What goes wrong

It mixed, or it corroded

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Two point weights ended up together And the arrows flew differently Insert sizes got confused Labelled by colour Labelled on the lid Steel points rusted Inserts would not glue The wax migrated Fletching got crushed The fix is twenty identical numbered jars References

Mixed grain weights have to be weighed apart. There is no other way back.

Two point weights ended up together

Tipped into one tray during a session, or a knocked jar swept up into the nearest container. Sorting them again means a scale and an evening.

And the arrows flew differently

Front of centre balance changes with point weight, which changes the flight. The symptom appears at the target and the cause is in a jar.

Insert sizes got confused

A .244 and a .246 look identical. The wrong one either will not seat or seats loose and fails later, which is the worse of the two.

Labelled by colour

Which fails for around one in twelve men and fails for everybody at dusk in a garage. Numbers on the body of the container.

Labelled on the lid

And the lids got swapped during a session. The identity belongs on the thing holding the parts.

Steel points rusted

An unlined jar in a damp garage through a winter. 9 liners and sealing discs on this shelf and this is what they are for.

Inserts would not glue

Because they had picked up wax or oil in storage. An insert that is not clean does not bond, and the failure shows up at full draw rather than on the bench.

The wax migrated

Left in a car in summer, out of a lid that rests rather than latches. Then it is on everything else in the bag, including the inserts.

Fletching got crushed

Vanes stored under something, or feathers stored damp. Neither recovers and both are cheap to prevent with a container that holds shape.

The fix is twenty identical numbered jars

One size, clear, lined, latching, labelled on the body in numbers, in a tray, with the wax somewhere else entirely.

References

The Davis Pack Supply catalog, measured 19 October 2026. The archery shelf is 647 rows: 277 containers and 370 closures. 5 mL to 500 mL with a median of 118; 30 containers at 15 mL or under, 45 at 30 or under, 86 at 60 or under, 142 at 120 or under. 117 PET, 87 PP, 64 glass, 9 steel. 227 jars, 27 bottles, 12 tubs and pails, 9 tins, 2 tubes. 96 clear, 51 white, 33 amber, 28 natural, 27 black. Closures: 297 continuous thread, 27 dome lids, 18 lug and twist, 9 liners and sealing discs, 6 round tubs, 5 phenolic, 5 specialty. Necks: 56 at 89-400, 56 at 70-400, 36 at 58-400, 16 at 53-400.

The archetype behind this shelf is store-small-dry: 15 to 500 mL, wide mouth, PP and PET and glass, cold, solid, chunky, scooped, with "small dry parts, wide mouth to get fingers in, clear so you can see what is inside" as its stated reason. Four of the five leaves are small dry parts and the shelf is 227 jars against 27 bottles, which is the closest archetype-to-shelf match in this library.

Written from 26 U.S.C. 4161(b) and from the catalog as it stood on 19 October 2026. No tax rates, percentages or thresholds appear here: they are in the statute and its regulations, they change, and a container catalog quoting them would be wrong within a year. Whether assembling arrows makes somebody a manufacturer for excise purposes is a determination for a tax adviser. Hunting rules, broadhead requirements and draw weight minimums are state wildlife agency matters and are not addressed.