Who still shoots aluminums?

[fishone]

1916's, 2016's, 2114's and 2018's. I love aluminium
arrows. I have been shooting them for almost 40 yrs. Man, I am getting old.

[Gator1]

I'm gonna have to get a variety I'm going all in

       

[Bud B.]

some 2114 29" arrows in the classifieds now....

I like 1916, 2016, and 2117s.

[jkm97]

They just seem to tune easier for me. I'm currently experimenting with carbon (again), but I keep going back to my 2219s. They seem more accurate and forgiving with my Widow.

[longbow fanatic 1]

Herdbull,

Who makes your arrows? They are beautious!

[overbo]

I just re-kindled my affair w/ 2219's. Seems my 63lbs Habu tunes extremely well w/ a 125gr point on a 2219. Never would've thought this bow would need such a heavy spine shaft.

[jcp161]

I do.

Easier for me to set up on my own than wood, easier to get the right spine and most importantly....

easiest to find with my metal detector when I miss and bury them in the grass.    

[Prairie Drifter]

I use all four of the 20/64" aluminums, covers spines from .600(2013) to .400(2020). I only need to change point weight to shoot any of them off any of my bows. Because they are all the same diameter , I don't have to adjust my nock point. My bows range from low 40's to mid 50's.

[Dave Worden]

Aluminums are my "go to" shafts.  I shoot wood when REQUIRED and aluminum the rest of the time.  I strip and rebuild by arrows every year or two (including straightening if necessary) and have "new" arrows every year or two.  A few of my shafts are over 20 years old and still look and fly like new.  I am able to straighten bent arrows to less than +/- .005, some times as low as .002.  That's as straight as you can buy new ones.  With a spinner it's EASY to see if they are straight and they are MUCH easier to strip than carbon or wood.  Maybe I'm just cheap, but they work great for me.

[dbd870]

I'm shooting them now and I'm going to need to get some more. I think I can go 2016 or 2018 to cover all 3 bows and just play with point weight.

[tracker12]

I went to the Easton shaft selector and they are recommending a 400 spine alum for a 45# bow 150 grain tip at 31" arrow.  I would have thought it would be 500.

[Steelman]

I've shot carbon from day one. 600s were always a little week and 500s a little to stiff. So I had to play with point and insert weight to get them to fly. After reading Byron Ferguson's book on tuning I ordered up some Aluminum shafts. I was able to tune 1916, 2013 and 2016 to my bow all with the same point weight. I think I'll try the 1916 over the summer and see how they workout.

[Dave Lay]

ive never left aluminums, other than some woodies, thats all i shoot, i have never had a reason to follow the carbon craze. you mentioned they were easy to bend, ive never experienced that but shoot fairly thick walled shafts 2216,2018, 2020  etc.. and you mentioned heavy.. heck yea  another plus , you can have a 600 gr arrow with out adding a bunch of weights and such,but weight can be added if a really heavy arrow is desired.  and to me they tune alot easier than what i see folks going through with thier carbons.
   benifits to me are that they are tough, heavy,compared to carbon and  have a wide range of spine weights, and are easy to work with,

[GreyGoose]

I guess I am a dinosaur; I "still" shoot Al some of the time.  Want to pick up some wooden arrows, though.

[Clint B.]

I'm a 2018 guy.

[SuperK]

I started out with aluminums in the 70's.  Since then I have played with carbon and have shot wood for many, many years.  Now that I have dropped in bow weight, I find that aluminum gives me the spine I need and the weight I want with ease.  Much easier to tune and work on at home than carbon.  A tube cutter and hot melt glue and you can fine tune them with ease.  Add to this that they are less expensive than carbon AND good wood shafts (Easton Tribute shafts less than $35 a dozen). So what's not to like?    

[Wudstix]

2020's get about the same weight as my woodies, just have trouble getting carbons heavy enough for my 63-67# bows.  Primary arrows are tapered Cedar, Ash and Maple, but 2020 and 2315 get to play with the piggies when I don't want to possibly break arrows on hogs.  Still have a few 2215.  Pass throughs are the way to go though.
   
Just pulled one out of the ham of some ham.  Still working on getting it back to shootable.

[BUCKY]

Makes me want to break out my old 2016's again.

[mike g]

I like my 2016 Legacy's....
Cut at 29" with 125 up front....
When I hunt I just take off the Field tip and put on a Broadhead of same weight and go.

My bow also likes the Platinum 2213....2213's are the same size as 11/32 wood arrow....

Oh, my bow is HHA Big 5 49 @ 29"

[BOWMARKS]

I also have never lost the love of aluminumn shafts. Over the years have dropped in spine down to 1916,1918 ,2016 and 2018 have taken advantage of those who gave them up an have come across some very good deals love those 1918 shafts strong and heavy both and shoot great out of my light bows.

Have all the autumn orange shafts to last for tha rest of my shooting days that I can handle.

Have also found that a bent shaft that is few and far between can be straightened quite easily with the right equipment!!