satchamo
WKR
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- Jan 23, 2014
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I’m looking for someone with either anecdotes of arrows breaking between the insert and point on a 5mm arrow with a hit insert (axis, BE rampage, etc) OR someone with engineering/structure education to tell me WHY collars have become and unspoken requirement for HIT inserts?
I have shot them both ways and honestly never considered collars until Snyder mentioned it years ago on a podcast then I started thinking it had some merit so I grabbed some IW collars. I haven’t had any issues with them other than it’s just an added cost and considering I lose arrows like an oak loses acorns, im starting to question that added investment.
Im struggling in my brain to see where this supposed “weak point” is. You thread a point into a HIT so it’s basically supported by metal in that area whole area is it not?? How is it any “weaker” than a standard insert?
I have shot them both ways and honestly never considered collars until Snyder mentioned it years ago on a podcast then I started thinking it had some merit so I grabbed some IW collars. I haven’t had any issues with them other than it’s just an added cost and considering I lose arrows like an oak loses acorns, im starting to question that added investment.
Im struggling in my brain to see where this supposed “weak point” is. You thread a point into a HIT so it’s basically supported by metal in that area whole area is it not?? How is it any “weaker” than a standard insert?