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Sticky situation?

So I'm at my local Cabela's because it's on the way home from an appointment I had in the big city today, gift card burning a hole in my pocket from Xmas (misplaced and forgot about it) and I decide to pick up some supplies. I was looking for some fletching glue and hot melt. The only hot melt they carry is Easton, which says it's good for aluminum and aluminum/carbon composite arrows like the FMJ. Since I have no clue how FMJs are built, I ventured a guess that it'll work on carbons, too. No fletching glue, though. Guy at the counter said "Maybe December. Try the bow shop across town." No luck there, either.

I know some guys use CA for inserts, or JB Weld, but I want to be able to tune and adjust my inserts. So barring the Easton not working, I'll order some Bohning Cool Flex off Amazon. The small 12g stick costs half as much as the big daddy 1 pound brick. I'll get the brick and be set for life.

How about the fletching though? Regular CA like Krazy Glue or Gorilla suitable? I don't like the thought of dropping $30CAD for a half ounce bottle of Fletch-tite or Goat Tuff when I can get Gorilla Super or Krazy Glue for less than 10 bucks.

So... Gorilla Super? Krazy Glue? Loctite 401? Something that has a longer set time so I can get my EZ Fletch closed and clamped before the glue dries?

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