Archery Tips for Beginners: Best Traditional Practice Arrows - on a budget! 

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Always enjoy your videos. Always positive, honest, and informative.

Thanks for sharing Mick ... It is always good to know what options are out there for arrows.

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Thank you so much for uploading this video. I downloaded the app! they have some great prices awesome designed fletchings

Ordered a dozen 340 spine off Amazon. Box was perfect when it arrived and was even double boxed. The arrows are beautiful full carbon in flourescent green. Only issue I had so far, without shooting them yet is that I only received 11 arrows. Still, looking forward to launching them to see how well they fly

I use Barnett 28 inch 450 grain 27.00 for 3 first pack I bought of them I only really got one good Arrow but the second part has been all excellent all three are perfect also I wanted to point out that tuning an arrow is possible even when you can't cut them consider a very light coating of epoxy if you want to raise the weight and spine of the arrow at the same time they'll make it a little heavier and a little stiffer the other things I've been doing to tune my arrows without cutting them actually involve cutting the feathers I find in an arrow that doesn't have perfect weight distribution I can trim the feathers if it's a tail heavy arrow. I also add to the tip where needed. The weight balance is important to its flight path and easy to adjust. Ive just recorded the last video in my arrow tune up series which you may find helpful. I even use light bandaids to wrap the arrow just behind the tip. It adds .3 of a gram and can be soaked upping the added weight to half a gram. I use simple techniques to tune with no money spent. On my barnett 28 inch arrows i added nose weight and reduced the fletching size from 3 inch to 2 inch and its improved thier accuracy. I also have some great ways to tune your bow up using wax, paracord and water believe it or not. My bow tuning series is complete and up on youtube. Feel free to check me out. Just curious how you find the consistency of your arrows box to box and of the 12 how many were straight. Ive seen some reviews showing only 4 to 6 were straight, some its 8. So far for me with 60.00 spent i got 6 arrows 4 straight two so bad i had to diy them. But after some tuning they were all usable and reasonably accurate.

it's worth sending the seller a message when buying arrows on Aliexpress : some of them will custom-cut them to your desired lengh, let you choose the point type, the grain, even the colour of the vanes/feathers and nocks. Great review!

great video.. liked that you shot with the black hunter.. i'm new but that was the bow i got to start with.. so seeing how they worked with the arrow was perfect! you have a new subscriber..

Hi Mick. I tend to to bare shaft tune but cut the arrow from the nock end (if they're push in type) Nice videos thanks jv

I screw in a field point and heat the point up a little at a time and then I pull the insert out then cut the arrow down to size. I ordered some other bare arrow shafts of that brand. Great video. Thanks

Nice review, and you're right about the cost of arrows getting out of control. You can easily remove the inserts, cut to length, then re-glue the inserts back in. I screw a field point in, not quite all the way tight. Then heat the field point, I use one of the camp stoves that uses the green 1pd propane bottles. It doesn't take much. Then pull the field point with insert attached out with a pair of pliers. It's recommended to use a high speed cut off saw to cut the shaft to length. Then I use Gorilla glue to glue the insert back in. I screw a field point all the way into the insert first so I have a way to handle the insert easily. I have always used a small pipe cutter to cut the shafts with no problems, just go slow and run the end over a fine file to clean up the end. I build hundreds of arrows a year this way for myself and several friends. Works great.

These arrows are great, I purchase shafts from linkboy and all the components from ali express, field tips, inserts, nocks, feathers every thing except glue, and build my own arrows is one of the most satisfying works as you see them flying so nicely to the target, the best quarentine therapy. keep safe, shoot straight, best regards from Chile.

Hi, takes about 20 seconds to remove the insert if you want to cut the arrow to length. 1. Screw in an arrowtip. 2. Heat the arrow tip a little with a ligther or a gas torch. So not the arrow itself. 3. Grap some pliers and pul the arrowtip including the insert out of the arrow.

Thanks for the vid.

lol I use these exact arrows and they are amazing. I've bought 6 dozen. Not cheap but they are truly well made.

I have the same wood grain arrows from the same seller. There are very light so my recurve bow makes a funny sound when I use them. With my compound they're perfect. The heavier arrows fly better in my opinion (for the recurve). Ohhh. They mostly glue the inserts with hot glue. Just warm them up a little and you can pull out the inserts, shorten the arrow and put them back in. Great review by the way.

You had me at go Chiefs!!!

Gold Tip recommends supergluing inserts, and has a video on how to remove them by popping the nock of, dropping in a drill bit (blunt end forward), and slide hammering the insert out.

I ordered my arrows for aliexpress, only from another seller, I asked to cut off the arrows and stick on the feathers and nocks that I need in color. Everything was done for free. Straightness of the arrows +/- 003 is great! In terms of price - quality there is no equal. The only thing that will be 100% better is to buy shafts and other consumables separately and assemble the arrows yourself. I'm not sure that the Chinese are gluing the guide pen along the stiffener. Something like this. Thanks for the review!

Funnily enough I’ve ordered 6 of the Linkboy 600 spine, just to try, sounds like I made a good decision, thanks for the review.

Linkboy is really nice arrows!

heat the end with a torch, pull the hot glued insert out,cut, put back in inserts, easy-peasy

Hi Mick. I was looking at these a few days ago so your review is very timely. Will definitely order a dozen or two. I like bare shafts as I fletch my own. I also don't want the inserts installed. Will see if I can get both. Your videos are excellent by the way. You definitely have camera presence.

