col3 Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 It all started friday when i went to take my arrows into the archery shop to get re-wrapped and fletched because i had a horrible time with the ez shrink quick fletch, so i was gonna go back to the original way, took them in, guy said they were busy, and to come pick them up in a day or two, had a family reunion all weekend so couldnt go saturday, was gonna go sunday only to find out that the bloody store is closed till tuesday for the long weekend, and theres a 3d shoot on monday, so i decided to go into the only hunting store open in the city and buy a dozen new arrows that i was told would fly alomost identicle to my arrows, and they do, the guy also said wait a couple hours before shooting so the insert glue has time to dry, well i shot three arrows last night,(about 5 hours after i bought them) about 20 today(over 24 hours).. ive lost four inserts in my target, all my good feild points are on my arrows in the closed shop.. and i havea 3d shoot in 3 hrs.... any one else have insert issues like this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 All I can say is when is the next shoot? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluelund79 Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Cna anybody loan you a couple arrows at the shoot? May be your best bet, you don't want to loose and insert and fp in a 3d target that alot of people are gonna shoot and probably end up ruining some of their arrows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col3 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Well i went to a neighbours, put some loc-tite on them, let them sit for about 2 hours, went and shot, didnt loose a single insert.. and to top it off i won the shoot, so what was a horrible frustrating morning turned into a great afternoon, im still not sure what the guy did with the inserts though, he must of mixed the epoxy wrong or something, they all came out by hand, it was quite the mess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LifeNRA Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 .... any one else have insert issues like this? Nope! I do my own arrows. The starting cost for the equipment is not cheap, but in the long run doing the work yourself, for me is better than waiting or paying someone else to it! Besides, it's very easy to wrap and fletch your arrows! Another thing, I get great satisfaction knowing the arrows I worked on do their jobs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BearClaw Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Congratulations! Glad everything worked out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hatetomiss Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 i had a shop do that to me last year now i do my own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col3 Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Well i can say that im gonna glue my own inserts in now forsure, had the regular shop i go to been open, i could of avoided this whole process, but everthing ended up working out very well, so im happy now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted August 4, 2010 Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Do yourself a favor and get yourself a Bitz. I got one after shooting less than a year and it's pretty darned easy. After only a couple dozen arrows it will pay for itself. Wraps are even more simple. Then you won't have to worry about having to drop your arrows off to some stranger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
col3 Posted August 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 4, 2010 Any chance you could throw up a link to see one of these things, ive never heard of one, but it sounds like i could use one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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