Originally Posted by
pamike
I first came to the forum looking for some advice on arrow size and weight. But I have not read any that has helped. Before all the new "technology" everybody shot aluminum arrows and fixed blade heads and killed a lot of deer. Now everyone has an opinion about all this new stuff that is over-priced and making these so-called hunting pros rich. I have read some of saying try a couple different things to see what works best for you. That is very costly. My question is unless you are brand new to the sport or your equipment has failed why change? If it is not broke don't fix it. So this is my first post and my last and I hope someone reads this and keeps their old equipent that there is nothing wrong with, and saves some money to actually go hunt with. And for all the other guys that wants there bow to 320 fps keep wasting your money because matthews has one that can shoot 335 fps and now you gotta have it. Matthews will appreciate it. So keep stimulating the economy and i'll keep shooting my slow 1996 model Jennings and my XX75's and I'll have a few extra bucks to mount my deer head.
Shoot much? I've already wore out a cam, blown up an arrow and destroyed/lost plenty more. Wore out sites and releases and cut strings. If I had your 96 it would've been used up by now.
When stuff does happen it just makes sense to get the best you can.
I see Beman's MFX arrows changed this year and they are a big difference from an aluminum one. Finish is like glass and super quiet on the draw it's just that till this year they were on the heavy side, now they're not. When I need some, I'm trying those.
I wonder how much aluminum arrows change with the temps. All of the aluminum I use in work changes a lot.
A friend sold his Mathews bow and got a new one. Darned if he didn't get a pile of money for his old one. Say what we want about them, that's a good reason to own one. I don't.