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Gold Tip trad Vs, Carbon Express Heritage

Started by Gooserbat, August 08, 2012, 03:48:00 PM

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Gooserbat

"Four fletch white feathers and 600 grains is a beautiful thing."

m midd

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Rob W.

QuoteOriginally posted by m midd:
CE.  Heavier and tougher
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GOLD TIPS ARE MADE IN THE USA OREM UTAH
Carbon Expesss are made Korea
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beachbowhunter

Gold Tips are very inconsistent shaft-to-shaft. CX is the call.
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bubinga


Blue Tick

I shoot both and am not a good enough shot to really tell a difference in either shaft. I like that GT is American owned though and they get most of my business. Hard to beat Big Jim's prices on the blems.
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collofthewild

QuoteOriginally posted by bubinga:
Beman Classics   :)  
X2 also made in the USA

Gen273

I say Carbon Express, they are just better shafts! I do wish that they were made in the USA.
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Blue Tick

In case you didn't already know, the CE tend to run a little stiffer than advertised.  Still great greats and I do like shooting the ones I have. Personally, I found them a tad harder to tune since they do run stiffer.
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Gooserbat

QuoteOriginally posted by bubinga:
Beman Classics   :)  
I've shot them and they are indeed good arrows but I'm not willing to pay the extra $$$
"Four fletch white feathers and 600 grains is a beautiful thing."

Reaper TN

I've owned and shot them both.  The CE shafts have a heavier gpi and seem to be slightly tougher if not footed, great shafts.  I think the GT Trad blems are an excellent shaft for the money and IMHO shoot every bit as good as CE Heritage shafts. Put an inch of aluminum footing on them and they are almost indesructible.

BTW, I thought GT's were made across the pond also, just finished in the USA.    :thumbsup:
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Lefty

QuoteOriginally posted by beachbowhunter:
Gold Tips are very inconsistent shaft-to-shaft. CX is the call.
I agree 100%!  I have spined tested them and GT's have varied up to 20# difference in the same dozen, not the blems either.  And as stated above, they are not near as tough or as heavy as CE's.  I do like their appearance better though.

Anointed Archer

I have both and I like them both.  The GT's you can get about $20 a dozen cheaper then the CE's and to me they are not $20 more.
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Killdeer

The brass inserts and nock adapters that I use in my .500 spine Gold Tips also fit in my .600 spine Gold Tips.

With Carbon Express 90s I can't use the inserts and I am stuck with their nock.

I have gotten CE 150s that were mismarked, and were probaby 250s, so I gave them away and never bought any more.

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JoeM

CX are darn near bomb proof and i went with them for the GPI. Joe
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Bear Heart

I shoot CX Heritage 250s almost exclusively now.  Very tough shaft with a good amount of weight.
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BigJim

I sell CX, Beaman, and Gold Tip but shoot the GT's because the others don't make a shaft stiff enough for me. If it weren't for that, I would have a hard time deciding from one to another.

Each mfg has there atributes and there detractors although the difference are minor.

The shaft weight means little to me as I get most of my weight from the front weight. This gives me superior flight and I have no problem getting to the weight I want.

BigJim
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widow sax

I shoot GT blems for the price and the spine if money was no object and the spine is right for you CX is the better shaft I think nothing is more indestructable. Widow

saumensch

QuoteOriginally posted by widow sax:
I shoot GT blems for the price and the spine if money was no object and the spine is right for you CX is the better shaft I think nothing is more indestructable. Widow
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