Nock options...

[WhitehartFB]

Originally Posted by Yorker

My preference would be the nocks that go over the light cone in the back of the arrow but I can't find them anywhere. Dunno how on earth I can get the remains of my Easton nock out

There is a tool you can buy, but get a small screw and screw it in the hole in the middle of the nock and pull it out. that's if it's broke flush to the shaft.

[Schme1440]

Beiter Overfits. Why because I fancied them plus the glow well so easier to see. Worried about smashing arrows the stop practicing and dont get any better. Or do what I do and just miss our own arrows.

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by Whitehart

One of the reasons beiter stuff is more expensive is that they go to extraordinary lengths to make the stuff the best it can be including the choice of materials used. In the case of nocks as an example they are tested designed not to expand or contract over a wide temperature range (much wider than you would expect on a shooting field anywhere in the world) so I am not surprised that putting them in the freezer does not work.

Beiter started making Surgical Equipment out of the famous Blue Plastic. This is why they are so precise and tolerances are better then most and why the early products were always in that blue.

[tel]

interesting that this guy gets through so many when he can't get them in the shafts in the first place....
The subject of nock-fit in triples has been discussed many times and I can only say that the most I've ever had to do is bite the beiter to make it more snug in the 400/500 shafts I've used (making the nock shaft very slightly oval).
And before anyone start ranting that this shouldn't be necessary I've done the same with g-nocks in ACCs, and have just done the same thing again with Beiters in ACEs - all of them!

[Schme1440]

Originally Posted by tel

interesting that this guy gets through so many when he can't get them in the shafts in the first place....
The subject of nock-fit in triples has been discussed many times and I can only say that the most I've ever had to do is bite the beiter to make it more snug in the 400/500 shafts I've used (making the nock shaft very slightly oval).
And before anyone start ranting that this shouldn't be necessary I've done the same with g-nocks in ACCs, and have just done the same thing again with Beiters in ACEs - all of them!

PTFE tape is the best thing to use to help with loose nocks. I thnk that beiter recomend this method as well (dont quote me on that). Biteing a nock will distort the shape and potentially damage the structual integraty and make it more likely to break on impact.

[tel]

Schme - Whilst I'm sure that is true in a perfect world I doubt it makes any real difference. The point I was making was that, whatever the method you choose to use, adjustment can be necessary regardless of manufacturer.

[Schme1440]

Agreed. My dad use to cut groves in the shaft to spread the nock and make it fit tighter. Im more of a perfectionist so dont do this personally. After having a fletch come off at a FITA a couple years ago whilst shooting compound, the arrow hit a low white at 70mts. Since then I take no chances with equipment failure.

[WhitehartFB]

Originally Posted by Yorker

I was going to use the corkscrew on my swiss army knife. I can get purchase but I think I need to heat the end of the shaft gentley and let the glue dissolve properly, Don't really want to maul the bushing.

Find a fine threaded self taping screw just slightly bigger than the hole in the nock, in the past I have used the ones with an eylet as it's easier to hold. A cork screw will be too big.

[dino1300]

Originally Posted by Whitehart

Find a fine threaded self taping screw just slightly bigger than the hole in the nock, in the past I have used the ones with an eylet as it's easier to hold. A cork screw will be too big.

Take the pile out, then push it out from the other end with a peice of solid wire. Uou can carefully straighten out a wire coat hanger.

[slartibartfast]

I shoot Eastern pins at the moment but i fully intend to go back to Ambo again soon.