100 Grain Brass Insert Issue

[Coach Jones]

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?

[katman]

You can always lightly sand them.

[KentuckyTJ]

Two options here. You bought the wrong size or you still have some glue inside your shafts.

[Coach Jones]

Correct size and won't fit into new arrows.  I could probably force em in, I think.

[Jayrod]

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

[**DONOTDELETE**]

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.

[sticksnstones]

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

[Coach Jones]

Awe heck, I may just buy some 200 grain woodsman elites.  The 50 grain inserts fit in great.

[Pivo]

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.

[SlowBowinMO]

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.

[Coach Jones]

They are gt but I thought it was strange that the 50's fit.

[old_goat2]

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.

[Cwilder]

You may have a lip of glue in the shaft and since the 100 grain are longer they are hitting the glue

[ishoot4thrills]

Originally 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?