I AM SWICHING TO CARBON ARROWS, AND I HAVE NARROWED IT DOWN TO 2 CHOICES. EITHER THE CARBON EXPRESS CX HUNTER 300, OR THE EASTON AXIS 340. MY ONLY CONCERN IS THAT THE EASTON AXIS IS MUCH NARROWER AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THAT WILL EFFECT THINGS. ANY THOUGHTS OR COMMENTS ON WHICH ARROW IS BETTER???

Not to mention, many people are having spine retaining issues.

I am using axis 400s,All I can say is WOW!
Great penatration, increased speed.

iv been shooting both carbon express and PSE carbon force and have to say i like the pse carbon forces better. but my bow shop has different arrows you can try out in their archery range so if you can do that i would highly recomend that.

Carbon Express is by far the better of the two arrows.

I shoot CX300's myself and they are the best I have used thus far. I will be trying their terminator selects here soon simply because I want a heavier arrow than the CX. I also really like the PSE carbon force extremes as well.

I have not tried the Axis arrows but I have tried other Easton/ Beman (same company) arrows and IMHO they are junk.

I also can not fathom how the axis shaft with the HIT insert thingy can be very strong at the tip. It seems to me that a shaft that has its insert glued inside the shaft from the tip back would be much stronger than a shaft that has no insert at the end of the shaft. A glued in insert should help to hold together the shaft on hard hits.

WHICH CARBON ARROW IS BEST?

The aluminum one.

Clint

There is not a carbon shaft on the market without those issues. Many people may not admit it, but the main reason they change to carbon arrows are because they can generally shoot them longer. Top grade aluminums are hard to beat for straightness BUT......that straightness doesn't last long if they are shot much. And aluminums may even get bent carrying them in a quiver or while laying on your lap in the stand. I'd venture to say that the average archer will get longerstraight shooting life out of a dozen carbons than he would using a dozen good aluminums.

By the way......I've shot and hunted with Easton Carbon Evolutions and am very satisfied. Personally I don't care much for the Korean made shafts and Bob Eastman.

Isn't Easton going over seas as well. I haven't heard much about it lately but I remember something about this a while back because of the taxes they pay by manufacturing their shafts here in the USA.

i have blackhawk vapors and i love em. once i bought my first half dozen my groupings got better and ive stuck with em ever since

I did a test last week with my axis 340's. I bought a dozen in april and have shot 6 of them almost daily. last week I bought 6 more and shot them. If you were to look at the groups you couldn't tell which were the new or the old. So needless to say, I haven't experienced any problem SO FAR with lack of spine retention.