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I currently shoot a 29 inch draw, 63 lb bow, with a whisker bisket rest, oh i also shoot 100 grain heads. I used Terminators 45-somethins from Carbon Express but im thinkin of somethin alittle better. Sometimes they dont shoot straight. Oh, and if i do choose another arrow will i have to re-sight my bow???

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Anytime you change anything on a bow you must sight it back in!!

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Not only will you have to re-sight it....you will have to re-tune it also.

I cannot recommend a real good carbon at this time - because I have not found one. [:'(]

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Go with acc's

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Several of the local pros hunt and compete with arrows from Forge bow company. They aren't straight carbon, they've got something called Kevlon(not Kevlar) in them. Anyhow, the guys that shoot them absolutely swear by them. They don't get them for free as a sponsor either. I am going to give them a try after the season is over. My ACC's are not nearly as straight as I thought. I have a few that are not suitable for anything but slingin' arrows in the back yard.

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I shoot Carbon Evolution 400s and never had any problems with them for over 2 years now. The good thing about carbon is they dont bend if you miss and if you shoot a deer with one you wont have to throw it away you can reuse it again and again, the bad part about carbon is if you hit something solid they will explode:(

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I shoot carbon express game trackers and have never had a problem with them. In fact I use to shoot beaman hunter and like the carbon express better. They fly straight, durability is great, they don't destroy my 3-d like the beamans did and I think they fly better with broadheads. I shoot a 30 inch arrow @ 60 lbs. No complaints here.

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Consider yourself lucky. Out of every dozen I buy, no matter the brand, I find about 6 of them worth hunting with.

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BI,
How many dozen do you buy? I always spin test the arrows to make sure they are straight but have never had any problems. Just out of curiosity, What do you shoot for arrows?

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You name it, Gold Tips, ACC, Carbon Express, Beman and others. Currently I shoot Beman ICS hunters. I'm very picky about which arrows actually get to go to the woods. I number all my arrows and I record how they perform, if I start to see a bad pattern with one, it will get benched for the season.


On average I buy at least 2 dozen a year.

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Do you like the beman best or is that just what you're currently shooting. I ask because I liked the way they shot but they had a couple of downfalls.

1) They tore the hell out of my targets because of the adapter.

2) Because they tore the hell out of my targest I was getting pass thru on high density targets and ripping off the fletchings.

I couldn't afford to keep replaceing arrows because the fletchings were tearing off.

It sounds as though you've got a good system down for weeding out the bad arrows.

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Belle,

If you are getting ACCs that only have 6 good ones to the dozen then have to be the unluckiest person on the face of the earth. I would be amazed to find 2 ACCs in a dozen lot that wer substandard. JMO

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Settle down guys, I might have been rounding a tad bit, but honestly, when you get a dozen arrows, do all 12 fly and hit in the exact same spot each shot? If so, I would say you are very lucky indeed. Number your arrows and plot their performance, you might be surprised. I've had arrows that for whatever reason, would shoot great 2 or 3 times then the 4th shot would float right a few inches. I think some arrows are more forgiving of torque, bad form, etc. I like to weed my arrows down to the 4 or 5 that ALWAYS hit dead center.



Also, a "bad" arrow could just be a bad fleching job, I'm counting those as well. And I'll stick by what I say, for every 12 I get about 6 that I love. The others may be good, just not good enough.

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If Terminators aren't shooting good its probably because your bow is out of tune. Any time you change anything you must resight and retune. The Terminator line of Carbon Express is a heavy and not the striaghtest. I'm not sure but I think they're striaght from +/- .003 to +/- .006. Terminators are decent arrows and tough but there are much better carbons out there.

Good Luck!