PotashRLS Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am sometimes told I'm in the stone age because I still shoot Aluminum Arrows yet. I shoot Easton XX78 2317s aka to my friends as the silos . What do you shoot and when did you switch away from aluminums? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WHISKEYSWAMP Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 have used gold tip carbons since I bought my Mathews Outback... it was my first bow so carbons are all I've ever shot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
okiedog Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I made the switch to carbons proable around 02. I still have quite a few alums laying around though. In fact, I have two brand new dozen I saw just the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangerClay Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I went to a 3d shoot a few years back. I had a couple misses and it bent the arrows. That was it. I switched to carbon because they were more durable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tominator Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Goldtips here since about 2003 I guess. Aluminum is nice, but just not as durable as carbon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PotashRLS Posted January 29, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I love heavy arrows and carbons are just not cutting that mustard for me. I have only broken or bent 1 aluminum arrow (on a doe) in all my years of hunting. That was the only none pass-through I ever had and it broke in half. I have bent a few shooting leagues but not nearly enough for me to worry about it. I end up refletching my arrows before I bend enough to have to buy more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I still shoot aluminum arrows. I never really never had a need to switch. I did get a dozen Full Metal Jacket Axis arrows in an auction here. They are carbon/aluminum. Have yet to shoot. Plan on using them this year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MUDRUNNER Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 2219 aluminums here. Some of my arrows were my dads and are over 20 years old and still shoot like brand new. I might ruin or lose 4 or 5 a year, but replacements, ready to shoot with knocks and fletchings, are only around $5 a piece.So for around $20 a year i can keep 18 in my case.Way cheaper for me than buying 18 new carbons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhino Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I switced about 5 years ago when I bought a new compound bow (now one of my backup bows). I also shoot carbon arrows with my recurve. The vast majority of my bowhunting now is with my Bowtech bows. Why? If you practice a lot like I do it's cheaper in the long run to shoot carbon. I've dinged or bent as many as 6 aluminum arrows during a practice session. I still shoot aluminum with my old High Country Supreme bow, when the occasion comes that I just happen to break it out for old time's sake but that's because I still have about 6 dozen aluminum arrows left for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EKYhunter Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I shot those 2317 logs up until 2000 when I purchased a Mathews Q2. I love those XX78's that you have. Very good arrows. If they work for you then don't switch. Nothing wrong with aluminum at all. I've shot Gold Tip, Easton ACC's, Beman Hunters, and currently shoot the Beman MFX. I'm seriously considering switching back to ACC's for My Switchback XT. I feel that the ACC's are likely the best arrows going now a days, but there is certainly nothing wrong with the others. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Have been shooting carbons here for probably 6 or 7 years now. Probably will be looking to change to something different for this year, shame cabelas quit selling their sst shafts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toddyboman Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 carbon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowtech_archer07 Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 (edited) I am sometimes told I'm in the stone age because I still shoot Aluminum Arrows yet. I shoot Easton XX78 2317s aka to my friends as the silos . What do you shoot and when did you switch away from aluminums? ccwhitey's dad used to shoot aluminum arrows before he got his new bow and we called them "the canons" I shoot carbons though. I mainly just like the way they shoot and you don't have to worry about them bending. One tiny bend that could escape the eye on an aluminum arrow can throw a shot off where as on a carbon, it's either straight or it's broken. If the aluminums are working for you though I wouldn't switch. Heck your friends gotta have somebody to razz!!!!:p:D:D Edited January 29, 2009 by Bowtech_archer07 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowhuntMN Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 carbons since i started bow hunting about 4 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tecumseh Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 Carbon.I shot aluminum arrows for close to 12 years before I switched. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dakota Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I am a traditional shooter and carbons just don't perform well out of my longbow and recurve. I use both Easton aluminums and cedar shafts as well. Dakota Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkneck Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I shot 2213s for years and years. didnt make the switch till last year when i got a new bow. Nothing wrong with aluminum, but carbons take bending better. I did shoot 2 deer this year though that the arrow broke as it passed through the deer. Rarely had that with alum arrows, they were more likely to bend on pass-through than break, but probably just coincidence. I may change my mind on the subject after a few more seasons. If you like your alum, then keep 'em Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoythunter37 Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 I still shoot aluminums. I am thinkin about switchin to carbons but I just cant seem to bring myself to do it. But I guess we will see what happens within the next 6 months. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leo Posted January 29, 2009 Report Share Posted January 29, 2009 You'll be surprised how much straightness you loose on aluminums in practice. You might start with an almost perfectly straight aluminum arrow. But they don't stay that way. Carbons are what they are straightness wise until they break. I've also found Carbons are less prone to rest screech than aluminums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saphira Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 i shoot carbon because people told me that carbon shoots faster and penetrates harder. so thats why i swithched. my new bow that i just bought from some guy. its a weird bow though. its got 2 carbon and one aluminum arrow on it. But i first started shooting aluminum arrows. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HUNTINGMAN Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 They still make alumium arrows:D,carbon express maxima hunters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWSmith Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 What do you shoot and when did you switch away from aluminums? Blackhawk Vapors...I switched the second or third time to the range after I bought my first modern compound bow. I had been shooting 2216's and made the mistake of shooting a carbon arrow once. It seemed to me that it only took the carbon arrow half the time to get to the target face....."I'll take a Dozen of these right here...who do I make the check out to Sir";) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Straight Shooter Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 Wow! A 2317, that is a silo. LOL I can remember when I shot the 2219's. It was around 1998 I made the switch to carbon and haven't looked back. I'm shooting GT's now and have been doing that for 6 years now on both my hunting and tournament setups. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ruttinbuc Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 They still make alumium arrows:D,carbon express maxima hunters. Yes they do and for a whole lot less than than those Maximas ..but, to each their own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sambar Hunter Posted January 31, 2009 Report Share Posted January 31, 2009 I shot carbon, alwas have alwas will! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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