Being new to trad for a little over a year I ended up buy all different kinds of arrows. I purchased some beeman carbons. Shot the heck out of them. As you know when your new to something, you dont always hit where your looking :-) anyways I was getting better, arrow placement getting tighter, form, release crisper. But then i noticed my arrows acting somewhat different. Thought it was my newbie form or something. Then i saw this youtube vid on carbon arrows. To always check them. I didnt know they could go bad. Well with me hitting rocks,plywood, fence posts, yadda yadda yadda, I ended up breaking them down. I did a flex test on my arrows and out of the original dozen 8, yes 8 snapped on me. I was verylucky not to get any broken arrows in my bow arm as i have seen. I cant say that my experience is pertinent to yours, but when I bought new carbons, my shots got tighter again. Abuse, neglect, regular shooting, whatever the case may have been, it def took its toll on the way my arows were flying. Just my 2 cents. Good luck, keep us posted