Anyone care to share their heavy woodsman recipes? Bird shot? 22 long rifle? Etc? I'm trying to see if I can get it up to 190ish.
BTW I'm using glue-ons.
if you go with a screw on insert shaft, you can get up to a 100 gr screw on adapter that converts the glue on to a screw on, giving lots of extra weight
Gonna use these on woodies so adaptors aren't an option. Thanks though.
Ya might could get that heavy with melted bird shot and a short point taper.
You can get a glue over adapter for use with woosed shafts, from 3-rivers. I think they're 100gn.
http://www.3riversarchery.com/Product.asp?c=10&s=47&p=0&i=4364X
Sorry. 50gn.
You'd also need the short point adapters too. This would take you to over 200gn though. Maybe too heavy?
Ursus I buy 1/16 oz bullet weights for fishing, I clean the ferrules drop in the weight and melt the weight with a little heat. That brings them up to 157-158 grains. I do not have to shorten my tapers at all as there is plenty of room. I would think you could get where you want with an 1/8 oz weight. I dont know if you will need to shorten your tapers to accomadate the weight.Make sure you hold the broadhead straight while melting the lead Good Luck Greg
i cut up pure lead decoy weights and melt in a large spoon, then pour in the lead. dropping the lead and then melting sometimes removes the temper from the blade. i usually pour in 10gr extra with new heads because i lose 5-10gr with sharpening.
Barry weighs in at about 225lbs. and Gene tops out around 230lbs. Gene has a sweet tooth! :smileystooges:
You could always wrap or haft the base (ans shaft for that matter) with 50/50 solder and then apply a glue or epoxy finish over the top to hold it in place. heck, I suppose you could wrap the area under the blades too. Just spool off whatever weight you need, wrap, and epoxy.
Bob Morrison sells steel addaptors's in 75,100 and 125 gr's.The WW is 125-130 and I'd bet ya could add a few shots of lead if you were so inclined that puts it over 250 pretty easy
Some general weight adding tips from my side:
- cut of a nail, welding rod or whatever of the desired weight to add to your front end
- make a jig to asure you'll drill right along the axis of each shaft
- from the front and befor cutting the taper drill a hole into the shaft, diameter according to point one above
- make sure each hole is the same depth
- epoxy the "insert" into the shaft
- cut taper
- glue on WW as usual
In addition to the above you can also epoxy a .357 Mag casing (cut bottom of first ;) behind your Bhds.
Use havy hardwood footings to give more weight to the front end of your shafts.
Falk, I was thinking about doing that but wasnt sure how I could drill a straight hole. Maybe I can rig something up on my drill press. Thanks!
Ursus-
Buy a box of #7, #8, or #9 (the smallest pellet size you can find) of tungston shot. You can usually buy them in 12 packs or 25 shots per pack. They will cost between $15-25 per box, but you will have enough for a lot of arrows. Tungston is much heavier than lead. Simply keep adding pellets until you reach the desired weight and drop a little epoxy in. Some fishing weights are also made with the heavy metals.
Gool Luck
Bryan
So just a follow up on this old thread in case anyone else tries to add weight to their woodsmans. I ended up putting 6 pieces of #6 shot in the front end of the head and the front portion of a .22 long rifle in the back. I had to file the back 50% off the bullet to leave enough room for the shaft taper. Anyway, it came to 160 grains. I think if I had some tungston I could get them a bit heavier but I decided to use what I had on hand instead.
I use the steel adapters 3 rivers has some 75 grain adapters you can file them off a little and get 190. I shoot 250 grains
To increase broadhead weight I have used the lead "thread" used for fly tying. Just cut a length and trim it until it is at the weight you need. Nest wrap it around a straightened paperclip or similar wire. When winding the lead, you can taper it to fit into the point of the broadhead. Then I use a nail to force it into the broadhead.