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Title: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: FAV 52 on September 03, 2020, 10:59:27 PM
Anyone ever shoot 1816 aluminum arrows ?
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: M60gunner on September 03, 2020, 11:38:10 PM
Yes, from my Bear with 45# limbs. I will confess they are my wife's arrows. I tried them because I found a combination with the 3R calculator using the 1816's. Not a combination I would hunt with, to light in weight but they flew well.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Hud on September 04, 2020, 01:14:33 AM
Just 1916, 1918, 2016, 2114, and heavier 2219 for hunting.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Wheels2 on September 04, 2020, 06:08:30 AM
Not enough spine for me.  But the "16" wall will make them reasonably durable.
I do shoot larger sizes depending upon the bow.  Can't beat aluminum as a hunting arrow.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: PICKNGRIN on September 04, 2020, 07:27:33 AM
I have used them quite a bit in my 40 to 45 lb bows.  I draw about 27".  I have taken several deer with them using a 2 blade broadhead.  That gave me about a 450 grain arrow.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Jon Stewart on September 04, 2020, 07:29:46 AM
Yes. My wife killed deer with a longbow and 1816's and I have killed deer with my 40#  bow and 1816's.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: FAV 52 on September 04, 2020, 11:19:44 PM
Thanks guys I thought they might work for me , shooting about 43lbs at my 27 or so draw , have been shooting 2016 shafts cut to 28in with 100 grain brass insert and 125 grain heads , just a little heavier than i need , like PICKNGRIN the 1816 with 125 heads would get me closer to that 10gn per lb .
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Jon Stewart on September 05, 2020, 07:30:33 AM
Don't over look a 1916. They are a great universal shaft  in that 40 to 50 pound bow range.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Crooked Stic on September 05, 2020, 08:11:08 AM
Yep X-2 on 1916s
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Post by: hawkeye n pa on September 05, 2020, 08:35:17 AM
Just fletched up three dozen for the grandkids and nieces.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: abbatoys on September 29, 2020, 06:19:00 PM
Shooting 2114 out of my Bear Takedown and they fly great. Shot 2216 and 2117 with heavier bows and really liked them... love wood tho.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: Joe2Crow on September 30, 2020, 03:50:29 AM
I still shoot aluminum shafts some, not quite as much as carbons. I've only gone down to 1916s for my bows around 40#.  I shoot a lot of 2016s and 2018s depending on the bow. Usually around 50# or slightly more.
Title: Re: Aluminum Shafts
Post by: jamesh76 on September 30, 2020, 07:47:48 PM
The doe I shot last week had a 1816 with 125 grain stinger go through her shoulders and hung on by the feathers from a 42# bow.  I also shoot them from.my selfbows.