B/Head weights

[Kimall]

I have been tinkering in the shed today tuning and making arrows and just playing around and I was trying to get a b/head weight of around 220 grains for the carbons I was making up for my recurve.I have some Concords and Aztecs at about 185 so with a aluminium adap they would be about right but I also had 6 of the small heads I thing they are called spirits(not sure) and these are 125 grains so I got an old 125 grain field tip and ground it down to the same profile as an adaptor and it came to exactly 100 grains.Now these smaller but now heavier b/heads fly just like the field tips and group with them out to the 23 mtrs I can shoot in my yard.I also think that steel adaptors would have to be stronger than an aluminium one.This is prob old news and I know you can get buy steel adap from the US but most guys have a few spare field tips laying around if they need to lift the weight on their carbons to increase FOC.
Chees KIM

[aussiehunter]

i love a bit of weight upfront :)
pat :)

[rory]

Yeah I have tried that before too Kim :) It sure does add some weight if that's what your after

[Luke]

Top idea Kim, thanks for sharing mate!

8)

[pete w]

Lots of front weight is working for me too.
We are lucky we have easy access to the steel adapters and brass inserts. I have 100 gr brass inserts on all my carbons, but a 6mm or 243 bulley epoxied behind the insert does a good job of adding front weight.

I shoot the Aztec with a 125 steel adapter, and the big Ace 200 with the 125 adapters also. With the Ace I get 425 up front and 400 with the Aztec.

You should be able to make the adapters pretty acurate by turning them in a drill press and filing them as they turn , or by putting a taper jig on a grinder, like you use for tapering a wood shaft.
Then weigh them and tune the weight by triming back the end. If you start with an 11/32 point they should be easy to make, but it will be time consuming.

It might be worth while for a bunch of you to get together and place a bulk order for Brass inserts and steel adapters and split them up.
It would save a bundle on shipping. The pieces are cheap, it's the shipping that kills.
http://git-r-donearchery.com/ has the best prices in Canada or the US for these.

Pete

[Git-r-done]

Guys...I can send out packs of 100's of the brass inserts and 100gr steel inserts...check out www.peteward.com regarding the heavy F.O.C.

I shoot 375gr out front...100gr brass insert/100gr b'head adapter/175gr Tusker...shoot great!!