Making Heavy Carbons for Heavy Game

Guys , I think we have all ginned about trying to make Carbon arrows a little heavier at one time or another , I know myself and some other hunting buddies have struggled to get the weight up without changing spine to much in carbons but I have found something that has worked really well.

I am just about to leave on a Buffalo hunt and I am shooting the Recurve this year at 78lb I wanted to get my arrows as heavy as practical while keeping a reasonable delivery speed and trajectory , this is what I did to get a finished arrow weght of 930g

Shaft: Carbon express Heritage 350 29 inches
Insert: 100g Brass (from Three rivers)
Fletching: 3 x 5 inch True flight parabolic
Nock: Easton Uni Nock
Tubing:Hardy 6mm dripper tube
Inner weight: 4mm PVC coated clothsline wire (The extra bit) 185g
Broad head: selection of 125g two blades , Magnus , Supremes , Spirits.

The fit is tight (no rattle) in fact I cut them all to length and then put them in the freezer for a couple of hours then slid them in they wont move and dont blow the nocks out on impact.

If your shooting the poundage and are thinking of a deep impacting arrow for big bulls or buffalo give this a try , they fly beautifuly and the spine is not effected to any great degree , (I bare shafted a couple and only a whisker stiffer maybe).

With one of John's new heavy Tusker Concords at 190g you can get this combination to 1000g and they still fly like darts with the big poundage behind them.

Its good fun mucking about with things to see what works , Little Fraser and I happened onto the clothsline wire at Bunnings after almost giving up on what we could put into the tubing to get the extra weight , it really does work perfectly.

I hope you find this useful if you have been troubled with the same problem.

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[rory]

Yep, been there hey :lol: I have found that co-axial cable is good to get the nice even weight up too :!:

It's good to try this sorta stuff, till you get it right :D

I'm sure you'll get in on the odd buff, a dream I'm sure :D 8) :!:

[Mick Smith]

It funny mate, I too have walked the isles at Bunnings with the same quest and I also ended up buying the 6mm dripper tubing. I was happy enough with the weight of my finished arrows then, but then again I wasn't making them for buffs.

I used those 100 grain brass inserts with my last set of Gold Tip Traditionals and I'm very happy with the way my arrow fly with 125 grain points. There's something to be said for this extreme weight forward business.

If I was going after particularly big game I suppose I could still put the dripper tubing in from the nock end and together with the brass insert, I'd end up with a very heavy arrow, but the biggest game I will be seeking is sambar deer and I don't think I'll need that much weight.

Good luck with the buffalos!! :wink:

Mick

[Scott]

Crikey Steely with that sort of weight and poundage you could punch it threw a gum tree and still hit the Buff. :lol: :lol: Good luck mate!

[Trophy Bowhunts]

Steely

Good Luck and curve out a couple...Setup should work well, I still have too stabilise my setup a bit more for Buffs, its all a learning curve to work out what works best for you...

Good hunting
Mick

[Barry]

Crikey Steely with that sort of weight and poundage you could punch it threw a gum tree and still hit the Buff. Laughing Laughing Good luck mate!

Or you could just chop down the gum tree and use it as an arrow instead :wink:

Dont think I'm ready to hunt buff with a compound yet let alone a curve :o good luck mate!