Caution!!! Check your used arrows!

[FITZGERALD]

obviously your house is leanin.......to the left

[BuffaloHump]

Based on the pic above I would treat them like aluminum and spin those suckers regularly. I always spin my arrows when I add my broadheads too. Sometimes you'd be surprised by watching the tip of that broadhead spinning.

[dxwright23]

Good job on that catch!!!

[dxwright23]

Nice job on that catch.

[txduckman07]

I know how that poor arrow feels....

[tookeymonster]

do FMJ's bend easer b/c of the aluminum?

[TxAg]

I realize the picture is a carbon/aluminum hybrid, but I've had a full carbon explode when I shot it....definitely left a mark.

My arm was bruised from elbow to wrist with a nice egg-sized lump in the middle of it. Luckily I was shooting at a target, not an animal. The funny thing is..I had shot a doe with that arrow the night before, and after looking it over for cracks I thought it looked fine. Then I decided to do a "test shot" just in case. Ouch!

[JSAPP]

do FMJ's bend easer b/c of the aluminum?

No. If the fmj is bent, then a carbon arrow would have broken.

[Fishndude]

do FMJ's bend easer b/c of the aluminum?

I would think so but I'm no expert.

No. If the fmj is bent, then a carbon arrow would have broken.

I disagree but I'm no expert!

[Mike Javi Cooper]

Carbon will either break or be straight!

Unfortunately that isn’t a completely true statement. Many times a carbon shaft will not be straight after a hard hit or improperly pulling it from a target.. While they are not as easy to bend as an aluminum shaft, they will exhibit a longitudinal curvature from abuse and even repeated use.

[Poco]

Unfortunately that isn’t a completely true statement. Many times a carbon shaft will not be straight after a hard hit or improperly pulling it from a target.. While they are not as easy to bend as an aluminum shaft, they will exhibit a longitudinal curvature from abuse and even repeated use.

A must read!!

This is very true. My daughter shoots archery tournaments and when I took her to the national shoot a easton guy proved it to me. He said carbon arrows after being shot so many times and pulled so many times from a target will get weak and will not be true. He had a little device to check arrows for trueness and 90% of her arrows were not true about 8 inches from the tip. He had her shoot and pull the arrow, at that time he marked the area she grabbed the arrow from. It was right around 7 to 9 inches from the tip, which is the area the arrows were not true. I know it might not be noticeable for a hunter like me, but in the tournament world; everything counts and is noticeable. It definitely surprised me..Lates!!

[dsb6446]

will it shoot around corner

[Fishndude]

A must read!!

This is very true. My daughter shoots archery tournaments and when I took her to the national shoot a easton guy proved it to me. He said carbon arrows after being shot so many times and pulled so many times from a target will get weak and will not be true. He had a little device to check arrows for trueness and 90% of her arrows were not true about 8 inches from the tip. He had her shoot and pull the arrow, at that time he marked the area she grabbed the arrow from. It was right around 7 to 9 inches from the tip, which is the area the arrows were not true. I know it might not be noticeable for a hunter like me, but in the tournament world; everything counts and is noticeable. It definitely surprised me..Lates!!

Great info!

[Txnrog]

I shoot FMJ's and they will definately bend, but as stated, the force it takes to bend them will NORMALLY break a carbon shaft. I like the arrows, but it takes some work to spine tune them consistantly.

[awbackflow]

good catch makes me want to double check my gear. thanks for the post