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 Aluminum vs. carbon.
#82047
08/11/06 07:28 PM
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Ran
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Haven't picked up my bow in too many years. Decided to pick it up again and am not familiar with carbon arrows. I know the obvious differences; (expense,arrow speed). Some one give me the pros and cons. I already know that I like my aluminums. Will be whitetail hunting.
Ran
Like a river, I was born on the run,and haven't stopped yet.
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: Ran]
#82048
08/11/06 09:03 PM
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dgilbert
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Faster, flatter shooting, lighter, strong. Enough said. 
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: dgilbert]
#82049
08/11/06 09:20 PM
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crawdad375
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I shot XX78 for a long time and made the switch to Gold Tips this year. Wish I had done it years ago.
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: crawdad375]
#82050
08/12/06 02:42 AM
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akidd13
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GREATEST THUNG SINCE SLICED BREAD !!
DONT EAT YELLOW SNOW....
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: akidd13]
#82051
08/13/06 12:44 AM
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kirkw
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I shoot a longbow and just switched from wood to carbon. I think the best thing is smaller diameter. lighter weight is true but I do not think that is a good thing. get a half dozen cabelas stalkers and give it a try, if you do not like them they are easy to sell here or any bow forum.
kirk
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 Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: Ran]
#82052
08/13/06 04:14 PM
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g220
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I started out with aluminum arrows but went to carbon's within the first year of shooting a bow. As many here have said, I found them to be faster and flatter shooting; carbon arrow also seem to offer better spine-to-spine consistency. The sturctural intergity seems to be better than alumuminum, such as no kinks or bends; you just have to watch out for them splintering or shattering if you hit something hard like a rock or tree stump. By todays standards, I would say that carbons are the way to go. I am shooting CX Maxima's and I am very impressed. They should be about $80 or $90 per dozen. If your budget won't allow that, I can suggest RedHead Carbon arrows as another budget friendly arrow. I used them last year, and for the money, could not find a better arrow. I think I spent $49.99 for the dozen. good luck and happy hunting  g220
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: g220]
#82053
08/14/06 08:59 PM
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grizzlyman2
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I switched over to carbons from aluminums this year. No more bent arrows. Faster and doesn't seem like accuracy suffers too much.
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: grizzlyman2]
#82054
08/15/06 12:21 PM
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dgilbert
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Welcome to the forum. 
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: dgilbert]
#82055
08/15/06 05:23 PM
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grizzlyman2
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Quote:
Welcome to the forum.
I use to be on the forum before as Grizzlyman. I lost my password, changed e-mail addresses, and got busy. Anyway, thanks.
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: Ran]
#82056
08/24/06 06:35 PM
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flaggert
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A friend and I were talking about this and it seemed to us carbon would loose kinetic energy faster and not penetrate as well. Someone else on the thread implied accuracy suffers also. Are either of these things true? Thanks!
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: flaggert]
#82057
08/24/06 09:48 PM
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forthebirds
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Quote:
A friend and I were talking about this and it seemed to us carbon would loose kinetic energy faster and not penetrate as well. Someone else on the thread implied accuracy suffers also. Are either of these things true? Thanks!
carbon is faster and smaller and seem to penetrate better, better flater shooting arrows makes better accuracy. carbon well good ones will out last any other arrow, no bending always straight again better shooting with straight arrows. worth the money up front.
The purpose of a warrior is not to reason with the enemy but to kill him.
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Re: Aluminum vs. carbon.
[Re: forthebirds]
#82058
08/28/06 03:04 AM
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whitetailfanatic
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ALUMINUM=KINETIC ENERGY=EQUALS KNOCK DOWN ! or sum ting like dat..I'm gonna stay with aluminum. my.02cents 
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