I have also heard of a carbon arrow breaking and going into someones arm. That has to hurt. Be sure to inspect them carefully after each shot.

"Treat every gun as if it were loaded and every loaded person as if they have a gun." WThunter

My compound/Al setup works fine. Ain't broke = don't fix it...

My longbow shoots wood better than Al, Never tried the carbon for it, never expect to.

~Will Hunt For Food~

Gutshot, fear not, no feathers ruffled, just making a bold statement to the facts.

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Actually in my case I don't &quot;still&quot; shoot aluminums. I started with carbons and switched to aluminums. They are better arrows for the money. They are not always cheaper, like say super slam selects or X7's cost as much as average carbons do. But the tolerances and quality of the arrow from shaft to shaft is much better. I feel in order to get carbons that rival them you would have to spend close to $100 dozen.

Sure they can bend if your not careful with them, but have seen some poeple mess up some carbons in the same manor. And if you think a carbon is either straight or broken, you are sadly mistaken. I have seen quite a few that are warped or cracked from miss handleing or glancing off a target. I will admit that it takes much more doing with a carbon than an aluminum, but it happens. They also wear out in spine after a while because of the way they are made, that is if they are right when you take them out of the box to begin with. It is not uncommon for a few out of a dozen to not be right before you even shoot them. I personally have never worn a carbon out that I can tell, but I have heard it can be done buy guys much smarter than I am. I do have a few that are warped from wrenching on them too hard to get them out of my wood backstop.

Paul

Paul,
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Edited by - trushot_archer on 02/04/2003 19:26:16

i shoot good groups with my aluminum arrows i see no reason to switch

Having to fight with them each time they are pulled from a target or else having to slather them with KY Jelly before each shot is reason enough not to use carbons. <img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>

I just visited Eastons website and they have a page full of warnings for carbon arrows, yet none for aluminum. Why is that? Because aluminum is safer!

FOOLPROOF?
Never underestimate the power of a fool!

What if the &quot;Hokey Pokey&quot; really is what it's all about?

I gotta go with what IL_BOW_MAN said!! I have used carbons to & I was'nt overly impressed. Just my Opinion though!!

Man Kelly, I had almost forgot about that one. Maybe I was blocking it from my memory. Actually that was an aluminum I did that with I think. And by the way, two finger removal, I didn't have to pull at all! I wonder how much penitration I would have got if the computer desk was not on the otherside of the wall? I am glad I didn't have your bowtech!! We probably wouldn't be talking on the computer right now.

Paul