Arthur P, you are absolutely right. NO LUBE NEEDED. And I know about the struggling with Carbons. I DO have a bad back. I've shot with guys shooting Korean Express and it takes two to pull the arrows. Then they grab hold of my 2212's. I almost always get some remark like "Man, I'll pull your arrows all day long". There's that much difference.

I'm shooting Vapor 23 Speeds right now while playing with the bow. Getting the most speed out of it and all. Man I gotta back down to 47lbs to get ASA legal at 288fps. Anyway, my aluminums weigh a bit more and will be slower, but our winter league says nothing over 35 yards so it's kinda a mute point between 305 and 295fps. And this is just for fun anyway. They give out pins to the first 3 places in each class but I just give mine to the kids---when I get one. And lighting up some kid"s face is more fun than winning it for myself.