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Author Topic: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps  (Read 248 times)

Offline 30coupe

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Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« on: June 09, 2009, 08:57:00 PM »
I just got done making up a few of my new Beman ICS Bowhunter 500 shafts. Check out the cool wraps! Reflective tape from the auto department at Walmart: $1.97 for a 30" roll. A bought some red too, just to jazz them up a bit with a "crest."

 

These will be hard to lose! A two cell flashlight really lights them up!

 

These arrows shoot great! They are the best shafts I've found so far. The odd part is they are also pretty cheap: $53 a dozen from 3Rivers. I added 100 grain inserts and cut them to 30" (including the insert). They fly like darts with anything from 125 to 175 grain tips...even bare shafted out to 25 yards (with my 52# Kanati)   . I have never been able to get a carbon shaft to shoot like this...I am pumped! I don't think I'll ever need to buy any other shafts    :bigsmyl:
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
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Offline Hardhed

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Re: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« Reply #1 on: June 09, 2009, 09:06:00 PM »
I've been shooting beman ICS bowhunters for 3 years, and think they are great shafts.  Tough, cheap and consistent.


Good idea with the wraps.  Shooting those with a judo, that dozen might actually still be around next year.

Offline artifaker1

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Re: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« Reply #2 on: June 09, 2009, 09:43:00 PM »
not bad.
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Offline m midd

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Re: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« Reply #3 on: June 10, 2009, 01:31:00 AM »
good thinkin on the tape. i like it
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Offline 30coupe

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Re: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« Reply #4 on: June 10, 2009, 03:26:00 AM »
It works great. The feathers stay glued on a lot better than they do when glued directly to the carbon. I'm too cheap to pay a buck apiece for wraps when I can do 5-6 arrows for two bucks.
Kanati 58" 44# @ 28" Green glass on a green riser
Bear Kodiak Magnum 52" 45# @ 28"
Bodnik Slick Stick longbow 58" 40# @ 28"
Bodnik Kiowa 52" 45# @ 28"
Kanati 58" 46# @ 28" R.I.P (2007-2015)
Self-made Silk backed Hickory Board bow 67" 49# @ 28"
Bear Black Bear 60" 45# @28"
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Offline waknstak IL

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Re: Beman ICS Bowhunters with Walmart wraps
« Reply #5 on: June 10, 2009, 05:34:00 AM »
Reflective tape is definately great for finding misses after dark. Doesn't work on pass throughs though. It doesn't reflect the light when bloody. But that's a good problem  :bigsmyl:
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