Who still shoots aluminums?

[pamike]

I was surprised to find out that some people still prefer alum's to carbon. I am curious why?  I have not used them for years and just recently took a couple old alum's out and shot them. Thought about trying them again, but I thought I had good reasons to move away from them in the past. Easy to bend, tough to know when bent, heavy.....

Talk me into trying them again

[vermonster13]

I have some I still shoot. A lot easier to get tuned with out a lot of point weight tinkering while still giving you good arrow weight. A lot more accurately spined in many cases also. Aluminum just offer such a wide range of spines and are straight so long as you take care of them that they are hard to dump.

[Sharpend60]

I do.
Easier to tune with out all sorts a inserts or tube.
You can get spine exactly how you need and with GPI to match. Easier to make the right with the piont you want. Also less expensive...


Whats more, they are much more durable. I shoot footed 2117.
I missed a rabbit 'on the hop' the other day. My arrow center punched a large piece of granite. Blew 3 feathers and the nock clean off. The shafts is no worse for wear. I'v re-refletced that shaft 5 or 6 times.

[bigbadjon]

I still shoot alloys when it counts, and when doesn't it. People can say all they want about carbons dynamic spine, the fact is most archers can't get the spine they need in that material. I believe this to be the root of the really heavy arrow trend today.

[Fishburglar]

Ive shot aluminum until recently. I think im one of the only ones that when i switched to carbon all i did was move up 25 grains in point. And i shoot bullet holes.

[Kip]

Since 1976 but have a few Wal-mart carbons also.They fly good and kill animals if I do my part.Kip

[Brock]

I have a dozen 2219 with half setup with Snuffer 160s on them that I still use for turkey some and taking as back up arrows on a hog hunt this week...but prefer woodies.

[KENDALL TECHAU]

I shoot 1916's out of my 45# Bears Paw T.D. I use Zwickey No Mercy heads. The last two bucks I've killed I got complete pass thru. They shot right where I'm looking.

[buckeyebowhunter]

I use alluminum. I found that they are easier to tune than carbons are; and all I need is some hot melt and an alluminum tube cutter to tune them. They are pretty tough, and are a lot cheaper than carbons as well. Like others have said they make it a lot easier to achieve a heavy weighted arrow without adding tubes or a bunch of point weight.

[stagetek]

I do. I shoot 2018's. A great shaft. Don't want the hassle of tuning carbons. That doesn't mean I'll never switch to them, but, I have a room full of aluminums to go through first !

[Bladepeek]

I shoot both, but I twisted my back shoveling snow. The aluminum's are one heck of a lot easier to pull out of a foam target when your back is hurting.

And I still have a fond spot in heart for 2117's. Do everything I've ever asked them to do and as someone posted above, they are often quite a bit cheaper. So I bend one once in a while. I don't cry as loudly when I lose one.

[6feathers]

I shoot aluminum mainly because of the wide varity of spines out there and also price point.  Most of my go to bows shoot very well with 2018 shaft and 150gr up front and produce an arrow in the 550 range at my arrow length. I don't have to mess with tubes and heavy inserts. A 2018 has a pretty thick wall and seem to hold up well.  I have switched back and forth between wood and aluminum for almost 50 years and played with carbon a little but just find too much hassel tuning them.

[northener]

Yup  2016's and 2018's great shafts. Simple,easy,cheaper. Only bent or broke a few in many years of shooting.


I do have some carbons,quess I had to check them out but mostly shoot alums.

[riverrat 2]

Mike,I still shoot 2018's. Not exclusively,but I love how versatile they are. Plenty of GPI,and the spine which is a .487 I think,just lends itself to all my bows in the 48-51 lb range. They are not as tough as carbon,but are alot more forgiving in flight for me. Alot of times with carbons if they are'nt just right...I get a bit of "minnowing" to the target. And I have had a bow that is 48 lbs shoot a .500 spined carbon well,and one that is 50 lbs send it all kinds of crazy downrange. I have seen this vise-versa as well. The 2018's just cover it all. rat'

[moebow]

I use aluminum a LOT!  Very straight, easily re-fletched, and as said many available sizes/spines.  Easy to pull from common foam style targets.

Wood for personal serious shooting, aluminum for just about everything else.  As said above, carbon is just too difficult to tune, dangerous if damaged and not detected.  

Arrows are "ammunition" and to a certain degree expendable.

Arne

[GRINCH]

some of my bows really prefer them,thay shoot great and get heavier weights with them.

[ron w]

I still shoot them now and again.....they just work well!

[ronp]

I use aluminums a lot.  I find them easy to tune and I like the price.  Plenty of used ones are usually available.  I have a straightener to help with bent ones, if they aren't too bad.

[ronp]

I just fletched up about 16 last night, in fact, for my new Java Man long bow.  I footed them with another piece of aluminum arrow and some two part epoxy.

[ddauler]

I still use both but am warming up to carbons I killed 2 deer with carbons this year. I use wood, aluminum and carbon. Aluminum are def easy to tune. My Black Widow loves 2020's they tame the racket it likes to make. That said so will heavy carbons and woodies. Bottom line is they all work and the critters I shoot don't give a rip what I shoot em with.