Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
09-20-2006, 02:55 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
ORIGINAL: quiksilver
HCH - I had a Beman ICS blow up on me once. Like you, I was lucky and didn't get hurt.
Finally, about four years ago, I regained the courage to go back to carbon arrows - Gold Tip XT - which have performed flawlessly.
I will never shoot a beman arrow again, and that buck should send a personal Thank-You letter to the good people at Beman.
HCH - I had a Beman ICS blow up on me once. Like you, I was lucky and didn't get hurt.
Finally, about four years ago, I regained the courage to go back to carbon arrows - Gold Tip XT - which have performed flawlessly.
I will never shoot a beman arrow again, and that buck should send a personal Thank-You letter to the good people at Beman.
I noticed a change in the sound as I pulled that arrow across the rest. Made me stop and look at the arrow to see if it was still on the rest, it was and I released. Boom.
09-20-2006, 03:19 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
Hardcore why were you shooting the 400? I'm thinking based on what I've read about you that at yourDL and the weight of the bow (just a guess) you should have been using the 340.
09-20-2006, 05:07 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
nodog, my arrow is 28'' and my poundage is 63#. That calls for a 400. Beman's arrow chart ,as published in Cabelas, shows a 340 when you reach a 31'' arrow in the 60-65# range. 27''-30'' is suppossed to be a 400 in the 60-65# weight.
09-20-2006, 07:08 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
Well today I went out and bought a dozen of Easton A/C/C 3-49 carbon/aluminum arrows. I fletched one up and I have never seen an arrow shoot as accurately and perform like this arrow did for the last hour while I shot it!!!!! I am impressed to say the least!!! I can hit a gnats A$$ at 30 yds and at 40yds it was just the norm for the arrow to stay inside of a baseball diameter like it was on a string. Of course at $140 a dozen they had better perform. I feel better about this arrow over carbon for safety.
I put a Black Gold Radiant sight with skycoil technology on it. I have this same sight on my Tribute and it is by far the brightest 4 pin sight on the market.[/align]
I put a Black Gold Radiant sight with skycoil technology on it. I have this same sight on my Tribute and it is by far the brightest 4 pin sight on the market.[/align]
09-20-2006, 07:18 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
hardcore - glad to see your back an shooting! I'm pretty pumpd up, season opens Saturday!!! I've to a 150" deer workin one of my stand locations pretty hard right now. Saturday evening he may be in for a surprise.....[8D]
09-20-2006, 09:12 PM
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RE: Carbon arrow just blew up on me!!!!!
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nodog, my arrow is 28'' and my poundage is 63#. That calls for a 400. Beman's arrow chart ,as published in Cabelas, shows a 340 when you reach a 31'' arrow in the 60-65# range. 27''-30'' is suppossed to be a 400 in the 60-65# weight.
nodog, my arrow is 28'' and my poundage is 63#. That calls for a 400. Beman's arrow chart ,as published in Cabelas, shows a 340 when you reach a 31'' arrow in the 60-65# range. 27''-30'' is suppossed to be a 400 in the 60-65# weight.
According to bemans a shaft in your weight (62-66)29 inches should use a 340. Sounds like you were right on the line.