Why do we have to pay high $$ for carbons...

[Biggie Hoffman]

I'm a little leary of refletching carbons. I've seen too many pictures oif what happens when one fractures.
I don't even reuse one once I shoot a critter. The photos would appear in my head everytime I tried to reuse one  :-)
I don't worry too much about the cost of my bowhunting cause hey, that's who I am. It's what I do.
Golfers pay $40 for a dozen golf balls and most times they only last one round!

[Steertalker]

Dean,

Wood and aluminum shafts fatigue because of the repetitive flexing they go through during paradox and from the shock of impacting the target, so the affect is a weakening dynamic spine over time; woods much quicker than aluminum.  Carbons, on the other hand, are either broken or not, for the most part.  

Albeit, most archers will never notice the affect.  However, if you are used to tight groups, you will begin to notice looser groups and occassional flyers as the arrows begin to weaken because of fatigue.  It is easily noticeable when shooting long distances say.....50 yds and beyond.

 

If your wearing your aluminums out in 75-100 shots then something is seriously wrong....

No...nothings wrong.  Just the nature of the beast.  I've got aluminums also that I have fletched umteen times.  Do they shoot?  Of course they do.  Just not as good as new arrows.

Brett

[mark land]

Ya'll might not remember when carbons 1st came out they were the PC kind, pultruded carbon and were very skinny.  They used outserts for the points and outserts for the nocks or slip over nocks on them.  They shot great and were very tough, but the biggest complaint on them were the outserts and difficulty pulling them from targets, that spelled the demise of those shafts and ushered in the wrapped carbon shafts with internal inserts, so there is you answer on outserts.  Customers complained about it and manufacturers addressed it.  Of course the trad market is a little different for these arrows, but they do shoot great with the brass inserts.  Those PC arrows worked very well and penetrated very well, but now they are very hard to find and you cannot hardly find the adaptors for them.  I still have a bunch of the 2300's, they did shoot great and just wonder how much better they would have been with heavy weighted brass outserts on them??  Mark

[James Wrenn]

I still hunt with the pultruded shafts as long as I can find them.I think the TM Hunter rest was the biggest cause of there demise.No clearance.Now with dropaways so popular I am hoping for a comeback.Best hunting arrows made and great for trad bows because of the skinny diameters to lay close to non centershot risers.

[Widowbender]

Carbons are a bargain...especially if you shop here, on the sponsor's and regular classifieds...I too, am awaiting the return of PC carbons...BTW, James, I have an AFC 2300 out behind the target butt at Sissapahaw(oops)...those things are rare as hen's teeth, but boy, they shoot good...

David