Adding weight to arrows

[ross.bowhunter]

I currently shoot 3555 gold tips with 125 gr heads.  I am looking into adding some weight.  What is the best way to do that without new arrows and broadheads?  Bow is 48 at 28.

[Shawn Leonard]

You can do a search, there are weight tubes and some people use weedwhacker line, others use rice. It seems you would be stiff shooting 48#s with those arrows you have. I shoot some bows that are 46-50#s at my 28.5" draw and cut my arrows 29.5"s and use 175-190 grains of point weight. If you draw 28"s, and arrows are 29-30"s bop. Try some 50 grain brass inserts and the 125 grain heads andI bet you will be happy with the results. You will get more weight and most likely better arrow flight. Shawn

Ditto Shawn.

[Blaino]

lots of options.... brass inserts, steel adapters for your bh. weedeater cord inside of your shaft.  tube weights. i read in TBM about using bullets glued behind the insert.  I think .243 is what was used.  i guess it depends on how much weight you want....

[BWD]

Gold tip screw in brass weights, and the tool to screw them in/take them out with. Screws into the back of a standard aluminum insert and adds the weight up front. You will have to retune.

[LimBender]

Like Shawn said, putting the weight up front would probably be your best and easiest bet and get you more FOC.  They sell 50 and 100 grain inserts for GT. I believe Big Jim's and 3Rivers sell them.  The 100's I got from Big Jim fit in the GT really well.

[mt-dew10]

Weight tubes can sometimes be a hassle if you cut them a tad longer than need be.  If so, you will have to get used to puting back on nocks. The solution for this, which I'm told but did not try, is to glue the weight tubes when installed.

I have just recently switched to using brass inserts, keeping in mind that the added weight will require a somewhat stiffer arrow.  For example, I went from a .500 spined arrow to a .400 arrow.  I'm not sure if everyone does this, it just seemed proper at the time.  Anyway, the arrows flew well out of my setup.

good luck

[ChrisM]

I like my brass inserts.  Tried some wieght tubes but they seemed to make my arrow spine inconsistant from arrow to arrow.  It was strange just couldn't getem to fly right.  But the brass got me the weight because as stated above I was able to move up in spine and GPI and get some great FOC.

[Friend]

Weighted inserts are both an easy and viable option in conjunction with a field point test kit.

[reddogge]

I shoot the same weight with 29", 50 gr brass inserts, 145 gr tips.

[gto_guy]

They also sell weight 10,20 and 50 grain that screw in to back of the original inserts