Arrow shafts of choice

[Bill Skinner]

The Gold Tips that I have used all had the woodgrain finish.  The only ones I broke hit trees or rocks.  They pushed the point back and split the shaft.  I have done the same with Axis, Carbon Express, aluminun and broken oak and hickory.  If you abuse it, you can break an anvil.  Bill

[twotimer]

i'm an aluminum shooter 90 precent of the time,but i'v tried,bemans,carbon express,redlines and goldtips.perfer the goldtips myself,as they are the easiest to tune and work with,have never had any problems with thim.as a side note,our new club and archery shop has had me expermenting with the,arrow dynamic carbon arrow,they come in traditional,for 50/70#bows,and traditional lite for 35/55# bows,plus other's,but these are the ones that work for me.they are barrel tapered,they flie realy great out of bows from 30 to 45# bows i'v tried them in,and are cinder block guranteed.good luck.robert      

[Mo. Huntin]

I should have said it was the Beman ICS I had trouble with.  The only thing bad about them was either end would crack because I don't think an arrow should be expected to hold up to a deer running through trees with an arrow sticking out of it because that is a lot of force but the gold tips worked good so far.

That's all I use is GT 55/75's with 100gr brass insert and 150gr points/broadheads. They fly like darts and kill the critters dead.

Bisch

[KentuckyTJ]

I've shot GT 3555 for years. Got some Traditionals this season though and I like them much better. They  have more grains per inch in my spine and the inserts can all be glued in with my hot melt glue instead of epoxy.

[frassettor]

Ive hit a TON of trees with my Ad's amnd havent broken 1 yet.......

[eagle24]

Axis for hunting are hard to beat IMO.  They are plenty tough and the skinny shaft really penetrates.  I also like the Beman MFX Classic shaft.  Same diameter as the axis but a little heavier.  I do shoot some GT's in the summer for 3-d.  Never had a problem breaking them.

Now JC, on the other hand......you have to understand.......he's liable to hurl an arrow at a standing bear target (standing in front of a rock bank) from 60 yards down the holler!  Or try to sneak and arrow through a 2" gap between two oaks at a 40 yard deer target.  He'll try anything once......or till his quiver is empty.

[tradtusker]

Originally posted by JC:
I've personally found Gold Tips to be fragile when compared to many others on the market. Your mileage may vary but just my personal experience.

Most of the shafts I prefer have all been discontinued...seems it wasn't in the manufacturer's best interest to produce a shaft that was so durable they could only sell you one set     :D  

agree with that      

personally for strength, quality and price compared to most of the top end shafts id go for Carbon express heritage or beman MFX

[JC]

Originally posted by eagle24:
Now JC, on the other hand......you have to understand.......he's liable to hurl an arrow at a standing bear target (standing in front of a rock bank) from 60 yards down the holler!  Or try to sneak and arrow through a 2" gap between two oaks at a 40 yard deer target.  He'll try anything once......or till his quiver is empty.

HA! I resemble that remark       You be sure to show up next Sunday and we'll see how well everyone's arrows are built. Bought some of the mfx classics cheap on Vermonster's recommendation and they may be a viable alternative to my discontinued favorite. The finish isn't as durable but I haven't broken one yet. And you know for me, that's saying something.

 

Originally posted by tradtusker:
personally for strength, quality and price compared to most of the top end shafts id go for Carbon express heritage or beman MFX

And those my brother, are the two I'm talking about. Carbon express terminator hunter 60/75 and the Beman MFX Max4 were the two best shafts ever to fly out of my bows. If you broke one of those you DID something. Thankfully, I've got about 4 doz Max4 and about 3 doz TH's left. Hopefully by the time I use those up I'll have switched over to the new nano's (which the 5 that I have been playing with out of my Morrison ILF have proved to be at the top of the heap with current shafts).

[TheFatboy]

Wow. It's awesome with this number of reviews! Feeling lucky to have my own little bunch of experts all gathered in one place  

[George D. Stout]

Carbon Express should be available in Denmark, they are made in Korea and shipped worldwide.

[cajnhuntr]

I have been shooting the Beman ICS Bowhunters for quite some time now with now problems. Both of my recurves seem to like them and they fly well. I also shoot GTs out of my compound and have for years. I have never tried any of the other brands. I have always felt that if its not broke don't fix it so I have not had a reason to shoot others.

[JC]

I don't know about experts...but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

(Do they have that joke in Denmark?)

Ja aflade jer aksel af U.S. selv om jer savn sig. PM eller e - indlevere mig.

[IronCreekArcher]

Gold Tips are nice...shot them for years but the Easton Axis N-Fused are much better in all departments...just my .02 cents.

[TheFatboy]

George: It's just not easy to find a European website where they sell them for a reasonable price.

JC: Even though those words were danish alright, the sentence made absolutely no sense   :D

[JC]

 So much for free translators...

You've got a PM.

[TheFatboy]

Just digging up an old topic o' mine:

Gonna buy some arrows here (not shafts, but ready-for-action arrows), and but I'm not sure which variant I should choose for my 70# longbow. There's Beman 630, 750, 900, 1000, 1200 and 1400. As I actually know close to nothing about arrows, I would be happy to gain some knowledge  

[snag]

This is the only CE Heritage I have busted so far! Can't say that about the GTs. If I was to try another brand it would be the Beman MFX. I like performance...and looking like wood is good.  

[TheFatboy]

Cool pic :archer.

[TheFatboy]

Mis-clicks suck when you can't edit your post.