffing technique as you were talking.

[Friend]

Do you burn the chord tip to form a point in order to facilitate simplified insertion?

[LB_hntr]

Friend, yes i burn the tip of the rope. sorry i didnt mention that. I dont burn the back but definelty the front end that you are starting with.

[Matty]

I burned both ends. And twisted the shaft as I inserted the chord. At the last 9" or so I just dropped the arrow tip down and the chord just slipped on in. Shot last night and flight was great!

[John146]

LBHTR, Wanted to thank you for the tip. I was light on some 5575 GT's and this trick worked perfectly to get my weight up to 10 grains per pound and great flight. Thanks again. This is what I love about Trad gang!

[Shawn Leonard]

Question, why?? I mean unless you are hunting real big stuff, moose for example or some african game 8-10 grains per pound is more than enough for anything in North America and that actually includes moose. I shoot around 9 gpp. for everything I hunt. Shawn

[LB_hntr]

Shawn, Great question! for myself the reasons were heavier arrows are quiter, less hand shock, easier on the bow, and the arrows are more tolerant of wind, minor deflections. Its a personal preference. But there is a drawback of bigger arrow drop and they dont shoot as flat of tragectory as lighter arrows. But at the ranges i hunt this is an easy decision for me.

[garythenuke]

Man this is a great idea.  The last time I tried weighting my Aluminum shafts I tried using spray foam insulation.  Great idea in theory.  The downside is you have to nick the nock end to let the air escape...
 I didn't realize what was happening as the whole process was so messy I couldn't tell where the spray was coming from...

I ended up with spray foam all over the garage (and me) and almost none in the shafts...  This was about 18 years ago and I keep running across shirts and packs and stuff that have that gunk on it.
 This rope is WAAAAAYY better.  Plus it makes me want to try carbons now..

[RLA]

Fill your shafts full with black pepper it add's 115gr to 29" Easton FMJ's, works good for me.
Gives you all something else to try and it don't cost much.

[Friend]

Proved quite successful in boosting a my good trad buddies set-up. He is shooting ~40#'s at his 24 3/4" draw and was concerned with his lack of pay load....he is quite satisfied now.

Thank you!!!

[garythenuke]

^^Don't the game animals smell the pepper?  Or is it so natural a smell that it doesn't faze them?  I wonder if it might actually mask some scent...
hmmmmm...

[Longbow917]

OK LBhntr, I have to ask..... a 3555 shaft with 350 grains up front from a 63# bow?  Do you have a super short draw or what?  I am shooting a 50# longbow with 28 inch draw, 29.5" GT3555 arrow with 225 grains up front, center cut bow.  I would think that would be way too weak of a spine for your weight bow and heavy point.  I love the idea though, will look at using it to help quiet the bow even more as I generally only shoot out to 17 yards!  Thanks for the tip!

[LB_hntr]

Longbow917, you guest it! my draw length is only 26"...im a short guy at 5'6". Nice thing about being short is it makes the animals look bigger in my trophy pics...lol
The scientfic stuff goes over my head so i dont payattention to all the dynamics just what the shafts tell me. When i switched to carbons i bought 3 each of 3355 and 5575 knowing i was gonna stuff them full of rope (beein doing the ropw trick to my 2117 alums for many years so knew i wanted the carbons to be loaded and heavy as well). when i loaded them up the way i wanted and shot bare shafts the 3355 hit eactly where i wanted and flew really good. the 5575 were off to a side and sidways (cant remember what side) so i stayed with the 3355s. my arrows are cut at 27 1/2" from nock throat to end of shaft.