Having trouble with heavier tests like 50# or higher which you need down here. By inserts I mean the rubber (or similar material) core

The easy answer?  Don't use weights with inserts.

Hopefully this will answer your next question:

http://www.alleystungsten.com/Insert_Free_Tungsten_Weights.html

bodkin threader. but i use tru tungsten weights with no inserts anyway.

The easy answer? Don't use weights with inserts.

Hopefully this will answer your next question:

http://www.alleystungsten.com/Insert_Free_Tungsten_Weights.html

Ha! Good answer! I should check them out as I'm a "Like" of theirs on Facebook. Thanks!

I use the little dental threaders that are made to pull dental floss through a dental bridge.  Insert a few through your weights when you buy them and place them in your storage area.  Makes rigging a snap.

Pull the inserts out.

Pull the inserts out.

Yeah, break offs are just as much fun!

In other words, the inserts are there for a reason.

Pull the inserts out.

My experience, it makes the edges too rough & frays the line.

Thread a piece of mono up from the bottom of the weight then thread it back through making a loop. Put your braid through the loop and use the mono to pull the braid through. The trick is finding a thin enough mono to fit through the hole doubled over, but strong enough to pull the snug fitting doubled over line through the hole  .

I had some BPS tungsten with the inserts. I pulled them out and have had no problems with fraying or breakage. Of course I use fireline instead of braid, maybe that makes a difference. Now BPS has come out with tungsten weights without inserts.

bodkin threader. but i use tru tungsten weights with no inserts anyway.

Huh I agree with fourbizz