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Equipment & Gear => Archery Gear => Topic started by: blackhorn on July 15, 2011, 02:16:38 PM

Title: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: blackhorn on July 15, 2011, 02:16:38 PM: Anybody use them? Like them or hate them?
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: D-Rock425 on July 15, 2011, 02:37:56 PM: They are ok. Would be great to have in camp if you got in some sort of fletching problem
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Post by: croix on July 15, 2011, 03:49:06 PM: Quote from: D-Rock425 on July 15, 2011, 02:37:56 PM
They are ok. Would be great to have in camp if you got in some sort of fletching problem

:yeah:

kinda spendy for full time use compared to regular fletching, but very quick and easy. seem to shoot well - for me anyway.
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Post by: IronMike on July 15, 2011, 04:03:25 PM: Had to use them a few times, work pretty well in a pinch. All my arrows went right where I wanted them to go.
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Post by: MLBowhunting on July 16, 2011, 12:17:17 AM: think im gonna buy some and throw in the bow box :tup:
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Post by: bowhunter851 on July 16, 2011, 12:21:23 PM: i decided to buy some they work really great. very accurate, the only proplem is u have to be carefull when u put them on mine moved up the spine the first couple trys..
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: MichaelD on July 16, 2011, 02:38:34 PM: Melted some one last July and the only problems I have had is when I nicket one shotting at the same spot like an idiot with broadheads.
All 24 are still tight, fly straight, and work well for me compared to individually attached fletchings. (I have fletched my own arrows (aluminum then carbon) since getting started in 1995).
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: blackhorn on July 16, 2011, 08:56:04 PM: That is good intel, Thanks guys. Was trying to decide wether to take my arrows in and get them fletched or to try the shrink wrap thing. I might do half and half just to try them out.
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: DoubleJ on July 16, 2011, 10:21:49 PM: I love the NAP quick spin's I got last year. Wal Mart sells the NAP Twisters now. They are spendy but quick and easy.

Pro tip: When you remove the old fletching, DO NOT strip it all the way down to the shaft. Leave a .5mm or so bit on the shaft. Just enough to feel it. When you apply the Quick Fletching, line up the old fletching residue as best as you can to the new fletches on the Quick Fletch. I had the slipping problem mentioned above when I first started using them but, a pro shop guy gave me this tip and I haven't had any slip since. The left over residue gives the new shrink tube something to grab onto. :tup:
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Post by: buck man on July 17, 2011, 12:26:37 AM: I would use only in an emergency, otherwise they suck!!! :twocents:
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Post by: JKEEN33 on July 17, 2011, 12:44:21 AM: Quote from: blackhorn on July 16, 2011, 08:56:04 PM
That is good intel, Thanks guys. Was trying to decide wether to take my arrows in and get them fletched or to try the shrink wrap thing. I might do half and half just to try them out.

Why shrink wrap or take them in? Buy a jig and fletch some yourself. It's simple to do. Takes less than a couple minutes to complete.
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: TheHunt on July 17, 2011, 06:43:38 AM: I fletch my own practice arrows. About two weeks before season I switch. I like the NAP brand so that I can pick my colors. I like the all white cresting plus my bright veins. I can see my arrow fly and hit the target as I my eyes are getting older. I can get the right fit the first time.

I mark the arrow shaft on the same place on every arrow. Then I do the same for the shrink fit veins. Then I join the two marks and dip the material on the water and I am consistent with each arrow. It is interesting how I never use more than two arrows a year during hunting season. Now I always bring one – two trash arrows with rubber blunts or judo point for small game on the way out or if I see something that needs to be dead. Those arrows use glued veins.
Title: Re: Shrink to fit fletching?
Post by: blackhorn on July 17, 2011, 04:35:34 PM: "Why shrink wrap or take them in? Buy a jig and fletch some yourself. It's simple to do. Takes less than a couple minutes to complete."

I plan on doing that in the future, but right now I am just trying to get by.