why did yougo back to alum shafts from carbon

[Chub]

This week i decided to switch back to aluminum shafts from carbon.its not the speed thing that got me.im thinking i need to try a 600 spine because i needed to add alot of weight up front . funds are low till i can get some lesser spined shafts.
                bob lee rec 60 in 53lbs at 28 draw 27 now shooting a 2016 155 head 29in long from a 29 1/4 cx her 50grinsert 175 head alum shoots a littlebit faster . shot both shafts into foam target 20 yrds carbon shaft penetrated 3/4in deeper .just wondering why u chose to return back to aluminum shafting?

[FXJr]

Ease of tuning and quite a bit cheeper than the carbons. Also you can go to any archery shop in the U.S. and get the shaft you need.
  Frank X.

[jrbb00]

Haven't yet but sure thinking about it. Mainly because of personal preference nothing more.

[JimB]

I won't be switching back from carbon.Aluminums are good arrows but the carbons I've been using,especially when footed,are way tougher.Once I tuned the first set,I find them very easy to tune.I cut all mine the same length and tune strictly by point weight.I can get them very close in just a few minutes.When I build arrows,I want to put a lot of weight up front.Carbons are better for that.

[Outwest]

I tried to switch from aluminum to carbon for a couple of years.
Tried several different combinations of carbons and just cannot get them to fly as good as my aluminums.

John

[joekeith]

I'd never go back to aluminums.

[MikeW]

I'd never go back to aluminums.

Same here, every time one hits the ground it's bent. Carbons 1st for durability then woodies second for nostalgia..plus they are more durable than aluminums.

[Robert Honaker]

I went back to aluminum because thay are so darn easy to shoot.....after all thats why i shoot a recurve.....KISS method

cheap, easy tune, find inserts and nocks at any archery shop and mostly cause i started bow hunting in 1985 with aluminum..good then and good now

[Robert Honaker]

plus i never have to worry about aluminum splinters in my arm!  seen that happen and i want no part of it.

[Joe Q.]

Heck I have some of both in my quiver.I use carbons with ALOT of weight up front (like 300gr including insert) for deer. Then for various targets of opportunity I have assorted aluminums and carbons with old broadheads, small game heads, field points, Some spiral flu-flu , some 5" helical.  Sometimes I get bored so i take a dozen arrows or more. LOL

By the way to the OP those 2016 are hard to beat.  Cheep and fly great, very versatile.

I had a dozen carbons that would only fly out of the bow I set them up for. then I got a wind fall of 6 dozen 1918 shafts and found that they fly for 5 of bows with 200 grains up front and a simple change to a 125 grain broadhead from a 160 grain head allows me to shoot them out of my heavier bow as well. I also got 4 dozen 1818s with that windfall and found that they shoot for my lighter bows and even for my wife's bow. My adjustments are fairly simple 160 grain Hill single bevels or with Grizzly heads from 160, 145 and 125 grain heads that I have on hand. I can get those two sizes to work for all of our bows and all of the shafts are cut the same length.

[Earl E. Nov...mber]

I've never understood this thing about Aluminum bending that easy.
I have been shooting them for 30 years and any thing less than shooting them into a brick wall, or a sever glancing blow off the side of a tree etc, does virtually no damage.. Getting sloppy pulling them out of a target can do them in, but that is usually correctable to..
Also I always wonder about "If I foot them with an aluminum shaft" they are bomb proof..
I guess I am just bias, but figure I'll stay with my beer cans

[Friend]

Please don't make me go back to aluminum.

[Friend]

Please don't make me go back to aluminum.

Carbon dureability

Carbon's maintained straightness

No issues tuning carbon on any bow I have encountered

Carbon allows far greater lattitude in my desired arrow design. For instance, a set-up quite similar to yours could easily utilze a  Victory HV... 400 spine...~29.5"s...350 grains up front...under 550 grains total and over 31% Ultra-EFOC. The discernable difference will no longer be merely 3/4" in penetration.

Actually have one set-up that is only 60 grains heavier which brings a smile to my face when the wheelie boys find themselves using a grabber to remove the arrow from a 3D target.

[hvyhitter]

I never drank the carbon kool-aid to start with.......... carbon was the answer to problems I've never had with aluminum so I never switched.........

[TDHunter]

I'd never go back. Carbons are cheaper! and they last ten times as long!  what else can I say...

[Gerardo]

Heavy and easier to tune !!!! I like aluminum against carbons

[GRINCH]

I like both I've that when carbons won't work aluminum will,some bows just naturally shoot better with aluminums.

[Swamp Yankee]

Easier to tune, shoots well from a wider range of bow weights, heavier, more consistant in spine, less expensive, larger range of sizes, better glue adhesion, and in my experience more durable.  I can't ever imagine going back to carbon.  For me, it's either wood or aluminum.

[Strutter]

Is carbon really traditional?  May as well put wheels on your bow.