CARBON you prefer???

sawtoothscream · January 12, 2013, 02:20:00 PM

I use goldtip blems for all my bows, even the compound right now. tough, accurate and cheap

SAVIOUR68 · January 12, 2013, 06:21:00 PM

AD TRADS AND TRAD LITES

January 13, 2013, 10:06:00 AM

Gold Tip XT Hunters for me!

Bisch

Shinken · January 13, 2013, 10:10:00 AM

AD Trad Lites & AD Hammerhead Lites

Keep the wind in your face!

Shoot straight, Shinken

vwhilux · January 13, 2013, 10:24:00 AM

GT, any 3555 i can get a good deal on, using 250 gr up front for a 50# recurve

kibok&ko · January 13, 2013, 10:33:00 AM

GOLD TIP TRAD

anchorman · January 13, 2013, 10:38:00 AM

Beman ICS. Tune easy tough and they are american made plus they are fairly cheap..

xtrema312 · January 13, 2013, 04:52:00 PM

I have shot a lot of Beman shafts, GT, and CE. The Beman bow hunter is a real good shooting low cost shaft. Maybe the best flying I have had, but I have blown up a lot of them. They break easy so I can't use them for stumping unless I am real careful what I shoot at, and that is not stumps.

The Carbon Express Heritage is a great shaft with nice weight. They are very durable. I have had some finish coating splintering issues when cutting, but some tape at the cut point has solved that. The 150 is a little stiffer than a 500 spine and will work for me where 500's tend to be a little too weak most times.

The GT trad has been a supper durable shaft for me. Cuts nice takes a lot of changing inserts for tuning with removal with heat without any issues. Very durable finish and nice looking arrow. Very slick inside so you have to really rough up the inside before gluing inserts. I don't think I have broken more than a couple in several years of hard use other than robin hooding them or driving in a point insert in a little. Only a couple times have I actually been able to snape an arrow in half after a glancing shot on something really hard. I love the blems for budget arrows but have found some variations in spine. Plenty good enough consistency for me, but I do tune each dozen in depended to account for what I have found to be differences in spine per batch.

I have my first AD's on the way. I have heard a lot of good stuff about them. It will be interesting to see how they work for me. Not a low cost arrow like the GT trad blem and Beman, but could be worth it if they are as durable, fly as nice, and are as forgiving as most people say they are for them.

twistedlim · January 13, 2013, 07:59:00 PM

AD Lites. Great arrows. From my 45-55 lb bows, just shoot like darts. Paired with 100 gr brass inserts and 225 heads , perfect for me. Tried Grizzly sticks but had 2 issues...1 they are too glossy but that can be fixed with steel wool. Second I was getting a 50 grain variance in 12 arrows...unacceptable. Also you have to deal with the seam and its effect on spine.