adding trimmer string to carbon question

[Jmatt1957]

I have been adding trimmer string to my carbon arrows to get the weight up. However I am having a problem with the nocks blowing off (sometimes). I prefer not gluing the nocks into the shaft. Does anyone have a solution to this problem ?

[nineworlds9]

You can stuff the shaft with some yarn perhaps or squeeze a small dollop of silicone a little further in.  Also, if you want even more weight, try 4mm plastic coated wire clothesline, they sell it at Wally World like $4 for 100ft.

[Bob Morrison]

Filling the shaft with anything is a waste of time. get a heavy head your nocks will not blow out wasting energy.

[JRY309]

Thats why I quit using any weight tubes or adding anything inside the arrow.I just used a stiffer  carbon and adding more front end weight.I did have some good luck using the old GT lock nocks,the ones with the small screw you could tighten the nock with a small allen wrench.They would come out on the hard hits,but they have been discontinued awhile ago.

[Jmatt1957]

tried the heavy head to much weight up front arrows showed weak. trying not to spend money on another dozen arrows.

[Bob Morrison]

Goto Lancaster archery you can buy one arrow at a time if you want to find the correct arrow for your setup, and then buy 6 and make sure you have it right before you buy anymore.

[Bill Carlsen]

What Bowbldr said.

[Craig]

Filling the shaft with anything is a waste of time. get a heavy head your nocks will not blow out wasting energy.

Best reply. We all did it years ago and it was toooo much trouble.

Trade your shafts for stiffer shafts.

[Jmatt1957]

Thanks for the advice and the information

[onewhohasfun]

Bo knows archery!

[Butch Speer]

Craig,
Got to agree with the stiffer arrows & heavy heads but,I've had pretty good luck folding over the last 2 inches of trimmer line before pushing it in.

[Alexander Traditional]

I've taken 8x32 screws and cut them and weighed them on a grain scale to the weight in grains that I needed if the head was not quite the right weight. This way you can get any weight head you want without changing anything. I had to use lock tight on the threads and you may have to run a tap down through the insert,but not with all of them.