I need to order some of these. They really fly well out of the new bow but the shop I will eventually use is on vacation. Does anyone have any info on Ye Olde Archery at all on service and quality? Also what have you heard on these arrow as far as durability? Thanks in advance.
Ganzer
Very tuff arrows...BigJim has good prices.
Best carbon out there in my opinion.
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On the CE Heritage series. Only problem I have noticed is the nocks they come with. They have a problem of coming out to easily. I throw them away and replace them with Bohning Signatures.
I also fletch with bright color or white because camo shaft will disappear on you.
all i shoot very tough ,ditto what John said Big Jim always has some in stock!
I use em and love em. Just got a sale paper and 3 Rivers is carrying them again.
I have had great experence with the CX150, Les is right about the nocks comming out.
I replace the nocks with Gold Tip and they never come out? Ken
With 5 sizes available you'll have no problem finding one to shoot. Great tuff shaft.
My shaft of choice,very consistent spine.
I have had awesome results with the 250 and now the 350.
Big Jim has great prices, especially if you catch a sale.
I have a new dozen 350's I have wrapped with reflective wraps and fletched, I just need to cut and glue so I can take them to Tejon in 8 days...
Consistent?
I wish, as I have bought two dozens of the 150s and they were completely different. Couldn't use the second dozen, even with 100 grain inserts and 250 grain points on a full length shaft. The first dozen worked like a charm.
I love the toughness and the finish. Very nice looking shaft. I am a bit wary of them now, though. It is hard to carry around a spine tester at a shoot, but I would want to test the next batch I bought before I bought it.
Killdeer
I have just about every brand of carbon, and the CE Heritage wins hands down for durability. They have a good overall mass weight. They tune extremely well!
Killdeer, I'm surprised at your experience. They really are a good shaft. You might consider calling carbon express, and telling them about the spine issues. They might be willing to correct the problem.
Ethan
Never thought of that...
I usually just eat stuff like that, but maybe I should stop being such a wuss. Part of my trouble is the 28" centered odd weight system that they have switched to for measuring carbons. I wish someone would tell me what a 150 should deflect to, or weight with the old fashioned spine testers I grew up with.
Anybody? 26" and two pounds?
Please don't make me beg.
OK, I'm begging!!
Killdeer :help:
Killie, a Heritage 150 should spine at about 65# when converted to wood spine standards. Their 28" deflection is also listed at .487 if that helps you any.
That is exactly what I needed! Thank you!
Some are born to be heroes.
Killdeer :notworthy:
I have tried Easton, Gold Tip, and now I'm back to where I started with these Heritage shafts. By far the most durable shaft I've tried.
I buy 250 and 350 shafts at random all the time and I've never experienced a consistency problem. Then again I've never heard 2 dozen at once either.
Very tough arrows. I get mine from Harrelson Archery. I buy shafts on the auction site. I found they are very stiff arrows. I put my 150s on a spine tester and they showed 87#. I use 150s on a 60# bow with 350 up front.
Killdeer,
I usually find out the arrow specs from the manufactures site. For CE it is here http://www.carbonexpressarrows.com/cms/node/75
Then I use Stu's calculator and punch the 28" spine number in the little box in the lower left to calculated the poundage.
And after all that you get the answer 65 which is what Braveheart said :-)
Anyway if you find other arrows you can use my method or use yours and just ask :-)
Whatever works...
All of my bows are around 48# @ 28, and the ce 90 shafts shoot like darts out of my bows. I have spoken to the reps at ce, and I think they would fix your problem Killdeer.
I was a techie freak as a compound guy and the only arrows I found that matched their advertised specs were Easton and CE.
They are as durable as anything I have tried, and thus far the only one I have broken that wasn't a rock I thought was a stump was a deer that broke it as she hit the death sprint...
Good stuff.
I shot one into a saw blade at 20 yards (someone forgot to tell me I was supposed to put it in the blade's hole) and it bounced half way back to me completely unharmed. The second shot with the same arrow still hit the blade but fell straight down only pushing the point back 3/4". Now that is strong considering that I shot it out of a bow shooting 85#'s.
Bigjim
I'm a CarbonExpress fan and have used the Terminators forever, but for some reason have had no luck with the Heritage series.
I can give you a thumbs up on Ye Olde Archery Shoppe. :thumbsup:
I have them on sale for 10% off regular price. Bare shaft or prefletched. Jim P.
I have been shooting them for years (5yrs?). I bought two dozen on sale from 3Rivers. Basically I still have the same 6 in my quiver from the beginning. Well...I broke two. One I missed a rabbit and hit some old farm equipment that was buried in some weeds. The other arrow a doe managed to break right behind the point (last thing she ever did). They are tough, fly like darts, and hit like a ton of bricks.
Using 125gr points, 100gr inserts, CX-HE 250's, 5" feathers.
Get them tuned...and you will not regret getting them.
I pretty much use CE 250's for all my set ups between 50 and 64 lbs and they all seem to shoot really well. When I go to the heavy stuff, I go to the 350's and have had good luck with them too. They seem to pretty much fly nicely out of any bow I have. I've tried some other arrows and just can't get anything to work nearly as well as CE.
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Consistent?
I wish, as I have bought two dozens of the 150s and they were completely different. Couldn't use the second dozen, even with 100 grain inserts and 250 grain points on a full length shaft. The first dozen worked like a charm.
I love the toughness and the finish. Very nice looking shaft. I am a bit wary of them now, though. It is hard to carry around a spine tester at a shoot, but I would want to test the next batch I bought before I bought it.
Killdeer
We had the same problem with some 150's we bought. A lot of emailing, measuring and spine testing revealed that a bad batch had gone out from the factory. Ours spine tested in between 150's and 250's. Every subsequent dozen we have bought have been spot on. They are the only shaft I use(currently 250's).
I'm using the CX 90 Heritage with my 50# @ 28" (I only draw 25") Anneewakee Addiction, now that I've gone back to a modern lam bow, and like them real well. I have 175 gr tips on the full length shaft. Tough buggers! FWIW
Do you guys have any issues w/ hotmelt keeping your inserts in.
I posted earlier about my painting problems and am convinced I just have a wierd batch as tried as I may I couldn't get the paint to not "fisheye"...gave up and vinyl wrapped.....
Now I lost a point and insert in a targe the other night and am worried I need to pull all brass inserts and goat tuff them in now that I know my lengths/spine is correct....
Anyone?????
BTW....tuned in some 150's at 30" w/ 225 up front and they shoot bullets out of my 53# longbow, 56# recurve, and my still flew awesome from my 40# Gamemaster.... Great shaft!
I've been using hot melt Fletch-tite (the old hard stick kind we used on fish pole ferules) with good results so far.
I use standard hot melt glue that you use with the little guns for when Im bare shafting. The brass inserts stay in pretty good but I have lost the odd one. Onece my arrow length is set I remove the inserts and glue in with Devcon 2 tonn epoxy
Thank you for all the information and opinions regarding the CE Heritage series. It is greatly appreciated.
Ganzer
Killdeer, I had the same problem, called the factory, they said send them back, and shipped out new dozen right away! Good customer service!