repairing carbon shafts

[MOUNTAINSLICKER]

#6369

Hi All, I am thrifty (cheap) so pick up a lot of broken shafts. Carbons give me a problem repairing. Sleeves or collars sometimes work but can be dangerous. What solutions have you tried for cutting off splintered parts and repairing? Thank you in advance for your response.

[Stephen Graf]

#50641

Ug…

That sounds like the beginning of a Darwin Award Winner’s story. 😯

You want to save money? Leave the broken arrows in the trash. You will save medical expenses, legal expenses, etc.

[Treetopflier]

#50807

Slicker — I’m with Steve G! “Thrifty” in the short run — say, running bald tires on your truck — can too often lead to crazy-expensive in the longer run. When I can buy good carbon arrows on sale (off-season) at WallyMart and often online (for example, ABS regularly runs sales) for as little as $4 each, I have no desire to try and repair damaged shafts. But I DO understand the desire to try and make things last, to recycle, and seriously admire it. But with carbons, best to play it safe. Snuffy

[Cottonwood]

#51430

Don’t play around with damaged carbon arrows, this guy did and paid the price. I hate carbons period, as they can splinter from the front or explode in the middle.

No this is not me in this picture.

[Tom 6107]

#58127

If the picture Cottonwood posted didn’t convince you, nothing will.

[Cottonwood]

#58170

I also found a traditional carbon at the range that had just a tinny bit of damage to the insert end. I shot it, and it spread like an excited tom turkey when it caught the material of the Spyderweb bale target.

Carbons, no thank you as I’m sending all that I have left out in trades. One guy is sending me 21 Easton 2117’s with a few that are less than perfect. I’m sending him 7 Carbon Express Aramid KV 250’s and about 8 or 9 Hunter Light 4560’s.

I would rather swap them out for Easton aluminums or woods.

I still have 10 Easton FMJ 340’s at 28″ that I also want to trade out.

[Patrick]

#59958

If I hit anything questionable, I check the arrow. I heard too many horror stories to take anything for granted with carbons. No way would I shoot a damaged shaft!

That was the reason I was reluctant to switch from aluminum to carbon (many years ago)

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