AnAvidArcher
Senior Member
Not sure if any of ya'll have ever tried this before, but I made some stumpshooting carbons reinforced with aluminum.
Turns out an Easton Stalker 2219 aluminum arrow is the perfect diameter to fit over a GoldTip 3555 Blem shaft.
I cut a three inch section using a basic pipe cutter like this
The aluminum is already a pretty snug fit to the carbon arrow, but I added a drop of glue before sliding it down to keep it in place.
A three inch section weighs about 39 grains, so they bump up FOC nicely as well as reinforce the end of the shaft.
With a 100 grain brass insert, 125 grain field point and a 3555 shaft cut to 28", as well as the 3 inch piece of aluminum arrow, the total arrow weight is around 540 grains.
The arrows I normally shoot weigh in at 400 grains and fly about 175 fps. These 540 grain arrows are flying 155 fps, so the kinetic energy(even though it doesn't matter too much for stumps and squirrels) is just about equal for these arrows. Even better, the heavier arrow flies much quieter out of my bow.
Here's a pic of a grouping from 18 yards with these new arrows.
I ended up having one of them fall out of the target, standing perpendicular to the arrows in the target. Making a dumb decision, I decided to keep shooting anyways. Of course, as usually happens, my next shot headed straight for my arrow sticking sideways out of the target. Now normally this would result in a broken arrow, but these aluminum reinforcements worked pretty well.
This arrow is still shooting just fine.
I've also come up with some cheap small game heads for these.
Using some screws from Homedepot
($1.18 for a 4 pack)
And some wingnuts from HomeDepot
(also $1.18 for a 6 pack)
You can make some dirt cheap stump shooting/small game heads.
Here's how I put mine together
As you can see, they weigh 130 grains, which is no noticeable difference from the 125 grain field points I normally shoot. I haven't gotten a chance to use them on any squirrels yet, but they're absolutely devastating to water bottles, apples and pinecones.
Turns out an Easton Stalker 2219 aluminum arrow is the perfect diameter to fit over a GoldTip 3555 Blem shaft.
I cut a three inch section using a basic pipe cutter like this
The aluminum is already a pretty snug fit to the carbon arrow, but I added a drop of glue before sliding it down to keep it in place.
A three inch section weighs about 39 grains, so they bump up FOC nicely as well as reinforce the end of the shaft.
With a 100 grain brass insert, 125 grain field point and a 3555 shaft cut to 28", as well as the 3 inch piece of aluminum arrow, the total arrow weight is around 540 grains.
The arrows I normally shoot weigh in at 400 grains and fly about 175 fps. These 540 grain arrows are flying 155 fps, so the kinetic energy(even though it doesn't matter too much for stumps and squirrels) is just about equal for these arrows. Even better, the heavier arrow flies much quieter out of my bow.
Here's a pic of a grouping from 18 yards with these new arrows.
I ended up having one of them fall out of the target, standing perpendicular to the arrows in the target. Making a dumb decision, I decided to keep shooting anyways. Of course, as usually happens, my next shot headed straight for my arrow sticking sideways out of the target. Now normally this would result in a broken arrow, but these aluminum reinforcements worked pretty well.
This arrow is still shooting just fine.
I've also come up with some cheap small game heads for these.
Using some screws from Homedepot
($1.18 for a 4 pack)
And some wingnuts from HomeDepot
(also $1.18 for a 6 pack)
You can make some dirt cheap stump shooting/small game heads.
Here's how I put mine together
As you can see, they weigh 130 grains, which is no noticeable difference from the 125 grain field points I normally shoot. I haven't gotten a chance to use them on any squirrels yet, but they're absolutely devastating to water bottles, apples and pinecones.
