carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

I was just wondering what the best kind of arrows to shoot out of my recurve would be. I have a martin rebel recurve with 50# draw. I only used it for bowfishing but want to start shooting my 3d target to see how good i can get and maybe shoot a deer if i am good enough.

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

Your bow will shoot any of them well. Your choice.

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

I shoot both aluminum and cedar out of my recurve. It depends on how I feel. I plan to use cedars to kill a deer this season. Well, thats the plan. I hope a nice fat doe is willing to cooperate with the plan!:D

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

For me its Aluminum being I know how to set them up much better. Its really up to you in what you want to shoot.

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

Yea, it's personal choice. I shoot wood but most aluminum. I plan on trying carbon again over the summer. I have not had much luck in the past though with carbon.

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

I haven't made a set of wood arrows in about 4yrs.I'm mostly shooting carbons and aluminums--so much more consistant

RE: carbon, aluminum, or wood
 

Properly tuned, right spine, and heavy enough (8 grains per lb or heavier for most bows) and any of them will shoot just fine.

Wood arrows are the trickiest--you can get some really junky ones if you aren't careful, and weight can vary a lot from one dozen to the next. That's one of those items where you generally get what you pay for. Still, hard to beat good wood arrows--very quiet and forgiving--much moreso than carbon or aluminum in my experience.

Carbon is a close second for being tricky--often they are too light in mass weight, and too stiff. Might require a good bit of tinkering with point weights, inserts, weight systems, etc.--plus it seems each manufacturer has their own spec system.

Starting out, aluminum would be my choice. A dozen 2117 XX78's is going to be the same whether you buy them in Oregon or Florida. Weight and spine is consistent, they are generally pretty easy to tune, not hard to get them heavy enough, durable.....simplest choice IMO.

Chad