Traditional Only...other options?

[BassBow]

Gentlemen,

I need some new arrows. I shoot Traditional Only shafts. 500's 8.0gpi. 29 1/2 inches long with 125 grain tip. I get great arrow flight.

I'd like to see what other options are out there and what you may recommend. Price, and similarity in spine/weight are my considerations. GT? Beman ICS Bowhunter?

I'd love to drop my price per arrow, while maintaining the consistent arrow flight I have receive from the TA's. Thank you for your help!!!

Mike

[mark land]

Beman ICS Bowhunter for sure!

[Oregon Okie]

I shoot the bowhunters. No complaints but I like the wood grain on the trad onlys. I have both. The bowhunters come in a little lighter in mass. I don't if one is significantly "tougher" than the other but it's hard to beat the price on the bowhunters.

[buckeye_hunter]

Love the Carbon Express Heritage shafts myself. Nice and heavy!

[BassBow]

Bowhunters +2
CE heritage +1

The score thus far : ).

Any flight difference for you ICS bowhunter users?

[WESTBROOK]

CE Heritage 150, no question!

[Zradix]

Only carbon I've used is the bowhunter.
haven't had any problems.
I haven't shot them into bricks or anything.
But I've taken quite a few shots at little piles of gravel beside two tracks without problems.

Slapped a lot of arrows together in the target..no problems.

I have split a few in the back from "almost robin hood" type shots...

I don't like the look of the "crest"
It is easily removed with a couple wipes of acetone...not nail polish remover (not strong enough) actual full strength acetone.

Personally..and I'll probably get flamed for this..lol.. I don't want to shoot "wood look" carbons. Seems too fake in a way.

But to each their own..wood looking ones do look better to me..it's just the thought that bothers me...lol

[BassBow]

Bowhunters +3
CE heritage +2

The score thus far : ). No TO lovers out there? $95 for a dozen shafts for the TO. CE are about 90 and Beman ICS run about $60.

[rnharris]

all i shoot is cx 150's or 250's tough shafts that fly good brass inserts are readily available and they are pretty affordable around 75 bucks for a dozen shafts!

[xtrema312]

I have lost track of the bow hunter shafts I have blown up.  The last one was on a small tree where I just caught it with a blade and it blew into four pieces, and that was a 400 shaft.  I once blew up 4-500 shafts shooting 3D on 4 misses over a weekend.  GT trad and CX150 way more durable plus heavier to get you some weight. You will probably lose 25 gr. with the bow hunter where you could pick up 30-40 minimum with the other shafts.  The 3555 is a little weaker for me than the bow hunter 500.  The 150 is stiffer.  I would pick based on what I could do with cutting or what I wanted with point weight.

The bow hunter is a low cost shaft that shoots very well.  One of the most consistent shafts in flight I have used.  Great for shooting your bag or bail target.  Just do not bounce one off something or hit something hard. Also don't let your bag target tip over.  I lost my last two 500's that way.

[xtrema312]

GT trad blems from Big Jim $49.99.

[cacciatore]

I have all the above arrows and the CE Eritage are by far the best of them all! IMHO

[Sirius Black]

The Trad Only and the Beman Hunter (.003) are the same arrow. The Beman Bowhunter is also the same arrow, just in .006 for straightness, and a little cheaper because of the fact. I too, remove the crest or name from the shaft, because it can get in the way of my 8" wraps. Good arrows, I like them.

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

GT Trad Blems from Big Jim will be cheapest if you fletch your own arras.

[Turkhunter]

Some of the other shafts mentioned may be a little tougher but for my money the Beeman bowhunters are awesome. I have broken a few hitting a golf ball suspended in front of a bale but for 1/3 less than the others you can afford to break a few and still be ok. I bought 1dz a year ago and I still have 8 left. I broke 3 on the golf ball and one broke in a deer. all the rest have been bounced off of concrete or shot into the ground or survived multiple hard target hits while roving.

[Nativestranger]

GT traditional shafts are very tough for me. Shot into hard wood and even ceramic tiles with no damage. The only 2 arrows I broke are from robin hoods. Perhaps there are better arrows able to withstand robin hoods?  Who knows.

[m midd]

Cx heritage.. Tough and good weight

[ddauler]

Beman ICS 500's

[Stump73]

Gt blemish

[BassBow]

The score thus far:

Beman BH - 7
CE Heritage - 6
GT Blems from Big Jim - 4

My only concern is the weight of the Bowhunters. I like the weight of the TO's. Maybe the GT's are my best bet. 50 bucks. I do fletch my own arrows. ???

Do you think 3555's will work for me?