Simon Banks
Active member
Well i forgo a PS4 and gadgets this year for xmas and have bought a 128cm round straw boss for home use..
Was delivered a couple of days ago so set it up in my garden..
Problem I am having is that the arrows are getting stuck in the boss like it was made of wood.. I started with 8 wooden arrows yesterday and ended up with 7 missing piles and one that broke off at the pile after 3 ends. So on the bright side I am very good are recovering lost piles from the boss (I have a bearpaw pile removal tool).
I'm shooting 5/16 Boyton pine arrows with 100gr field point/brass bullets with a 50lb ELB at 20 yards.
Spoke to Merlin and they say it needs to be "shot in" and that I should try using some "Scorpion arrow recovery oil" on my arrows. Which I have ordered..
Tried again this morning with a collection of older arrows and now another 8 arrows having piles reattached to being repaired after breaking. I was using ferr-l-tite but have switched to using a two part epoxy glue..
Any advice anyone can offer.. I didn't expect the straw boss to be like softwood?
Was delivered a couple of days ago so set it up in my garden..
Problem I am having is that the arrows are getting stuck in the boss like it was made of wood.. I started with 8 wooden arrows yesterday and ended up with 7 missing piles and one that broke off at the pile after 3 ends. So on the bright side I am very good are recovering lost piles from the boss (I have a bearpaw pile removal tool).
I'm shooting 5/16 Boyton pine arrows with 100gr field point/brass bullets with a 50lb ELB at 20 yards.
Spoke to Merlin and they say it needs to be "shot in" and that I should try using some "Scorpion arrow recovery oil" on my arrows. Which I have ordered..
Tried again this morning with a collection of older arrows and now another 8 arrows having piles reattached to being repaired after breaking. I was using ferr-l-tite but have switched to using a two part epoxy glue..
Any advice anyone can offer.. I didn't expect the straw boss to be like softwood?