Beman MFX inside a GT 7595?

[Benny Nganabbarru]

My question is: Will a Beman MFX Classic fit inside a GoldTip 7595 Traditional, and if so, with what tolerance? The GT has an internal diameter of .246".

I'm just mulling-over the various options for my heavy Silvertip recurve arriving in April...

Thank you,

Ben

[tradtusker]

not sure if it will fit inside hopefully someone else wil be able to tell you,

isn't it gonna be stiff as hell?

[cch]

Ben I don't think it will. I just measured that OD of my black Axis 400 and the are .263. And I am sure with the extra coating of the MFX it will be thicker. I don't know how much smaller the 500's are or if they make anything smaller than a 500.

[Rick McGowan]

I know the Beman Carbon Hunter 400-16 fit in there just perfectly, they are .242 OD.

[Benny Nganabbarru]

Thanks, Rick! With that sort of fit, would you still run some cotton thread around it?

[Rick McGowan]

Ben, no there is no room for thread or even enough for them to rattle, they are just a perfect slip fit. I am always experimenting, so I have just left them float with a short bit of rubber tubing in at one end to make a compression fit, but if I decide to stay with one version, I will glue them in with Gorilla Glue(polyurethane). This is what I recommended to Jay Campbell for his buff hunt and he and his wife both used them to good advantage, they did use the GT Big Game 100+ as the outer shaft though. You can also fit an Easton Aluminum 1516 "Jazz" shaft inside, but it will be a bit looser, I don't have one here, but the OD should be .234.