Does anyone know of a place where you can get 5/16 glue on field points heavier than 125 grains for woodies? I picked up some nice 5/16 shafts and need 160 grain field points.
DP
If you can't find anything commercially available, you might try cutting a 35 grain ring off a 11/32" point. As you can see, they jam together snugly. You could either tap the two together until the two pieces were flush at the back of the 5/16" point, or you could leave some overhang which might offer some protection to the arrow shaft.
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Thanks McDave,
Great idea. Necessity is the mother of invention!
DP
I think ACE carries them.
Archery Past has the $7 dollars a dz
Their website says only up to 125.
DP
Quote from: Dave Pagel on January 13, 2024, 12:04:43 PM
Their website says only up to 125.
DP
sorry about that I thought they had 160gr
You may end up doing what I did. Buying the 3Rivers kit for drilling the shaft, then adding weight.
I don't know if they're deep enough but I used to take plumbing solder and melt it into a point until I reached desired weight. I t has the advantage of going all the way in and not wasting space.
I used to drill a hole in the end of the shaft and stuff a nail shaft of the right weight into it. Worked fine. Didn't need a kit.
Tungsten electrodes for Tig welding come in a variety of diameters and would be easy to set into a shallow hole in the shaft..I'd say get some 3\32" dia use a grinder with a cut off wheel, cut some pieces off and weight them..tungsten is very dense and wouldn't need as deep of hole as other lighter metals in the arrow shaft.