Author Topic: I hate aluminum arrows! (Read 2294 times)

Ethain from PEI · « **on:** March 16, 2007, 04:51:00 PM »

It seems every time I use them the arrow bends or the nock breaks or the head gets shoved up into the shaft. I guess I'll have to wait for summer and start building woodies :rolleyes:

Otto · « **Reply #1 on:** March 16, 2007, 04:54:00 PM »

Been shooting alum for 20 yrs. Never a problem except with the thinwalled 12 -14 series shafts. What are you shooting?

Bowspirit · « **Reply #2 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:18:00 PM »

Could be that it's not the dimensions of the shaft, but the model. Those Fall/ Gold Stalker's from Easton have the strength of soft cheese...

mcgroundstalker · « **Reply #3 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:31:00 PM »

My grandmother used to say "Ya can't hate what you didn't love first"...Aluminum ain't that bad!...I think you just need a reason to have some fun with woodies... :rolleyes: ...

GE-WIZ!...I was told I went over to the "dark side" when I started shooting carbon arrows...

... mike ...

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Shawn Leonard · « **Reply #4 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:31:00 PM »

I have never liked aluminum. If ya target shoot and hunt big game they hold up well, but even the heavies 2219s and such never held up for me. I stump shoot a lot and my choices are carbon first, wood second, fiberglass third and than aluminum. It is just a personal preference. Shawn

JEFF B · « **Reply #5 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:37:00 PM »

i will shoot any thing as long as it will shoot out of my bows.LOL!!!

Lewis Brookshire III · « **Reply #6 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:37:00 PM »

I have never liked Allum either. They just bend too easy for my liking.

JEFF B · « **Reply #7 on:** March 16, 2007, 05:39:00 PM »

hey it depends on what you hit with it lewis. LOL

Lewis Brookshire III · « **Reply #8 on:** March 16, 2007, 06:02:00 PM »

LOL, very true!!

Hey by the way my wife has been begging me to move our family to NZ for like the last 3 years. She is in LOVE with that place and she has never even been there. LOL

Scooter Trash · « **Reply #9 on:** March 16, 2007, 06:41:00 PM »

I really like hunting with my aluminum arrows. 2216 swagged are very durable. That is my favorite combo. Only drawback is they can be a little chilly to handle on late season hunt.

Recurve50LBS · « **Reply #10 on:** March 16, 2007, 06:49:00 PM »

If you tell me what aluminum shafts you are shooting I may take them off your hands for you.

Scott Smith · « **Reply #11 on:** March 16, 2007, 07:26:00 PM »

What aluminum are you shooting? I would guess
that they aren't XX78 or X7. They are a cut above
the rest. Some cheap aluminum are exactly that
cheap aluminum. Also the size's play a great
deal too. Just another opinion.

Bowspirit · « **Reply #12 on:** March 16, 2007, 07:31:00 PM »

Nothing wrong with the XX75's, either...

NightHawk · « **Reply #13 on:** March 16, 2007, 07:32:00 PM »

I really like the legacy shafts. Wouldn't mind having them swedged just don't know how

j yenney · « **Reply #14 on:** March 16, 2007, 07:59:00 PM »

I can't say one bad thing about aluminum if they are eastons. But rocks,trees,ect. are hard on any arrow.

KodiakBob · « **Reply #15 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:02:00 PM »

Gotta shoot X7s anything less is too soft. For target use nibs points

Otto · « **Reply #16 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:49:00 PM »

Gotta disagree with you KodiakBob.

The dif between XX75's, XX78's and X7's is pure marketing spin. 96K psi tensile strength to 105K psi tensile strength is an increase of 10%, but hardly significant. Wall thickness has a greater bearing on aluminum durability. Stay with the shafts with 18-20 thousanths wall thickness and you can't go wrong. I've got a dozen OLD gamegetters in 2018 that I've been shooting for years. Those are OLD gamegetters made from 6065 alum. Tensile strength on those old shafts was about 65K psi. Again, unless like others said, if you're hitting rocks, ain't much any shaft material is gonna help.

Scooter Trash · « **Reply #17 on:** March 16, 2007, 08:55:00 PM »

Otto

Gotta love those old gamegetters. Are yours in Autum Orange.

schnitz · « **Reply #18 on:** March 16, 2007, 09:03:00 PM »

them stalker ars difeerent aloy then the other alluns good for huntin though seems like the camo one are stronger shot a nice buck this year though the shoulder blade with a 2219 and 78 lbs just bent the tip some can still shoot the arrow

Rusty in Fla. · « **Reply #19 on:** March 16, 2007, 10:16:00 PM »

I shoot 2016's and 2018's depending on which bow I'm using. They shoot well, BUT. They just ain't got no soul. There is something warm about handling a nice POC arrow.

Rusty <><


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