sliippery arrows - 06/03/16
Pulling arrows from tight new bales and 3D targets can be a PITA! Decided to try some Dyne Gun Coat on some arrows to see how well it worked. I tried three different arrows to see if there was a difference. Carbon Express Maximas because they have an external carbon wrap and are not fun to pull from targets. Beman ICS Hunters because they are not wrapped and are kind of intermediate to pull. Easton FMJs because they are easy to pull. 6 arrows per type. I simply wiped them down with a 3 inch cleaning patch soaked in DBC.
The first trial all were noticeably easier to pull. After maybe fifty rounds the Bemans showed some difference as if the DBC was wearing off.
I repeated the coating at this point and as the arrows were going through the drying stage when they got to tacky I rubbed then down well with the same patch again so as to polish the DBC into the surface a little better. This time the arrows were much easier yet to pull. I don't have fifty rounds on them yet but they seem to be holding up better.
I've coated a total of about3 dozen arrows twice. I still have enough left to do a dozen more twice. Out of the little container (looks like about 10ml) that is pretty good consdering I got it in the kit with a like sized container of UBC.
What I learned: It works surprisingly well. With a delayed rub in it works better. DO NOT wipe the last third of the arrow, it makes them too hard to hang onto to pull them. When it comes to 3D targets where pulling arrows might mean needing to put a foot against the target and leaning into your work, this is really nice and doesn't seem to result in arrows penetrating that much deeper. The arrows do not pull out of bales with a plastic coating heat fused onto the shaft that needs to be cleaned off like with uncoated arrows.
Is it worth it? I shoot almost daily. I don't have to bend but a couple FMJs by yanking on them for it to be well worth it. For the wrapped carbon arrows, they won't bend, but it sure is nice when they pull so easy out of new/tight bales.
I did not shoot them into excelsior bales. Excelsior may or may not be harder on the coating.
I did not shoot into block type targets figuring them to be intermediate to bales and 3Ds.
The first trial all were noticeably easier to pull. After maybe fifty rounds the Bemans showed some difference as if the DBC was wearing off.
I repeated the coating at this point and as the arrows were going through the drying stage when they got to tacky I rubbed then down well with the same patch again so as to polish the DBC into the surface a little better. This time the arrows were much easier yet to pull. I don't have fifty rounds on them yet but they seem to be holding up better.
I've coated a total of about3 dozen arrows twice. I still have enough left to do a dozen more twice. Out of the little container (looks like about 10ml) that is pretty good consdering I got it in the kit with a like sized container of UBC.
What I learned: It works surprisingly well. With a delayed rub in it works better. DO NOT wipe the last third of the arrow, it makes them too hard to hang onto to pull them. When it comes to 3D targets where pulling arrows might mean needing to put a foot against the target and leaning into your work, this is really nice and doesn't seem to result in arrows penetrating that much deeper. The arrows do not pull out of bales with a plastic coating heat fused onto the shaft that needs to be cleaned off like with uncoated arrows.
Is it worth it? I shoot almost daily. I don't have to bend but a couple FMJs by yanking on them for it to be well worth it. For the wrapped carbon arrows, they won't bend, but it sure is nice when they pull so easy out of new/tight bales.
I did not shoot them into excelsior bales. Excelsior may or may not be harder on the coating.
I did not shoot into block type targets figuring them to be intermediate to bales and 3Ds.