BLUEGRASS28

Hello to all you homegrown,do-it yourselfers,Archer Specialists. I' m a first timer on this board and was hoping ya' ll could tell me why my fletchings (plastic 4" duro' or boning) sometimes start curling? Is it something I' m doing wrong? Thanks

Rack-attack

They are making contact with your rest. You need to adjust the rest (what type?) or index (spin the arrow on the nock) so that the vanes will clear the rest.

Or..... you are just shooting to darn good and slamming them together in the target

Welcome Bluegrass

Arthur P

What R-a said. Or you' re leaving them in a hot car all day. Or they' re just getting old and curling up like a dead spider.

trestand

Ditto on R-A.If you have not ripped your vanes,take a Bic lighter and run the flame under the vanes and they should straighten out.Be careful not to burn them.

trestand

By the way Bluegrass,Welcome to the site-Trestand

IroquoisArcher

I' ve used a tea kettle and steamed them like you would feathers before and had them come back. Just me but I' d be leary of using a flame on them.

Arthur P

Since I rarely have a tea kettle handy when I' m out shooting, I' ve done the lighter trick and it works. You' ve got to be careful though, because there' s a fine line between getting them warm enough to straighten but not so warm that they' ll melt.

Of course, when my vanes get to that point, that' s when I strip that junk off the arrows and refletch with feathers.

JeffB

LMAO Arthur! RIGHT ON THE MONEY...I' m shooting vanes right now, but I' ll be back to feathers next year (budget just doesn' t allow for it this year, and I have a ton of vanes laying around).

One wrong nick, and your vane arrow is ready for the Bitz (or Jo-Jan or BPE, or whatever). Rip off 1/2 of a feather and it still will group just fine.

Rack-attack

Maybe you should edit your Sig

" My Gear - All my archery S$%T changes on a daily basis it seems"

Arthur P

ROFL! Jeff... You' re busted!