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Post by dpoor65 on Oct 23, 2009 6:55:44 GMT -5
just curious as to haw many use aluminum or carbon arrows?
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Post by kevin k on Oct 23, 2009 7:04:50 GMT -5
i use a crossbow and like the aluminum arrows they weigh more for better penetration more pass through shots and have more of a spline for the sharp jolt of release plus most of the carbon arrows for crossbows are plastic warped with carbon thats just my thoughts on this. kevin k
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Post by davewolf on Oct 23, 2009 10:00:35 GMT -5
I like aluminum, since I tested the flight of both and up to 40-yards found little difference in drop. In fact they shot so close that the fletchings were touching.
Guess I would rather spend $6.00 per bolt, rather than $9.00, unless there is some significant difference. Of course I also think Aluminum is much more durable.
Have a great day!
Dave
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Post by dougedwards on Oct 23, 2009 10:21:11 GMT -5
Carbon for me because they are either straight or broken.
Doug
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Post by Deleted on Oct 23, 2009 18:24:37 GMT -5
having taken aprox 40 some deer with carbon arrows I can say they far outperform aluminum when it comes to being tough. this in a span of 10 yrs or so. as doug said either straight or broken and no variable in the middle.
this is precisely why I changed to carbon to start with. I shot game tracker until they changed the name to carbon express and still shoot them now ( darn good arrows ). Last night was # 3 for the year with the same arrow, broadhead included. last year I took 5 with the same shaft. In over 10 yrs I can count on one hand the number of broken shafts. I couldnt say the same for the ole easton shafts I shot for years. Many times I would check for straightness after firing a few shots and they would be bent .010- .020 ( yes and they were properly spined ).
All this to say I will never go back........Bill
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Post by sw on Oct 23, 2009 20:37:27 GMT -5
Carbon for me because they are either straight or broken. Doug Yes! Carbon can be selected that will weigh with Aluminum. I shot XX78s for many years after carbon became popular but finally came over. |
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Post by dpoor65 on Oct 23, 2009 21:17:36 GMT -5
I still shoot aluminum....I to have paid big money for carbons and I to have killed deer and elk with both....I personally could see no difference in performance other than my carbons chrono'd a few fps faster....as far as durability I very seldom if ever take marginal shots while practicing so I don't worry about bending one....another point I've seen first hand what a carbon can do when it splinters while being shot...that story for another day....I think there both pretty equal and it sounds like everyone has some legitimate reasons why they shoot what they do....
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Post by sagittarius on Oct 25, 2009 12:23:10 GMT -5
I've shot the hybrid A/C/C arrows since 98' and still love them.  |
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Post by dougedwards on Oct 25, 2009 14:49:35 GMT -5
I've shot the hybrid A/C/C arrows since 98' and still love them. I don't know much about them. Are they actually aluminum and carbon mixed? Doug |
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Post by whyohe on Oct 25, 2009 15:44:43 GMT -5
now i have a question. with a crossbow, the bolts being shorter IMO there is les flex involved, so does that change your choice. I've heard the carbons USE to flex more on a compound? Hillbill dont you worry about fractures in the shaft after so many shots and what could hapen if it decides to splinter on a shot? I've see it happen. UGLY and the guy had to pull shards out of his hand   . |
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Post by davewolf on Oct 25, 2009 18:59:11 GMT -5
I think one of the factors other than cost, that convinced me was when I as cutting arrows at work, one accidentally hit the work bench and shattered. It was a carbon arrow.
Of course I shoot every arrow I purchase to make sure they all fly true...and I had one aluminum that didn't.
Have a great day!
Dave
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Post by sw on Oct 25, 2009 21:38:15 GMT -5
now i have a question. with a crossbow, the bolts being shorter IMO there is les flex involved, so does that change your choice. I've heard the carbons USE to flex more on a compound? Ideally, the arrow should not flex when shot out of a x-bow. It should come perfectly straight out of the x-bow rail. This is the reason a # of x-bows shoot broadheads and field pts the same. My SF shoots 125 Thunderheads, 125 Spitfires, and 125g field pts exactly the same out to past 105 yds. I can routinely get 5 shot groups at 100 yds with 5 arrows with these three types of points mixed. I shoot at 2" circles on my Block tgt and can get all 5 arrows into the black. This is shooting off a table with the Strikeforce. My Parker Saf Mag #175, can do the same, with the same arrows(Red Hots) at it's max range on its scope of 81 yds. Crossbows can be very accurate. I do not think the Parker or Bowteck x-bows are more accurate or necessairly as accurate as some other x-bows; however, they are able to deliver "highly acceptable" accuracy. Back to the subject: the correct spine for x-bows is "no flex at all". |
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Post by sagittarius on Oct 26, 2009 0:13:46 GMT -5
I've shot the hybrid A/C/C arrows since 98' and still love them. I don't know much about them. Are they actually aluminum and carbon mixed? Doug Doug, They have an aluminum core with an outer carbon wrap. They're old technology but I still like them. Extremely tough, accurate, works great with inserts, and they seem to last forever like the Energizer Bunny.  |
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Post by deadeye on Oct 27, 2009 20:31:34 GMT -5
well,question???-are we shooting for $$$$$$$,,,both the same for game,i shoot aluminum & guess what?? the a/c/c have an aluminum core wrapped in carbon(the most accurate carbon in my findings)-that should light your light -bulb!//accuracy speaking!
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Post by DBinNY on Oct 27, 2009 21:56:40 GMT -5
Carbon for me because they are either straight or broken. I'm with you Doug. I've been able to shoot multiple deer with the same shaft with the carbons but most of the time the aluminum arrows were one and done. I've had carbon arrows that went for rides in deer and survived perfectly. I never had that happen with aluminum. |
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Post by wilmsmeyer on Nov 5, 2009 6:15:35 GMT -5
I voted carbon. As I reas the responses I was going to say "Ditto" to Dougedwards response. Now I have to say "Ditto" to both Doug and DBinNY's response.
Carbons have come a long way in being priced to sell. And many aluminum arrows that looked fine have been tossed by me after running them on a spinner after stacking them together in a dense Mekenzie traget.
Don't get me wrong, there is NOTHING wrong with aluminum. But the carbons will stay straight or break as stated above. I have lost more then I have broke.
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Post by whelenman on Nov 5, 2009 14:00:38 GMT -5
Carbons primarily for the durability factor. I've shot wood, aluminum, fiberglass, and now carbon and carbon definitely is the way to go.
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