Do you ever get those one or two arrows out of a dozen that just don't fly right. I'm shooting Beman ICS Pro Hunters with Blazers and there's ONE arrow that has a wobbly flight. The fletchings seem fine with no contact through flight but it still just doesn't want to fly right. The bow shop basically told me they can't help me, despite spending $115+ on these arrows. Any suggestions?
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I have found there is usually 3 or 4 arrow that fly perfectly and the rest fly fine for shooting at a target but with broadheads installed just don't fly right , the special 4 usually make it into the quiver opening day .. the others stay home
I tried turning the knock into several different positions. No luck. Not a huge deal I guess, just frustrating. Thanks for the advice though, guys.
This is kinda the nature of the beast and is why I always number arrow my arrows with a fine point sharpie on 1 vane. There are MANY variables in carbon manufacturing, I know this because I do it for a living. However a good arrow builder can often eliminate most issues. Also I have found some manufacturers just do not practiced the best quality standards leading to more of these issues, while another manufacturer with better quality controls might still have a bad one get through it won't be nearly as many. I have NEVER been a fan of Beman. Just my .02
I have had similar problems as well. I have never had an arrows be off by a lot, but it seems there are always a few arrows that always seem to find the bullseye. I started labeling each arrow on the fletches and writing down where each one hits. The two or three that fly the best are always the ones I put in my quiver to go out hunting.
My arrow hits the same (with field points, haven't tried this particular one with a broadhead) as the others. It just has a real funky flight. I'm gonna email Beman and see what they say, if anything. I'm not expecting a tremendous amount of help out of them.
Last year I replaced my ICS hunters because I was getting a couple arrows that would corkscrew. I went to GT pro hunters for hunting and practice with GT devestators, I refltched them to match the pro hunters and they both hit exactly the same.
Honestly speaking, no I have not. I have shot many different kinds of carbon express, gold tip, and easton. I have always expected to find this condition and even number most of my arrows and shoot them in order and what I've found is this. If I shoot all 5 arrows and have one or two off target, I know that was my mistake. As I shoot them in numerical order I can keep track of a "bad shot" on my part.
I think its just beman arrows cause i had some and 2 done that they were high all the time.I switched to easton
It's not just Beman, it happens occasionally with all arrow manufacturers (albeit from this thread maybe more common with Beman). I read about it all the time on archerytalk. Sometimes you get a bad arrow. I usually save those for stump arrows or practice shots that are risky haha. I have a Goldtip Traditional here that I can't get clean flight, with any traditional bow, so it's one of those arrows. Have you checked to make sure you aren't getting rest contact? Sometimes the slightest change in nock position causes contact. Have you tried re-fletching it just in case there is something funky with it?
I haven't tried refletching yet, but I've done every nock position I could. I emailed Beman and they asked what it was doing when I shot through paper but I'm not sure its really not worth setting up a paper rig, to me, for one practice arrow.
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to be mean when I said that. I have a tendency to speak first and think later.
I have shot trophy ridge, gt hunter xt, beman, and easton fmjs and in all those brands i ALWAYS had an arrow or two out of the dozen that shot a little different, even when they were brand new. The last 4 yrs ive been shootin cx maxima hunters and the last 2 yrs blue streaks and i honestly gotta say that the maximas were the only set of arrows where i didnt number my vanes to know which ones i know will shoot the best for huntin. Even just the regular maximas shot perfectly. All in all ive had about 5 dozen different maxima arrows, and they really were the only brand where every single arrow shot the exact same, and that is obviously why i stuck with them. But thats just my opinion. Im not saying that everybody needs to shoot cx, but i def know i wount be switchin anytime soon, that is for sure.
