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Title: does anyone like goldtip arrows?
Post by: T-Bowhunter on March 17, 2012, 07:52:00 PM
the titl says it all
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Post by: Killdeer on March 17, 2012, 07:55:00 PM
No. That's why they haven't sold any. Ever.
Got any?

Killdeer
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Post by: jmrsyrs on March 17, 2012, 07:57:00 PM
Yes. I like them.
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Post by: Keefer on March 17, 2012, 08:01:00 PM
I have a dozen and a half I've been trying to do since Christmas but just haven't completed them  yet..I think I will like them cause these are going to be my first ones I ever done and I need to bareshaft them to see what works best...Not sure why you're asking was there any problem with them?
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Post by: americanhunter7 on March 17, 2012, 08:03:00 PM
Love em'.
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Post by: Winterhawk1960 on March 17, 2012, 08:03:00 PM
Yep........I shoot them out of everything that I have.....or have ever owned.

Winterhawk1960
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Post by: David Mitchell on March 17, 2012, 08:16:00 PM
I sure do!   :wavey:
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Post by: The Whittler on March 17, 2012, 08:18:00 PM
Yes my title says it all lol.
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Post by: KHALVERSON on March 17, 2012, 08:18:00 PM
yes sir
my favorite shaft
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Post by: owlbait on March 17, 2012, 08:21:00 PM
I liked them today. KHalverson had them, I didn't. I whupped him good for our first day on the range!  :bigsmyl:
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Post by: Fritz on March 17, 2012, 08:23:00 PM
Yep! That's about all I shoot, anymore.
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Post by: Lonnie bailey on March 17, 2012, 08:23:00 PM
whats not to like, there cheaper then most others , there tough and they look good
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Post by: Roadkill on March 17, 2012, 08:24:00 PM
They seem to shoot well out of all my longbows.  Same shafts different weight in the 48-58 pound range. Seem ok so far
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Post by: Reaper TN on March 17, 2012, 09:00:00 PM
I use them out of all my bows, I like em' too. Never had any problems with them.  I did break a nock today though after shooting at a stump right before dark.  I missed a few inches low and hit a rock, sparks flew. Ace hex blunt is a little banged up but my GT 1535 Trad blem is OK. I have all my stumpin' GT Trad arrows footed and they are pretty much indestructible.
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Post by: elbow on March 17, 2012, 09:21:00 PM
Full length 5575 Expedition Hunters with 50 grain insert and a Bear Razorheads from my Elburg Longbow killed huge Ohio 8 pointer for me this year.
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Post by: reddogge on March 17, 2012, 09:36:00 PM
I like the blems.
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Post by: Three Finger on March 17, 2012, 09:36:00 PM
Yep I like them. But my Mohawk really likes them. They fly great and hit hard. I shoot 3555 with 100g brass inserts and 250g points.
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Post by: Pokerdaddy on March 17, 2012, 09:37:00 PM
They are great.  Something you don't hear much about is how tough they are.  I've never footed a single shaft and I've never had a single shaft fail.
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Post by: Guaraci2010 on March 17, 2012, 10:20:00 PM
I like them too!
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Post by: Possum Head on March 17, 2012, 10:23:00 PM
I like the blems too. Just wish they were blemed in the USA!
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Post by: karrow on March 17, 2012, 10:39:00 PM
yes! very tough
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Post by: xia_emperor on March 17, 2012, 10:51:00 PM
That is all my wife and I shoot. love them!!
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Post by: cashhere on March 17, 2012, 11:21:00 PM
Been shooting them for years, last & last too quiet durable..
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Post by: Bldtrailer on March 17, 2012, 11:33:00 PM
Yes I like them ( wish I would quit splitting them "robin hoods") I now foot the frount and the nock ends
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Post by: Car54 on March 17, 2012, 11:38:00 PM
I know three hogs & one doe don't like'em. But me's like'em.
