toughness of ash shafts vs carbon

[Kris]

Try carbons, you'll likely be pleased.  I shoot both wood and carbon, but invariably grab carbon for stumping.  As Troy mentions (and Doc Ashby) you cannot get the same FoC or EFoC from woodies, as you can obtain from carbons.  Hickory and ash are as tough as nails for sure and have a different degree of forgiveness as does carbon.  

Carbons do break and mushroom sometimes at the insert/shaft interface upon straight–on pile driving stoppages and other, but can be remedied with collar reinforcements (aluminum arrow sections) and nearly become unbreakable.  Worth trying carbon if interested.

Kris

[joe skipp]

I've said many times, if my barrel tapered ash supplier didn't go out of business, I would still be shooting ash. I have a dz left but now, I shoot both aluminum and AD's.

[Troy Breeding]

Wouldn't you know it,,,, 100,000 comedians out of work and Johnny has opened a comedy act!!     Still can't get used to sugar in the cornbread or the crunchy green beans.    

Troy

[JAG]

Sugar is used in cake!  They just don't get it!
Need to send ya'll a sack of Grits?
Can always get a care pakage headed that way!  
How all the family?
JAG/Johnny

[Troy Breeding]

Everything is going fine with the rest of the household. This past summer I spent most of the time batching. Debs job kept her on the road about as much time as it allowed her to be home.

I did however find a fine bunch of Trad shooters around here. While in MO I thought Trad was about dead.

Troy

[GingivitisKahn]

I haven't yet put aluminum footing or nock collars on my carbons (need to get off my butt and get that done) but without those mods, my son's ash shafts seem more durable than my carbons.

He's got a history of being pretty hard on arrows, but I can't remember the last time he's broken one of his ash shafts.  My last broken carbon (hit something harder than expected so the nock end cracked) - yep, I remember that.

[RM81]

I haven't had a carbon break since I started footing them with aluminum.  I've had shots into plywood, 2x4's, and a pretty solid oak tree once after a high miss on a 3d target.  The point buried deep in the oak, but came out unharmed.  All of my bows are between 53-60#.