RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

Art:

Well, old timer, I guess I' ll be leaving you where the trail forks. Looks like you are going the way of the " zoomy" club. :)

Let me know what you want for those old faithful 2315 aluminums. I shoot a 30.75 length. According to your draw length, I' ll have room to cut them down. [:-]

Watch them splinters! :D

RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

Arthur,

Yep that' s the kicker...how long will they last. :D I' m having that problem right now w/ my month and a half-old Goldtip XT' s. Arrows that were .005 to .006 TIR (over 28" ) are now approaching .010 TIR if not more. Very dissapointing. [:' (]

As far as the starightness goes, yeah I think in both cases the straightness was incredible on both The Terms and A/C/Cs, and although I knew those Terms were straight I thought they would be about double what they actually are.

A/C/C max TIR tolerance is .006 over shaft length minus 2 inches. In your case over a 30" span (32" shaft). That is a very typical for an A/C/C . You' ll see a few here and there at max tolerance, but like that one, the majority come in far below that.

The T-selects are rated .003 over a 28" span. Again, way under spec as they are 33" .

Of course, straightness is only only one factor,and within reason, the third most important factor.

Regardless, it' s refreshing to see something actually as advertised or better.

Enjoy the arrows...

I' m checking into that bow for ya ;)

RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

C - No ya don' t! Those 2315' s are my safe haven. As long as I' ve got them in reserve I know I' ve got something that will ALWAYS work. I' m still in experimental mode here. Besides, I doubt very many of these guys consider a 540 grain arrow in the zoomy category, carbon or not. ;)

Jeff, you don' t mean to tell me that it' s not the gospel that " carbon is either straight or broken" ?? [:o][:o];)

RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

I' m a 2315 fan myself!!! Only 29 inches though:D I don' t have that much a difference in sight marks out to 40 yards for hunting between the 540 grain 2315' s and the 460 grain carbons I also use. The aluminums are cheaper and more consistent between arrows, which for hunting gets my vote[8D]

RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

Who' da thunk it. ArthurP shooting carbons. No wonder the weather has been so weird lately. :D

I think Art is a closet speed freak. :D He' s already got that 80lb Black Knight hidden somewhere and only takes it out in the middle of the night to shoot it when nobody is looking. He' s probably been shootin over 400 fps since last year.;)

RE: Carbon - Partial Retraction
 

Not at all. I shoot it in the middle of the night to watch the sparks of molten steel come flying off the field points. I need to find some field points made from depleted uranium ' cuz these mild steel points don' t hold up to the air friction. :D

The neighbors kinda raise Cain when they get rocked out of their beds by the sonic boom tho... ;)