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Author Topic: Screw on Field Point Loose  (Read 1747 times)

Offline forrest-hunter

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Screw on Field Point Loose
« on: August 02, 2021, 06:48:16 PM »
Any suggestions on how to stop screw on points and broadheads from becoming loose when shooting

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2021, 07:08:55 PM »
Rub a little string wax on the threads.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2021, 07:54:59 PM »
String wax has worked for me as well. Can press them through a plastic bag as you screw them in as well, works like a teflon tape.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2021, 08:31:11 PM »
A wrap of Teflon tape will keep them tight.

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2021, 09:05:53 PM »
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #5 on: August 02, 2021, 09:26:09 PM »
I use Bohning Ferr-L-Tite Cool Flex glue.  It provides a semi-permanent hold, but allows point removal by adding a little heat to the point or placing the point in hot water.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #6 on: August 02, 2021, 09:57:15 PM »
A wrap of Teflon tape will keep them tight.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #7 on: August 03, 2021, 06:29:45 AM »
I use a small dab of fletchtite.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #8 on: August 03, 2021, 07:03:05 AM »
A little dab of string wax has worked for me for decades-simple and effective.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2021, 01:01:47 PM »
Yep ,string wax works great :thumbsup:
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #10 on: August 03, 2021, 02:56:16 PM »
Plumbers tape, cheap, easy to find, easy to use. I keep a roll in my shop, in my tackle box. Only need about a 2” piece. Wrap around threads and screw in. Too much tape and your reaching for the pliers. Been using this instead of wax since moving to AZ. The heat here and the friction from the carpet bales seems to dissolve the wax.

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #11 on: August 03, 2021, 03:52:32 PM »
I must be the odd ball  :biglaugh. I just take pliers and get down on them real hard and they stay pretty good.

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #12 on: August 03, 2021, 05:25:35 PM »
I must be the odd ball  :biglaugh. I just take pliers and get down on them real hard and they stay pretty good.
Same here, only I clamp the point in a vice and give the shaft a good twist.  Also works to identify any inserts that are about to break loose.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #13 on: August 03, 2021, 07:42:09 PM »
McDave I am doing that with an aluminum insert that I had on a hunt,and had glued a broadhead on. I can't get the insert out of the shaft. I put it in the vise and back and forth,making head way,but have not got it out. I guess I somehow got glue on the threads. Whatever it is it is in there!

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #14 on: August 03, 2021, 08:01:46 PM »
If I can find them I have a bunch of little rubber O rings that are made to keep screw-on points tight. Send my your address and I will send you some.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #15 on: August 03, 2021, 09:20:02 PM »
Use right wing feathers and they will tighten during impact of the target., and not loosen like left wing.

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #16 on: August 03, 2021, 09:30:20 PM »
A little string wax is what I do also . I  picked that tip up here on tradgang years ago ....
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #17 on: August 04, 2021, 07:16:35 AM »
Dental floss.  Wrap about three turns in the threads and screw them into the arrow.
Warm weather melts and loosens string wax.
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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #18 on: August 05, 2021, 06:07:58 AM »
  I use my own blend of string wax that I added a good amount of “Georgia Pine Rosin” in and it has a really good tack so to speak. Just a good rub across the threads and no more loose points.  Other thing is Teflon tape as already mentioned.
   Don’t have that go in kitchen drawer and find some plastic wrap and cut a very small piece with scissors and use that like Teflon.
   Got any pine trees losing sap or pitch just put the threads in the goo and screw on . Nice and sticky with a pleasant smell.

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Re: Screw on Field Point Loose
« Reply #19 on: August 05, 2021, 07:33:24 AM »
Beeswax or string wax. Keeps them nice and tight.
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