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Post by: PrarrieDog on March 17, 2012, 11:41:00 PM
I use 'em, they re very consistant and a value for the money.
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Post by: tradhunter on March 18, 2012, 01:27:00 AM
I have used them for years.One of the things i really love is the ability to tune them with the brass weights.I can load the tip for some heavy hitters,like 250 extra grains up front.Makes for one punch of an arrow,and with an inch of a 2117 shaft for a foot i have never broken one.
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Post by: carpsniperg2 on March 18, 2012, 05:03:00 AM
I like them a lot. I shoot them in most of my bows. I like the dynamics a bit better out of the recurves.
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Post by: Bowhunter4life on March 18, 2012, 08:08:00 AM
All I've shot for a number of years...
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Post by: Breakfast Boy on March 18, 2012, 08:21:00 AM
A year ago I made up some carbons for the first time.  5575 Gold Tip Traditional shafts and shot them out of my 54# Great Northern Critter Gitter.  They shot really nice.  That being said, I'm going back to wood arrows.  Just like the "romance" of a good wood arrow in flight.
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Post by: fireman_3311 on March 18, 2012, 11:24:00 AM
Yes
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Post by: WRV on March 18, 2012, 11:28:00 AM
Love them....
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Post by: Recurve50 LBS on March 18, 2012, 12:22:00 PM
I like the 3555's. If ya have some ya don't want let me know.
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Post by: Bivyhunter on March 18, 2012, 01:30:00 PM
I love mine! I've been shooting the GT Kinetics front loaded with an extra 30 grains with their weight system. I think their weight system makes them the most verastile shaft in the carbon arrow market. It really makes it easy to fine tune the spine of your arrows to fit each shooter and bow set-up. Love those skinny shafts too! Great for penetration, just wish they made them in the wood grain too.
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Post by: Thumper Dunker on March 18, 2012, 01:37:00 PM
Never herd of them.  :rolleyes:
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Post by: S.C. Hunter on March 18, 2012, 01:40:00 PM
Other than wood they are the only arrows I shoot.
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Post by: DWT on March 18, 2012, 01:51:00 PM
In my personal opinion they are not as tough as carbon express heritage or beman ICS. Now before some (expert) gets their panties in a wad IM saying in my personal experience shooting heavier weight bows the gold tips ive tried split much easier than some other shafts.
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Post by: motorhead7963 on March 18, 2012, 02:01:00 PM
Is this a trick question?
There all I shoot!!!!!!!!!!
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Post by: Smitty on March 18, 2012, 04:07:00 PM
I like them, but after stump shooting it always seems like I'm glueing inserts back in. What kind of glue are you using?
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Post by: sswv on March 18, 2012, 04:23:00 PM
Gold Tip 35/55 trads are (about) all I shoot....I do fling a cedar every now and then.
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Post by: 1/4 away on March 18, 2012, 04:35:00 PM
Ditto on the GT trads 35/55.
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Post by: joe ashton on March 18, 2012, 05:08:00 PM
yep
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Post by: b44mag on March 18, 2012, 05:15:00 PM
full length 55/75 camo exp hunters 5gr weight tubes 125 head 617gr heavy hitters love them
footed 4 of them for stumpers so far so great
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Post by: L. Harris on March 18, 2012, 05:22:00 PM
Once I went to carbon, they are all I shoot. Tried some other claiming to be better brands but they didn't prove to be as durable as my GTs.
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Post by: mongoose on March 18, 2012, 05:28:00 PM
Love'em! GT5575s loaded up front with 200grns. Hit'em hard  :thumbsup:
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Post by: illianabowhntr67 on March 18, 2012, 05:39:00 PM
35/55s fly great from my bows and very durable.
lose
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Post by: Precurve on March 18, 2012, 06:11:00 PM
Very tough shafts and the best value out there among carbons.  Put some 1" 2219 footings over my 75/95's and I believe with an Ace Hex Head that combination could shoot through a concrete block without damage.

