weighting shafts with bailing wire inside

[bucksbuouy]

Hey gang
Ive been shooting carbon and aluminum arrows for a while now but am really disappointed with their weight. I know I could just get heavier heads and stiffer shafts to maintain correct spine but Im already shooting 2419s and 340s so I dont have much to play with in the way of stiffer shafts. Ive got some heavy bows and if i put anything more than a 140 grain head I get terrible flight. So in an attempt to up the grainage in my arrows I inserted a couple strands of bailing wire taped up with electrical tape to hold them together and dampen vibration. I dont have a scale but by my estimations I uped the weight by about 100 grains. Flight seems good, maybe a little bit stiffer then before but not much. Was wondering if anyone else had done anything similar and how it worked out?

[SuperK]

I do it all the time.  I use weedeater line and electrical tape to get the weight I want for my carbons.    

[3arrows]

Coffee in carbons add around 100grs.

[wapiti]

Powdered plastic (shot buffer for shotgun shells) Use a powder funnel. Make sure you seal the insert end with string wax.

[Keefer]

Originally posted by wapiti:
Powdered plastic (shot buffer for shotgun shells) Use a powder funnel. Make sure you seal the insert end with string wax.

That's a great idea and not ony doe's it leave a blood trail but could leave a powder trail locating your animal!  

[bucksbuouy]

Im digging the coffee idea hahahaha!!

[Doc Nock]

Back when carbons first hit trad, I read guys using salt, pepper, oregano...etc.

You can just imagine the jokes from how they were hoping for a broken shaft to pre-season for the grill.

2 strands of .095 weedeater too GT's right up to 600 gr. Cut tiny bit long and inserted into the push in nock and they didn't rattle for me.

[Jim now in Kentucky]

"a couple strands of bailing wire"

Where in the world can you find baling wire these days? I haven't seen a wire-tie baler in 40 years. Wouldn't mind having a dozen yards or so of the stuff just so I could "haywire" things together!

Jim

[wapiti]

It is referred to as "tie wire" at the hardware store.

[Jim now in Kentucky]

OK. The tie wire I have seen is a much smaller gauge than real baling wire...

[Troy Breeding]

I used to weight my carbons with screen dor splning. It's the rubber cordage used to hold the mesh to the frame. Splining and alittle elec. tape and that -400gr shaft can be doubled in weight. You can get it in different diameters to make different weights.

Troy

[Russ Clagett]

I recently took some GT 5575's and loaded them with the heaviest weedeater line I could find at the store, big thick heavy red stuff...then wrapped it full length with gray duct tape to prevent rattling inside the shaft....with a 125 tip the arrow weighs 750 grains, and I think it'll go through a hog shield with no issues.....

REAL quiet too.........