What carbon arrows do you all like the best? I am shooting goldtips. Would like to try the easton axis or beman bone collecters or classics but wondered how much helical you can get on the small diameter shafts.
i like gold tips
as for the second part of your question im about to find out i just got a new blitzenburger for christmas and plan on doing alot of playin around
AD hammer heads, not too concerned with amount of helix.
For me I don't really have a favorite,I have many bows and shoot a lot of different carbons.I shoot Axis,Beman ICS and MFX,AD Trad and Trad Lite and Carbonwood 3000 and Vapor 2000 and Gold Tip's.I get plenty of helical on my Axis/MFX arrows with my Bitz and Jo Jan.Not as much as a larger diameter shaft but plenty.They are skinnier then regular size carbons but they are not like 1514 aluminum which I use a straight clamp on.
I've been using Easton ACC shafts for hunting and I really like them. So far I shot a Bear and a buck with them and have complete pass through on both. I am going to give Victory shafts a try the HV-3 series have the lowest weight to spine ratio of any shaft I've seen and should make a awsome EFOC setup.
You can't go wrong with Beman MFX Classics. Mine have plenty of helical in the feathers on them. Small diameter shafts require less fletching to stabilize them. I use 4" RW.
I ditto the ACC's, with a close second going to Maxima's.
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"Beman MFX Classics. Mine have plenty of helical in the feathers on them."
I'll second that
QuoteOriginally posted by ishoot4thrills:
You can't go wrong with Beman MFX Classics. Mine have plenty of helical in the feathers on them. Small diameter shafts require less fletching to stabilize them. I use 4" RW.
ditto
I've had really good luck with the Gold Tips.I like the fact that they take standard 5/16" components and they have been really tough.
MFX with 100 grain inserts, love them.
I would "play" with amount of helical, just to see which works the best.
I don't put as much on as I can get on, I belive there is a point of deminishing returns.
I use Beman MFX Classics (600). I have plenty of helical on my 4" feathers. They are tough, nice looking, and a bit heavier than most other carbon arrows. I just received some Gold Tip seconds. Maybe it was because they were seconds but the weight difference in three shafts (I only measured three) was 6 grains -- more than I expected (about the weight of 2, 4" feathers).
i use "cheap" carbons - beman ics bowhunter or gt hunter blems. they all work just fine for bowhunting.
no helical wanted or needed. a degree offset works just fine with a 4" four fletch.
I use AD's. Nitro Stingers (yellow writing) and Trad Lites. Have been shooting AD's for some time. I can set them up a bunch of different ways and get them to work. They tune easy and have every bit of performance that I am looking for. As to heli, the size of the tail end does not seem to create a problem for fletch.