A friend of mine has an s2 and shoots maple shafts out of it all the time. he spines them for 70 lb and weight is close to 800 gr. and has never broken an arrow (in the bow that is) i shoot cedars out of my Instigator with same draw weight, spine, but around 550 grains. ive also never broken arrows. from my semi-scientific testing, they tend to be quieter than carbons, with equal if not better penetration, but they are a bit slower. they are also cheaper if you build them yourself like me. as long as you use at least 10 gpi and over-spine them slightly, you should be good.

as an extra, i would rather a sizeable hole going straight through my hand from the wood arrow going through it than a hundred smaller holes snaking around from a carbon. just saying.

I am REALLY bored and just up for banging my head on a block wall and will post one last time on this mindless post.
Just go ahead and shoot your wooden arrows in your compound and enjoy. IF and WHEN something goes terribly wrong, don't say that your were neither warned nor told that it was not a good idea. Just go get it fixed and don't come back complaining that look at what happened to me when I did this and don't know how or why it happened.
Just like the 7 yr old that was told not to do something that he would get hurt. And then when they go and do it and get hurt, you tell that I told you not to do it or this would happen.

There is little more satisfying than to able to say "I told you so"!:D

LOL at newbies bringing back ancient posts. Especially posts asking crazy questions! Been turning cedar for over 5 decades for some of my traditional bows. I'd never even DREAM of the absolutely retarded act of firing them out of any of my compounds. The energy transfer (power curve) is MUCH steeper from a compound bow. Now this statement doesn't include a "wheel bow" as they are just slightly above the energy transfer curve of a recurve. But ANY cam bow you would be risking your hand or forearm as well as taking a chance on busting a limb or cracking the riser.

I second this motion. Do we have a third so we can close this?

I'll third it. FLUSH IT!!!!!!