alum arrows

[amstaffer]

hello , can those that use alum shafts post your setups ? type fletch, point weight,brosdhead weight , thanks

[vixenmaster]

2216 & 2219 100/125 spitfire- montec g5-striker mag- slick mag & razortricks EZ RH helical fletch, pt weight same as BH weight. 2216 400gr 2219 435gr with 100 pt

[wabi]

I use 2215s & 2216s with Arizona "bolt" fletch tool & 100 gr points.
Swhackers, Wac'em Exit, & G-5 Montecs all group right with field points for me.

2213s & 125gr points are close in weight to the 2215s & 100gr points.

[Masboy]

2114 110gr brass insert , blazers done on Arizona.125 practice tip,100gr slicktrick magnums and the slicks 100s shoot to same poi as the 125 practice tips out to 50yds. 2117 110gr brass insert, blazers done on arizona. 150gr practice tip,125 slick trick magnums and the slicks 125s shoot to the same poi as 150 practice tips out to 50yds. these arrows are deadly acurrate wind or no wind!!!!!

[fredbeer]

2216 alum insert, slick trick 125 mags, Vanetec 3" vanes, same poi as field points

[Tennessee Tom]

Easton 2219 21", pdp weighted insert ,ten point plastic nock ,foc around 17 % with 100 grn head 18 % or so with 125 grn weight 549 grain with 125 grn slick trick, blazer vanes using the arizona bolt to apply blazers, around 300 fps out of an Equinox and Exomax over 100 ft lbs kinitic energy broad head and field tip same impact ,, have practice bolts and a seperate quiver with hunting bolts , survival tool ! Like most people veiwing build my strings and bolts , can fix anything on Excals myself except splintered limb great XBOW !!

[hikerman]

Easton 2216 20". standard inserts, with 2" blazers, G-5 Montecs.

I did shoot 2219 also. did not see a geat advantage. either way.

Exocet 175#.

Alum.'s are not that expensive.

[houser52]

20", XX75 2117, aluminum inserts and nocks, Blazer vanes, 125 grain standard Slick Tricks/ 125 grain bullet points.

[bob1961]

20" XX75 in 2117
110gr brass insert with two 25gr added to rear = 160gr
blazer vanes fletched straight 1" from end of shaft
alum nock trimmed down from 25gr to 7gr
125gr slick trick magums
total arrow weight = 550gr

.......bob

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[Michael Stogre]

I use 2216 Easton superslams tipped with 150 grain boltcutters, and fletched with
the 2010 blazer vanes. They weigh around 480 grains in total. My fletching is 4
degree offset at present but I may change to the helical. There is a luminock for
the 2216 shaft which I used this year to harvest a yearling buck on opening day
of bow season. It was a complete pass through.

MJS

[raphunter]

This might be a dumb question but why are all you guys still using aluminum shafts when you can get carbon for about the same price and they are more durable than aluminum.

[maverick]

That's what I thought as well.And you might not know if the alum arrow is bent till you shoot them.The carbon arrows stay straight or break. to the best of my knowledge.

[houser52]

I have never had any problems with aluminum. They are normally straighter, shoot great, easy to assemble/re-fletch/tune, straighten it if I should happen to bend one (I have a straightener), don't have to worry about carbon slivers and the list goes on.

[VixChix]

My carbon GoldTip Laser II broke into 3 pieces in the deer a week ago. All clean breaks - not a single splinter:

[Tom]

This might be a dumb question but why are all you guys still using aluminum shafts when you can get carbon for about the same price and they are more durable than aluminum.

That's what I thought as well.And you might not know if the alum arrow is bent till you shoot them.The carbon arrows stay straight or break. to the best of my knowledge.

First of all I am OLD SCHOOL . I have only used Aluminum (did not have Carbon available back then) .

Aluminum works great, dependable and I spin test (in the palm of my hand) every arrow before I shoot it. The spin test lets me know if the point of the head is off center from the axis of the arrow. If it is, this means the arrow could be bent or the hunting head is bent (see carbon arrows should be spin tested as well).

But most importantly, I use an arrow arrestor for turkey hunting (to stop pass through of arrow) and I want to always use the same arrow-head setup. With the arrestor sliding on the shaft of the arrow, it is not very good for the carbon arrow to have that happen.

Either arrow will do the job for you, choose what you want and have fun.