| From: Bruce Wayne
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| Date: 12-Apr-21 |
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I have some Beman carbon 400 arrows I’ve used on and off for a few years. They never seemed to shoot quite right. Always seemed a little inconsistent. A few would shoot fine, then one would jump off the bow this way or that, but never the same arrow. Sometimes an arrow would just about come out sideways.
Anyway, I finally had enough and decided to break the ones I have left to force me to tune up some new Easton Traditionals. Out of three, one was very hard to break and two broke easily. It occurred to me that maybe I’m not crazy and some of those shafts had weak spots that caused them to flex inconsistently.
Any insights?
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| From: NormF
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| Date: 12-Apr-21 |
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I heard that some carbon shafts had a weak side when tuning. I shoot aluminum mostly.
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| From: M60gunner
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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On this same note, I am refinishing some arrows, GT’s, for a shooting buddy. He had the wrap covering the middle of the shaft . So I proceeded to scrape them off. Two shafts broke under the wrap just from the pressure I applied. I will admit I have a counter sunk hole in my work station top to support the shaft while I hold the other end which does provide me some leverage. Besides this encounter we have had some arrows break at the range after flexing from a side wards glance. This is a reason we encourage folks to flex those carbons after an encounter with another arrow or encounters with hard objects. It is kind of amazing we don’t see more of this with the pictures posted where there are a bunch of arrows in a small group.
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| From: HEXX
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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I had bad experience with Beamans. Cheap is what you get. Only shoot Easton HEXX now.
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| From: Sawtooth (Original)
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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Carbon has a long way to go before it will ever be as 1) straight 2) consistent 3) safe to shoot 4) cost effective - as good ole aluminum. I’m glad you didn’t get one through the hand before you tossed them.
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| From: George Vernon
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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This Spring I've noticed a number of cracks or splits appearing in some carbon shafts that are a number of years old. Most common location is the nock end of the shaft. One or two have been seen on the point end. None in the middle. Wondering if hitting something hard a number of times is causing the splits I'm experiencing. I've closely examined all the carbons I have and culled 9 or 10 out of 70+ arrows.
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| From: Draven
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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When I started to shoot bareshafts at 40m using budget arrows, I've seen some deviance that was solved by rotating the nock slightly. I am still not convinced that the 8-10" deviance was not due to me too and in the reality the "weak" side would give just a 2-3" off. Based on this, I doubt that shooting arrows with feathers at 20 yards and below that weak side reveals itself.
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| From: GF
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| Date: 13-Apr-21 |
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“ Wondering if hitting something hard a number of times is causing the splits I'm experiencing. ”
Or once. Glue-in adapters for glue-on nocks seem to help with that.
I put my arrows through a lot, so I’m flexing them All The Time....
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| From: Bruce Wayne
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| Date: 14-Apr-21 |
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Thanks y’all. And who knows... I just know I don’t like this batch of Bemans. They have never seemed right.
I’ll report back with results of new arrows through the same bow.
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| From: Bassmaster
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| Date: 14-Apr-21 |
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I have 400 and 500 Beman Hunter arrows I've been shooting for years now. Any one of them will shoot the yellow out of blue faced target at 20 yds with a totally equipped compound bow that I own. Gifted to me by my brother. They have been dependable,durable,and accurate both in target shooting,and in the field.
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| From: babysaph
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| Date: 14-Apr-21 |
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I used to shoot wood but gave em up because they were always not real straight and the cost got too high
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| From: Geezer
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| Date: 14-Apr-21 |
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I reckon I hate carbons as much as I do compound bows. I just don't trust them. When aluminum came along, the market for quality shafting could go no further, IMO. Most archers disagree, and when "most" have the same opinion, the few might very well be wrong. I'm way to old to change or even understand why everyone else like 'em. I don't think I actually hate carbons; they are inanimate. A better way to say it is that I would never buy one or have one in the house. I love all you guys. God bless.
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| From: Danielb
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| Date: 15-Apr-21 |
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This is a good topic. How much flex is needed to test an arrow for safety?
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| From: fdp
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| Date: 15-Apr-21 |
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"How much flex is needed to test an arrow for safety?" Not very much if you are paying attention to it.
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