Arthur,

LOL, yeah after reading that it sounds pretty pitiful eh? True tale though.

I am saying Aluminum shoots very, very good (nothing is TOO good) I’m also saying that even with a Uni-bushing alum cannot take nearly the same amount of abuse that an A/C can. I’ve got several 3-49’s in my collection right now that have multiple dings from nock end hits that are still straight as they can be. An alum that took those hits would much more likely to be damaged significantly or destroyed as there is more surface area for a point to “catch” (less deflection): i.e an A/C (or any smaller diameter shaft) will tend to hit and deflect off without hitting the shaft elsewhere. On a big alum where you have a longer taper & wider uni, it you hit a nock, the point will tend to deflect and then catch the bigger surface area of the uni itself or crease on the back end of the shaft closest to the uni. An A/C with a smaller surface area will just tend to deflect the incoming arrow into the target proper, not other parts of the shaft. The wraps of carbon also take much more abuse if you do whack that area than alum will (obviously).

While I can just shoot different spots all the time w/ alum, since I rely mainly on group tuning, that only helps after I’ve destroyed several arrows in the process.

IME I get greater penetration from carbon’s smaller diameter, quicker recovery from a poor release, less drag past 30 yards, a quieter drawing arrow shaft (and it’s much quieter when I’m knock one around in the woods: a boon for me since I hunt on the ground) and I certainly can’t get the arrow speeds I find most forgiving for yardage errors with my draw length and poundage using alum. Not even w/ XX12 wall Ultra-Lite shafts. Even If I could, the absolute piss poor durability of XX12 & XX13 shafts is enough to make me yack just thinking about it