anybody still use aluminium arrows?

[Michael R.]

hello,
i was just wondering if anyone out there uses aluminium arrows for hunting. i dont like to use carbon anymore because of one reason. when i was shooting my bow in my backyard with carbon arrows, i went to grab one and a carbon splinter went into my hand. not that big of a deal actually, but just imagine a carbon arrow hitting a deer and the carbon shattering into the meat. also, my dad's friend was out shooting his bow and when his son shot into the taget he shot the back of his arrow and it exploded. that again proves how easily carbon arrows can shatter unlike aluminium arrows. so, anybody still use aluminium arrows for hunting/ target shooting?

 

[JTW Jr.]

If you shoot an aluminum arrow into the back of another aluminum arrow , one arrow is most certainly going to be scrap , same with CF arrows.

I shoot both , and I have never had a CF arrow splinter and I have shot the heck out of this dozen of Easton Hunter arrows.

 

[X-Rap]

If you are that worried about hitting another arrow try using a target that has miltiple targets, many I have seen and used will have as many as 9 small targets or just use a small round stencil and spray your own.

 

[Michael R.]

well i would have to agree that an arrow could split if you hit the back of it, but his cf arrow exploded when he shot the back of it. i also guess if you mistreat cf arrows they could splinter, which is probably the reason why.

 

[Master Blaster]

I am a regular target shooter and 3d shooter, I dont hunt and I still use X7's. I have seen carbon arrows shatter on release. If you shoot alot, I usually shoot 72 to 120 shots ( 12-20 ends per session), and I shoot weekly, somettimes two or three times a week, you should carefully check those carbon arrows for cracks or damage.

 

[Sniper X]

One thing about a carbon arrow is that it can be damaged in far more ways that it hitting another arrow in the target. They can chafe each other in a quiver, and develop tiny cracks from the repeated shock of shooting whilst in a bow quiver. They should also be thougherly inspected after hitting anything other than the target and plain hung on a wall or thrown away after hitting the ground at an angle. They are great fpr speed and penetration and accuracy, but have drawbacks. They also can not be straightened and normally can't BEND anyway. But usually something that will bend an aluminum arrow, witll crack and render useless a carbon arrow.

Aluminum is heavier, not as fast in a bow, and not as accurate since it flexes more when fired. However, they are very robust, won't crack like a carbon, and can be bent back to straight.

I ALWAYS suggest aluminum's for new shooters, shooters who are on a budget, or young shooters who don't shoot much because of the reasons mentioned. Plus, for 99% of all recreational shooters, they are just as accurate as a carbon because the shooter can't get better from a carbon due to technique.

 

[Michael R.]

This^^^ is what i was looking for. thank you sniper x for your input

 

[dragon813gt]

I use aluminum bolts if it matters. My crossbow does not like carbon bolts for some reason. Aluminum ones are more accurate and repeatable. Found this out during site in from a lead sled. So this took my shooting abilities out of the equation. There are to many things that can go wrong with carbon fiber. You will most likely not see it until it gets to the point where it can be dangerous.


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[kayak-man]

I don't allways shoot arrows, but when I do, I shoot Aluminum....



Chris "the Kayak-Man" Johnson

 

[jogar80]

I still use one.... to scratch my back

 

[nmlongbow]

I still shoot aluminum sometimes but more often a carbon footed with an aluminum shaft.

Arrows flex according to spine which is the stiffness or flexibility of the shaft. An aluminum with the same spine as a carbon will flex exactly the same but aluminums come in a far greater variety of spine and are easier to tune by size.
Carbons fit a wider variety of bows but are tuned by length and point weight more than spine.

Yesterday my elk hunt came to an end when I shot an aluminum footed Beman MFX completely through an elk at 18 yards with my recurve. I couldn't find my arrow but I found the elk piled up 120 yards away.

 

[g.willikers]

Like everything else, ya' gotta' inspect the equipment regularly.
I have a twenty year old sliver of carbon in a finger, from not.
But I still use carbon, 'cause they go so straight.
They do get looked at real close, though.
And trying to continually straightening aluminum arrows got plumb tiresome.
Carbon arrows must not be all that easy to wreck; mine have done lots of bank shots off trees and survived, just fine.

 

[Deltaboy1984]

I only use Aluminium.

 

[rodinal220]

Al.

 

[USAF_Vet]

I have some of both. I'm a cheap SOB and buy whichever is on sale.

 

[theotherwaldo]

Port Orford cedar, mostly.

 

[Lunie]

Aluminum arrows? Are those the ones that I see tipped with flint? Thought they were obsolete.

I kid, all (10) of the arrows I have are Al.

 

[goose710]

I still use one.... to scratch my back

Broad head or field point???

Da Gooseman
aka Charly

 

[goose710]

I still use one.... to scratch my back



Broadhead or field point????????????

Da Gooseman
aka Charly

 

[T.R.]

I'll never use anything BUT aluminum shafts.

TR

 

[OH_Spartan]

I use aluminum. I have 20 or so from when other hunter switched to carbon. I have replaced knocks and fletchings and keep using them. I have only bought three arrows in my archery career.

I suppose I'll switch to carbon when other hunters switch to the next new shiny material.

 

[Sniper X]

btw, I use Aluminum and either Cedar or footed cedar shafts for my Groves Recurve bow I had made for me when I was ten in 1968....yes still shoot it! I love the smell of cedar and footed shafts and they shoot well for me. IF I am after accuracy with a recurve, I shoot aluminums or if just shooting in my back yard playing around. Reason being, cedars and footed shafts are farr too nice to shoot a lot. I dip and crest all my cedars and footed shafts myself too. On my Compound, I shoot only carbons since it is a hot rod of a bow (older now, about ten years old) but still fast and very accurate.

 

[Sniper X]

NMLongbow, I am going to explode a myth for you. If you saw high speed film or video of both a correctly spined aluminum arrow, and a correctly spined carbon arrow shot out of the same bow, you would be amazed at how much more an aluminum arrow wobbles and dances coming out of the bow! About ten years ago down at the Archery Shoppe here in Albuquerque, we set up a demo camera I had at the time and shot video (1500 and 4000 frames per second) of a recurve and compound shooting both alu and carbon spined for each bow. The carbons came out looking like they had a tiny deflection from both bows, the aluminums came out of both bows flexing and wobbling like they were made of a partially cooked spaghetti noodle. Of course this is a tiny bit exaggerated, but you get the idea! Both compound bows were paper tuned with each arrow. So basically, an aluminum just doesn't have the rigidity of the carbon arrow.

 

[Kachok]

I started with wood, moved to AL about 20 years ago, got my first carbon arrows last year and love them, thousands of shots none have broken. I really like the extra speed too, with my tiny 26" draw my speed needs all the help it can get.

 

[dprice3844444]

thats why you should always inspect your arrows before use.visual,bending and twisting.
they teach you this in every hunting safety class,