I mostly shoot and hunt with wood and have some alum' s fletched for the 3-D shoots,but this past weekend I bought a doz. Gold Tip Traditional XT' s and am really impressed with them.They shoot great off my bows which vary in wgt from 52# to 61#.Usually I have to get differant spined shafts for the bows but with these carbons shooting well off all of them-I think I may have to make the switch-at least for hunting.