Any of you guys use aluminum ?

[lpcjon2]

I have tried Carbon and aluminum ( just at shooting practice) and I still shoot wood and will always shoot wood.To me anything but wood never felt right out of my longbow.JMHO try different things it doesn't hurt.

[Trab]

Thanks for all the input guys...its interesting hearing all the thoughts....
Hey Cacciatore, thanks for the thoughts from the great country of Italy !!        
Sean, its great hearing from you too...I may give you a call in May to see if you wanna any company flingin arrows at turkey....and if your goin to Mikey's next week and want some company give me a shout......
Trab

[Trab]

Great response Night Wing....

and hvyhitter, I liked your line "I loose way more than I ever terminally damage."......and agree with it too !!!

Trab

[John Nail]

yes. 1920s. Finest hunting arrow I ever found. Small diameter and heavy.

[jess stuart]

2016 and 2018 for me.  Whats not to like?

[Cookus]

2018 XX75's are my go to shafts for my longbows.   I've shot carbons for years out of my widow recurves but they're a pain to add inserts to.   Aluminum is much simpler!

[Flinttim]

I use both wood and aluminium (for our Brit friends). Woodies get used quite a bit for stump shooting but do see occasional 3D and hunting. I messed with carbons for a while but quite frankly found them to be a pain to tune to a bow. I know with aluminum  and a 45# bow, grab some 1916s cut to 28" put on some 125 gr points and good to go. Some time back I traded for 2 dozen 2014 X7 Cobalts. Out of my recurves......wow!

[GRS]

Wood and aluminum for me also. 2018's and 2016's. If you can use them, 2018's are hard to beat for targets, stumping, or hunting. A good, tough, heavy all around arrow. Just my opinion.
Gerald

[Bernie B.]

I'm using wood arrows for all of my off season shooting, and may use them this year for elk and deer.  It's hard to beat the smell off cedar  when making arrows!  Having said that, I've killed the majority of my deer with my faithful 2018's and 2117 Legacy Easton aluminum arrows.  They fly like darts and I never have to worry about consistency between them.

Bernie Bjorklund

NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin

[RC]

I use wood carbon and aluminum. Mostly aluminum 2016`s.RC

[STEVE R.]

Some of the best shooters I know shoot aluminum. I shoot aluminum because it is easy to tune and more fogiving out of a tradbow. I do shoot wood at some tourneys but the require special att.As for hunting give me aluminum. You carbon guys can have my share.

[Mitch-In-NJ]

Aluminum for me, too.  I like the range of spines, wall thicknesses and weight of aluminum.

Plus they're cheap and easy.  A tube cutter and a round file are all I need for cutting.

I like the Legacy's, especially, because they still have the swaged end.

[Eric Sprick]

2018 Legacys. Love the spine ranges and consistency of aluminum.
I have lots of fun building wood arrows and shooting them sometimes.  Carbons on the other hand seem like a real pain in the ___ to get right.

Eric

[duncan idaho]

2219/2315's are my steady arrows.

[BOWMARKS]

I have tried all three types woods , carbons and aluminumn but seem to be hung up on the Autumn Orange Aluminumns. I can shoot the 1916,1918,2016 and 2018 out of my different bows and get great arrow flight. Just takes some different wieght heads and away we go!!

[redpepper49]

I love the sound of alm. arrows when they fall through the metal steps of  my ladder stand. I like to take shot opertunities at small game carbon is to expencive to shoot away.

[30pointbuck]

I use all 3 wood, carbon, Aluminum.

[cbCrow]

I've shot the rest but keep coming back to aluminum. Been working for me since 1984.

[BRITTMAN]

Yea I shoot aluminum but I also shoot wood and carbon also . I like each one for diffrent reasons . BTW , I highly recomend that you try out wood , stickbows and wood just go together and I think it adds to the traditional experiance .

[Mike/Columbia Basin]

I like wood best but aluminum seems to make a great hunting arrow for me. Much easier to add a little weight up front.