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I had a dozen carbon arrows made to go along with the half dozen that came with the new Fred Bear "Truth" bow. This dozen were fletched with plastic vanes, the original 6 had feathers.

The bow had to go back to the dealer for cable replacement. After getting it back I started shooting again to get the "feel" for it. The changes made during repair gave it a different feel than it first had, a change for the better. It pulled smoother and the let-off felt more solid.

Anyway, I tinkered with it a bit as I shot it several dozen times. I adjusted the sight a little to center up groups and brought the draw weight up to 55 pounds as measured on a pull weight gauge. 

After a few hours it was time to test it with broadheads. I pulled the field points from a couple feathered arrows then tried to pull one from the vane arrows.  It refused to budge! I pulled the rest of the feathered arrows with no problem.

I tried the remainder of the vane arrows and got 6 points loose with no problem. Three others were really stuck so I set them aside. Two points came out with some effort but had something that turned out to be glue around the threads.

 One arrow snapped apart just below the insert. I guess I must have twisted too hard or bent it during the process. That ticked me off.

I put it aside and tried the remaining three points. One point came free after much work, one refused to move at all and one came out along with the insert! After some work I got the point out of the loose insert then I used a mini tap and die set to clean up the threads of all the inserts and points and put the points back in.

So out of the dozen arrows with vanes, I have 9 that I can switch points, 1 that will be a field point forever, 1 that might be fixable and one that is trash. 

I will make my own arrows from now on. I'm gathering arrow building supplies. I made an arrow saw but it was too wimpy so I bought a commercial saw.  I  will slowly gather the remaining bits and pieces. My oldest grandson wants some aluminum arrows for his longbow so that might be the first project.