I was thinking the same thing! I've got a standing offer on a very nice, brand new, made for me bow. Problem is, it's a $1,200 bow--I can get it at a "bargain", but still......I decide I'm going to get it, then I start thinking "what the heck am I going to do with a $1,200 bow?????". I'm afraid it would never leave the shop, so I decide against it. Have that debate with myself on a regular basis.

That's one of the reasons I doubt I'll ever even try one of those $30 each broadheads--if I want to shoot at a squirrel or armidillo, I could never do it with one of those. And critters are just as dead with the "cheap" broadheads I use now, so I really don't see the point (no pun intended). Guess I could talk about the extra inch of penetration I got in the ground after the pass-through......

Chad

Below is what I've gotten so far. (Easton 2117's (total weight 600 grains) and POC 50/55's (total weight 489 grains)) While they both fly great, I still don't feel like I've found the right arrow yet. 'Course, I'm still really "green" in the trad department.

I agree durability is very debatable.

I agree, the thin aluminums are not very durable compared to the thicker walled stuff. The 2020's are extremely durable.

Ed. Ashby also mentioned that hard wood arrows actually held up better then carbon on heavy bone.

I've heard this from allot of people as well!

Ive shot them all and found carbon way to durable and easy to tune to ignore. Ive gotten real lazy and have gone with carbon on almost all my trad bows. It takes a matter of sec. and a chop saw to tune a carbon. No reading the grain or all the other headaches that come with wood. I always hated shooting an animal and have them break a wood shaft by rolling on it. With carbon, its not that big of a deal. Aluminum is great too, except it bends easy compared to the other two. Tuneing is easy with aluminum as well. Ill probably go back to wood. i just made up a dozen cedar shafts for a man that wanted them for a long bow I made him. It had been a long time, but I actually had a good time making these.

Have you read the Ashby interview in the latest issue of Traditional Bowhunter? The pics of the bent and broken threaded shanks of screw-in broadheads and inserts - even glue-in tapered broadhead adapters,were really something to see. The weak link. POC arrows didn't fare so well either.

Yes, that was a great article. He sure knows how to break stuff doesn't he? I like how he listed things in order. I believe arrow integrety and arrow flight were number 1 and 2 (maybe not in that order though).

He also has another update out in March 2008.

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There is a thread over at Trad Gang about the steel adapters. Looks like 2 different styles, one breaks and the other doesn't, interesting thread. Kinda bums me out I just ordered 75gr steel adapters and 125gr heads.....

I don't think you will have to worry too much on deer sized game if thats how you plan to use them. I've used aluminum adapters which are no where near as strong as steel and have never had a problem. He tests the stuff to their limits.

here are my arrows. they are natures carbons, VERY tough