5/16 field points

Dave Pagel · January 12, 2024, 09:48:09 PM

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

McDave · January 13, 2024, 09:14:45 AM

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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Dave Pagel · January 13, 2024, 09:45:45 AM

Thanks McDave,

Great idea. Necessity is the mother of invention!

DP

Pat B · January 13, 2024, 10:42:40 AM

I think ACE carries them.

trad_bowhunter1965 · January 13, 2024, 11:48:58 AM

Archery Past has the $7 dollars a dz

Dave Pagel · January 13, 2024, 12:04:43 PM

Their website says only up to 125.

DP

trad_bowhunter1965 · January 13, 2024, 01:18:10 PM

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

M60gunner · January 13, 2024, 01:39:06 PM

You may end up doing what I did. Buying the 3Rivers kit for drilling the shaft, then adding weight.

dnovo · January 13, 2024, 01:59:45 PM

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.

Jock Whisky · January 13, 2024, 10:29:02 PM

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.

Michpatriot · January 14, 2024, 02:43:47 PM

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.