I've been getting Gold Tip Warrior arrows, all 500 spine. The first 9 I had cut down from 30" to 28" (though later on, started to regret it). The next 8 I'm leaving at 30". I'm shooting from a 40# recurve, and using 100 grain field points, so I'm wondering if I should get a different spines or not. I'm OCD so I tend to like things to be the same, though I'm not as OCD as I used to be. And I'm trying to be less so still. The first 9 arrows I got had Green fletchings (with one white), but the next 8 I got, 4 have Red fletchings and 4 have Orange. I thought about having the same arrows, just with a few different spines: 500, 600, 400?, but I'm not sure. Watching and listening to these different videos isn't really getting me anywhere.

If you're wanting to cut them to length, it's easy enough to remove the inserts by threading a bolt into it, taking a pair of pliers and using a heat gun to loosen the glue.

Rotation stabilizes the arrow quicker making it more stabkl or forgiving.

Can you make a video of you shooting these arrows with the otw broadheads?

Hey really like your channel! Was wondering your opinion about the cloned bows on aliexpress? I've seen some good reviews n some of them look like they might be worth a go :)

Easy to get those arrow tips... or inserts out... take a coffee cup and put water in it... heat it up in the microwave and then dip the tip of the arrow in the hot water... take a pair of pliers and grab the arrow tip or field point and pull and the tip will slide out... done this to change them out on my arrows and inserted 200 grain brass inserts for my arrow tips and field points or broad heads to give a better FOC for penetration and arrow flight when using lighter spine arrows. Works great on these types of arrows... think they use simple HOT GLUE which is what I use to put inserts back in... etc... carefully. Wish you the best and thanks for your review... later... note: you do want to do the heat treatment carefully so you don't warp the carbon fiber arrow shaft.... later...

Hey there, was looking for arrows and found your video! I just made a purchase! Thanks for the review! I’m from Argentina so it will take a while to arrive but I can wait. All the best

Cheers for linking me to this video. I might have missed it in the video but what pound bow were you shooting? I was thinking for me 30 pound bow full length arrow would be 600 spine. Cheers

What draw weight is the bow you used for this test, and what length did your arrows come in? Thank you.

Hii, thanks for the review. Is it good used for barebow arrow?

So...yeah, I admit it...I secretly wanted some all black arrows so I could play Batman...or whatever. I ordered twelve of the 600’s at 30” long. That’s actually perfect for my two nimrod bows...a Sage one piece 30# and it’s take down cousin currently with 25# limbs. I have a 29” draw. So yeah, pretty dead on. They’re not $40 any longer. Your vid here must have made them super popular. Now they’re $50/doz. Ooooooo. Fifty Bucks. I sure hope my wife doesn’t find out! lol. Thanks for the tip. Good Vid. PS: the Linkboy site on eBay has a BAZILLION well priced options...all for about $10 more. And no benefit in shipping. But the selection is insane!

Thank

I am thinking about buying some 300 spine link boy shafts for hunting , thanks for the video I am closer to ordering them thanks to your review. would you trust these arrows for hunting based on your experience with them?

I use the same ones with the wood grain mine came in 5 days they shoot better than the Black Eagle traditional not as sharp looking but shoot like darts

Assuming that the inserts are glued in with hot melt glue ( I know that's NOT a safe bet ! ) can you screw in a field point and carefully heat IT ( the field point ) to soften the glue and remove the insert ?

I just ordered some 3.68CNY carbon-mix practice shafts from Linkboy. Curious to see how they workout.

There in the bookshelf, they are d&d books and miniatures?

I bought a dozen Linkboy 600 spine carbon shafts that came with out nocks and inserts. I got the nocks to fit and the inserts didn't fit. I measured the end of the shaft and it was smaller diameter. I couldn't find a insert to fit so I threw them in the garage. China sometimes has poor quality control.

I found for a recurve bow I'm not very good with the plastic Fletching I mean like every arrow I try to use his justice 40 off I've got that Fleetwood 500 and I've got the victory Ares but I order Victory trophy hunting six pack or 2999 great arrows they're just plastic felching

How long did it take before it arrived?

What kind of bow do you use?

From watching the shooting part, it seemed to me that your nock points are not high enough.

Hey buddy, great video! You need more subscribers. What I’ve found that works way better than heating inserts to remove them, is to find a drill bit that fits inside the shaft. Hold the arrow above your head and sling it toward the floor allowing the drill bit to pile drive against the back of the insert. I’ve knocked out some really rough inserts doing this and have never damaged an arrow. Cheers

Here are the arrows I use for barebow practice. I shoot vanes not feathers. Lancaster will cut and install for you for a small fee. Fantastic arrows for the money. www.lancasterarchery.com/black-eagle-intrepid-fletched-arrow.html

Do you have any recommendations for Amazon.ca?

Proof you don't have to pay an arm and a leg for decent arrows! The prices for some arrows are out of control!

CHYNA!!!

They look like they’re pretty decent arrows. But how you rectify the insert situation put a tip in heat the tip up take a pair pliers or put in a Vice and just twist opposite direction and insert will come right out with tip. Take care God bless.

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$50 plus $40 shipping for 12. Does not worth it

I learned the hard way that you need some tape or something (sinue) to stop the fletching from stabbing your hand as you shoot. Those look dangerous

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