Adjusting Arrow Weight

[agd68]

Good Day All
I've been considering an old English technique of pinning a shaft with small metal pins to increase its weight. Where do you think these pins should go, towards the point, more centre or towards the nock end ?

[JackCrafty]

I would imagine that weight is better added to the front but I would rather wrap wire around the shaft instead of pinning it.  Seems like the pins might weaken the arrow.  JMO

[Tom Leemans]

The standard craze these days is weight forward. I'm with Jack on this one. I wouldn't put pins in the shaft. Upsetting the grain integrity doesn't sound wise. May have gotten away with it on 1/2" diameter war arrows, but I just wouldn't do it. I would just use a heavier point and kill two birds, as it were. Now, how much weight? There has be a point of diminishing returns, somewhere along the way.

[4est Trekker]

Here's an easy and predictable way to add weight.  1" in brass tubing that will fit over a 5/16" shaft will yield around 80 grains.  And yes, up front is best.  However, the more weight you add up front the more you weaken the effective spine of the arrow. 

[aaron]

my hunting arrows have obsidian points which are light compared to steel- i don't want bigger points so i add a little weight by mixing some lead shavings with epoxy and using that to haft the point- doesn't add much, but a little.
i often wondered if you could put a short lead rod in the shaft by drilling a hole into the front end of the shaft- paralell to the shaft and in the center-...

[JW_Halverson]

3Rivers sells a kit that helps you to center the drill bit on your arrow shaft for just that very task, aaron.  Gotta be better for making sure your weight was centered on the rotation of the shaft.