Someone asked about insert glue?  I've tried every 2-part epoxy I could find, and none of them will hold up to a hard hit on a hidden rock.  Switched to Gorilla Glue Professional and have never had a loose insert since.

Dave
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Post by: on March 18, 2012, 07:54:00 PM
GT's are all I shoot so I guess I like them a little bit!  :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:    :thumbsup:
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Post by: Tony Sanders on March 18, 2012, 09:36:00 PM
I have shot Goldtips since 1997, and have never looked back. I shoot both the 55/75 and the 75/95. I see no reason to really change, in other words, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.
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Post by: stickmeister on April 07, 2012, 05:25:00 AM
The best I've used. Accurate as all get out. Feathers don't like the wet and lose their shape, but that's my problem not GoldTip's.
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Post by: JimB on April 07, 2012, 10:07:00 AM
I've had great luck with the shafts,not the nocks.I've been pounding Gold Tips for 4 years now and haven't broken one yet.I do foot all my carbons and have made brutal frontal hits on wood,rocks and a steel post-side slaps as well.They are hard to beat.
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Post by: tzolk on April 07, 2012, 10:29:00 AM
I love them. I shoot Pro Hunters , the XT Trad Hunters and the cheaper Expedition Hunters . When I need to replace any or add more I will just buy more of the Expedition Hunters. No difference in accuracy, big difference in price.
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Post by: 187BOWHUNTER on April 07, 2012, 11:16:00 AM
whats not to like
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Post by: SveinD on April 07, 2012, 11:19:00 AM
They are great! Bought 8 of them three years ago and have abused them greatly while roaming. Only lost one due to a head on collision with a huge boulder.
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Post by: xtrema312 on April 07, 2012, 02:38:00 PM
I love the trad GT Trad. Way more durable than anything I have shot extensively. The Carbon express heritage is probably a little more durable but I don't care for the finish on them.     The finish can split when cutting and can be a problem with repeated removal of hot glued inserts.

I am no expert and my panties at not in a wad, but 20  years of shooting Beman ICS shafts tell me they are no where near as durable as the GT trad shaft I have been shooting the last few years. The bow hunter shafts are cheap, but snap like dry twigs on a hard hit or glancing hit. Footing is no use when a shaft tends to break in two or more pieces. 4 years shooting the GT and Beman shaft together and not one GT snapped in half or ruined other than driven in inserts on big rock hits and robin hood hits. Snapped every ICS I didn't robin hood.
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Post by: PaddyMac on April 07, 2012, 03:15:00 PM
Me too.

I like the way the Trad's look, especially when you easily take the printed labels off. I've been shooting them for a year and have broken three, two by robin hooding them -- they are enshrined by my target with the other debris -- and one just a couple of days ago on a stump that turned out to be a rock, mushroomed the point end with a hex head, but I think it's salvageable if I want to do a shorter arrow/heavier head experiment.

I also have some old, new and unused Gold Tip broadheads from back in the day.    :goldtooth:
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Post by: ShooterF150 on April 07, 2012, 04:07:00 PM
I find  thaT  GOLD TIPS  WORK  WELL FOR ME  TOO  I LIKE   THEM             A  LOT   MIKE.
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Post by: widow sax on April 07, 2012, 04:46:00 PM
I like them just don't like there nocks breaking!!!.   Widow
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Post by: RM81 on April 07, 2012, 10:10:00 PM
They're the only thing I shoot.  They can't be beat for the price.  Add a footing to the front and they're practically indestructible.
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Post by: bolo7735 on April 08, 2012, 12:49:00 AM
Love my 5575 30" w/ 50gr insert. Using a 200gr broad head.
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Post by: Reaper TN on April 08, 2012, 10:18:00 PM
I shoot the 1535 and 3555 Trad blems, I love em'.  The blems are cheap and tough!  I never had the nock problems that others have had, but traded my old nocks for the new ones that GT offered anyways. Great customer service. I footed some for stumpin' and they are pretty much indestrucible out of my 45 and 50# bows. What's not to like?