I remember when I switched from aliminum to carbon. I also had changed sight so I was starting out at 10 yards to get reasonably close. Shooting from my mathews,if I missed target and hit the tree backstop,aliminum arrow would break in half. When I missed the target with first shot after changing sight using gold tip pro hunters,the arrow was UNHURT but buried 4" into tree! It took me several hours to carve it out and I continued shooting that arrow. Try that with aliminum arrows! I am trying easton axis this year but my "go to" arrow is gold tip pro hunter. Do yourself a HUGE favor and switch to carbon/graphite arrows. I still have some that I have shot for years-including some that has taken several head of game!