i was wanting to buy an American made arrow that is a little heavier then the ones I'm shooting currently. I have found the Beman ics precision hunters. they are 9.1 gpi. what I was wondering is, the ones I have found are wrapped white. I like this idea so that they are easier to see where exactly they are hitting on the target. has anyone that uses the wraps seen anything negative with them. flying, consistency, etc?
I shoot Easton Axis arrows which are 9.5 GPI I have wrapping just in front of the fletching and midway towards the tip. It does not effect my accuracy at all. I practice out to 50 yards and have not noticed any effects from the wrapping.
I shoot gold tips currently, but unfortunately they have moved their production to Mexico. I shoot them with white wraps from onestringer....no negatives for me in regards to the wraps, I in fact prefer to wrap my arrows than to not. I like the white making the arrow more visible in flight as well as when I'm looking at the type blood after a pass through. IMO it makes fletching and refletching a lot easier. I heat the wrap with a blow dryer slightly and peel it off, no residue left on the arrow shaft, but still clean it then apply a new wrap and re-fletch. In terms of flight and consistency they have zero effect on the arrow.
Ive found no negative impacts in flight or accuracy by adding wraps. Ive also experimented with masking and then spraying white lacquer on the rear of the arrow instead of wraps. Both work great and don't harm anything. The white spray lacquer allows me to apply more white than the std. length wraps come in.
Top arrows are easton axis bottom arrows carbon express maxima blu rzs Both with white wraps and 2 white fletchings, i think it looks better, blood coloration much easier to see on the white too
Can't think of a reason not to use a wrap. makes preparing the arrow for refletching very easy, is a cheap way to customize your arrow, and as mentioned above...mine also have had no noticeable impact on flight out to 50 yards.
I've been using cap wraps for many years and like them for all the reasons previously stated. When I have purchased used Axis as practice arrows on AT that were fletched directly to the shaft, the vanes and adhesive are are real pain. However with a wrap I just run them under hot tap water until they soften and then use a fairly dull knife to scrape them down. Much less effort and clean as a whistle after cleaning with isopropyl alcohol to remove any hand oils or residual adhesive. My fall arrows wear a white cap and 3 white tiger Blazers......sharp, visible and effective.
I don't care for them. Reduces FOC. Must refletch entire arrow instead of replacing 1 fletch. Cost....$1 each or more. I have had them peel off. I use white nocks and fletching and then pink fletching when there is snow on the ground.
I use all white wraps. Zero negatives for using them. I get scraps from my local decal shop for free so they cost me nothing. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
If you like to use wraps I know of a way that you can save a ton of money. I don't know about where you live but around here wraps cost anywhere from $10 to $14 a dozen and that to me is ridiculous. I started going to my local graphic design and sign making business and purchased the vinyl in sheets. Yo can get any color you want from plane white to reflective to custom printed. I normally pay anywhere from $5 to $10 for a roughly 24" by 30" sheet of vinyl and cut them myself and you can cut them any length you want. You can make 90 wraps 1" wide by 8" long from one sheet of 24"x30" vinyl that cost around $7 bucks. I am lucky now that my son owns his own business and I can get the vinyl free.
