Carbon vs Aluminum Shafts

[m77]

Just recieved a new Kodiak Outdoors Bow from my fantastic wife for Christmas. Haven't touched a bow for about 25 years, military obligations and family comitments, and my wife said it was time I got back into it.

 

So, I've got the bow, 60 - 70 pounds, WHAT ABOUT THE ARROWS???????? Any pros and cons on the different shafts?

 

Thanks, M77.

[ndaniel]

Carbons

[runningbird]

I like acc's

[IHunt2live]

I would go with carbon. You might save a little money with aluminums but there are some good deals out there for carbon. Carbons are a lot stronger. Many ocations I've missed my target with carbons and they just need new fletchings and there as good as new but aluminums will be bent and not worth fixing. Go with Carbons.

[TwoGuns]

if i was starting fresh and had the money, i would buy the new slim line carbons like the st axis. but they are pricey.

[m77]

Thanks Guys, this site is always the best place to go to get straight answers.

 

That's my next question. WHAT CARBONS WOULD YOU ALL RECOMMEND??????

[TwoGuns]

I have shot Easton Carbon Excel 340's for the last few years as they have been some of the most affordable. This year I just recently bought a bunch of new arrows from a shop in Wisconsin. They are great arrows for the price, but the ad the guy sent me is on my work email and I wont be back at work until Monday. i will try and send it to you if I can find it on my work computer.

 

twoguns

[mulie hunter]

I shoot and highly recommend the Blackhawk Vapor 4000, at approx. $70.00 bucks a dozen you can't go wrong. These arrows are just as good as the more expensive arrows I have shot. These arrows were recommened to me on this site awhile back.

[mattys281]

If you want something on the lite side for speed, you should check out PSE's Carbon Force Radial X-weave's. The way the carbon is "weaved" (for lack of a better word) makes them stick together better than any other 100% carbon that I've seen. I've been cutting the guys in my local archery club slick deals on these just to get them to try them & so far have heard nothing but positive feed back from them. I also shoot them myself. The X-weave Predators have a straightness of +/- .003" for $82.00/dz. & the X-weave Pros are straight with in +/- .001" for $104 per dozen.

 

If you want something a little heavier to keep your ft/lbs of energy up there, check out Easton's ACC's. Carbon wrapped around an aluminum core. These are a lot pricier than the Carbon Force's though. PSE also offers an arrow called the Black Mamba which is thicker walled & heavier than the others in the X-weave line.

 

Price is a consideration for everyone who works for their cash, but when looking at numbers don't forget straightness as a consideration. If you shoot fixed blade broadheads on arrows with loose straightness tolerances you'll see it in your groups.

[BASS]

I shoot and highly recommend the Blackhawk Vapor 4000, at approx. $70.00 bucks a dozen you can't go wrong. These arrows are just as good as the more expensive arrows I have shot. These arrows were recommened to me on this site awhile back.

 

+1, but they were a little hard to find last time I went to buy some. Back ordered or something.

[IHunt2live]

I currently shooting some off brand that I don't even know if they make arrows anymore but I just got a dozen PSE Raven's which I haven't shot yet. I'm a college student right now so I look for the the inespensive arrows, paid about $60 for the PSE.

But like everyone else has said look for straitness and wieght. I don't worry to much about shooting a havier arrow that hits hard, I rather shoot lighter arrows which fly flater so errors judging distance aren't as significant.

Pluse, right now I'm not about to practice as much as I would like and I don't have the brand new model of bow so shooter error has the greatest significans in my shooting. So what I'm trying to say is unless you plan to go pro I think you'll be pleased with most arrows out there. Just what I think.

[mikep35]

Am I the only person left that shoots aluminums?

[billrquimby]

My age is showing. When I still was able to pull a bow I shot the best stuff available -- a Ben Pearson "Javelina" fiberglass-backed recurve with Port Orford cedar shafts that I fletched myself with premium turkey wing feathers -- from Herters, a mail-order company much like today's Cabelas and Bass Pro Shops.

 

I think my arrows cost about 1.25 each, including the stamped metal broadheads that I had to sharpen with a file and whetstone. (I cannot imagine paying $60 to $104 per dozen just for shafts today!)

 

I managed to kill four or five javelinas and a mule deer doe with that equipment, even though I was shooting "instinctively." I had a self-imposed maximum distance of 20 yards, although I did kill a javelina farther than that with a "Hail Mary shot" while hunting with taxidermist John Doyle.

 

I missed a great many beautiful mule deer bucks in the Tucson Mountains and a couple of elk in 6A that anyone using sights on today's compound bows would have never have missed.

 

Even with the equipment we had, bowhunting was a lot of fun. I wish I could do it all over again.

 

Bill Quimby

[bobbyo]

Am I the only person left that shoots aluminums?

Yes.

Bob

[m77]

Hey Mattys281 and all members, the PSE x-weave arrows sound like a solid investment. What local clubs do you guys belong to? Where is the best place to purchase the PSE arrows? My problem is that I am starting all over again. I shot archery almost every night when I was younger. The club I belonged to was the Omro Bowhunters in Omro, Wisconsin. I did a lot of league and tournament shooting back then. I'm really looking forward to getting back into it, but right know all I have is my new bow. It's a Kodiak Outdoors Bow Logic 36, 60 - 70 lb pull with a drop away arrow rest. I've only shot two arrows out of it so far, just checking out the fit and feel at Sportsman's. I appreciate and respect the information I get from CouesWhitetail.com members.

 

Thanks to all. Al