I decided to switch to carbon arrows for everything except deer and small game. So I purchased a half dozen each of the Arrow Dynamics shafts to make myself a 'test-kit' that will cover any wt bow I may get, from ~40# on up. I could've bought nearly 200 POC shafts for that much $$! Crazy?? :confused: :D
Yes, and carbon doesn't smell good, either. :bigsmyl:
Without those 200 POC's cluttering up the place you have more room to store those different weight bows you're gonna get to match the AD's! Sounds rational to me.... :D
Not saying your crazy, but I'm wondering why you would do that? I went full circle from wood as a kid to aluminum in my teens and then carbons in my 20's and early 30's, and now I'm back to making my own wood shafts. I got away from the basics for a while, but I realized that all I was doing was buying into the hunting shows/infomercials on TV. The indians did quite well with their shafts, and now with the advancement in technology, the wood is better and straighter, and I believe stronger (atleast some are), so why change what works and give Corporations more money?
Maybe because I have a lifetime supply of POC, doug fir, maple, and ash shafts??
:bigsmyl:
QuoteOriginally posted by centaur:
Yes, and carbon doesn't smell good, either. :bigsmyl:
You got that right...nuttin' smells like POC!!
Hmmmmm. If target archery is practice for hunting, why shoot anything but what you hunt with?
I had a brief stint with aluminum (two years in the early 80's) and sold them along with the compound that I bought them for. I don't see carbon in my future until it costs less than wood. I use cedar for the same reason my deer rifle is a flintlock. The hunt is more important than the kill. ;-)
Making woodies is fun!
Practice and get good with your hunting equiptment. If I am going to be extremely proficient with a setup, I would like it to be a hunting setup. Foam don't care if you just wound it.
God Bless,
Nathan
QuoteOriginally posted by Bjorn:
Making woodies is fun!
Cresting is my fav...
I agree with the proficiency statement, and with the idea that it should be a hunting set-up. I just can't seem to limit myself to just one bow...just as I couldn't (with a w) limit myself to just one rifle, when I rifle hunted...just as I won't limit myself to just one SxS shotgun for bird hunting!
Maybe I haven't seen quality POC that cheap for a long time,I mean for 200 other them.Last time I looked a 100 probably cost twice what a dozen AD's cost.The durability of carbons make up for their cost and the tapered AD's have the abilty to cover a fairly wide range of bow eights.
The POC shafts I have are about 15 years old and are individually weighed & spined...easy to straighten. Its fairly easy to get a matched dozen, but I only have a couple of different spines and the bow Sixby is building for me will be too heavy for what I have. I like to experiment and tinker, so the carbons seemed like a good choice, plus the fact that I want an EFOC setup for ~900 grain arrow...hard to do with cedar!
Andy:
Could have saved ya some time...
Just get 1/2 doz trad Lites and a 1/2 doz yellow Nitro stingers. (provided you are shooting from 45-60#)
The trads will give ya more weight and shoot out of 45# to almost 60# stuff with just a bit of adjustment.
The Stingers will sizzle out of 45-50# stuff with a 145 BH and a steel adaptor. (you can use the long alu adaptor but that could be a bit light) Your FOC will be great and with sharp BH's at 20 or so yards there should be a hole on both sides. If ya want more ya can add some stuff to em also. They are a zip to tune. If ya want cedar smell I can turn ya on to an herbalist who can send ya some cedar oil to put on em.... LOL
Yes, I shot wood and alu. I still shoot wood a bit because I like to build em and make em fancy but the AD's are killin machines.
If ya want info email or PM me. I use Zephyr BH's and I shoot Widow's.
News Flash:: In a real Pis_ _ _ match a friend and I shot his alum. and my homemade sitca spruce thru a crono. The alum. was 30 grans lighter. The wood was 5fps faster at 30 grans more. Dont care about speed, just want to hit where I look. SLINGING WOOD
Shoot carbon for everything. They dont warp, they all spine close to each other, they all weigh the same, they are tougher. The list of positives is long. I love wood arrows, I just don't love the constant checking and straightening that comes with the nostalgia of using them
I'm shooting carbons because for years I disliked the whole process of making woodies & I'm too cheap to buy the ready made. :dunno:
A good suggestion was given to me re: carbon arrows. Get some cedar oil and put a drop on each shaft! :thumbsup:
I'll always have some woodies around ('cuz I bought a BUNCH of shafts many moons ago) for deer hunting and stumping and small game...and because I love putting them together, but I get tired of them breaking! The only thing good about a broken POC arrow is its aroma. :archer: