Bolts - Before and After - They work!

[vixenmaster]

Arrows lookin good, congrats on the deer them antlers gotstid character.

[j.krug]

That last picture of your arrow looks the best .

Yep, that's for sure! Good lookin' deer there too. Congrats.

[awshucks]

Congrats on the deer!

[VixChix]

CONGRATS! He's a big ol' boy!!!

[Big58cal]

Looks like your arrows worked OK. Congrats! He's a nice one!

[mr meat]

Good looking arrows and a great buck! congrats!!

[diesel]

congrats looks good

[antler fool]

Nice Deer congrats.

[Pydpiper]

It's a nice feeling to make your own arrows, even better when you get to use them. Congrats.

[Chuck AA]

Just a newbie question (so don't yell) but why not just buy a new box of bolts? For you experts what does making your own bolts with your own fletching etc. do for accuracy etc.? I used to be a big reloader for rifle and shotgun so I understand there are some advantgaes but it seems Excalibur has it down to a science already in a kit form?

[Ont_Excal]

Just a newbie question (so don't yell) but why not just buy a new box of bolts? For you experts what does making your own bolts with your own fletching etc. do for accuracy etc.? I used to be a big reloader for rifle and shotgun so I understand there are some advantgaes but it seems Excalibur has it down to a science already in a kit form?

He was re-fletching arrows he already had.............why throw them out???

Through experience I have found inconsistencies in production built arrows unless you spend a lot of money.
Personally I would rather invest the time and save the money and have all my arrows built to a higher tolerance than what I can buy off the shelf.

Most production arrows come with straight or slight offset vanes and they can be 4 or 5 inches in length.
When I fletched with 2 inch Blazer vanes in a helical pattern my arrow stability greatly improved.
I've done this going back to my vertical bow days.
I don't regret the time I have invested.

[fuzzy]

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[Woodspike]

Just a newbie question (so don't yell) but why not just buy a new box of bolts? For you experts what does making your own bolts with your own fletching etc. do for accuracy etc.? I used to be a big reloader for rifle and shotgun so I understand there are some advantgaes but it seems Excalibur has it down to a science already in a kit form?

Ont_Excal sums it up nicely.

I look at arrow building the way others look at fly-tying, or reloading ammo... Not only is it an enjoyable hobby, but it adds another dimension to the sport.

That and there is no way in hell I would ever throw out perfectly good carbon, just because of some fletching damage.

[sumner4991]

Congrats on the buck!

[sullyy]

Thanks gang! Ha ha I'm still pretty happy about it. Just a touch sad I'm done for the year, but I can't complain

Chuck, to buy 6 new bolts likely would have cost about what I paid for the fletching jig, a lot of wraps, and a lot of vanes.... so the way I see it is now any bolt I need to repair in the future will be free

The icing on the cake is those blazers do seem to group better then the excal standards (though they are good enough for sure).