whitetailwarrior

luv them gold tips

Grassflatsfisher

I shoot easton axis so I will 4th the comment above. I've got a couple that have shot multiple deer and hogs and are still going. Just refletch and go.

If your on a budget you can't go wrong with Gold Tips.

mniterambler

maxima carbon hunters with blazer vanes installed but you are gonna pay more than you want to...But they shoot better than a lot of the high dollar arrows in my sons and a buddy of mines bow... I shoot the gold tips but they are not as consistent arrow to arrow as the maximas.:usaflag

J Smithers

Thanks for all the suggestions. I ended up going with the Beaman ICS Hunter arrows. They have a straightness of .003 and after testing a lot of different arrows, it seems these were the best for the money. My buddy has a chronograph and we have been testing many different arrow speeds on the same bow. I know speed is not everything, but it was amazing seeing how much difference an arrow makes. We shot all of the arrows using a 70# Mathews DXT and here are the results from fastest to slowest:

1. <LI>Easton Axis N-Fused 296 fps</LI><LI>Beaman ICS Hunter 290</LI><LI>Easton Full Metal Jacket 288</LI><LI>PSE Carbon Force 286</LI><LI>PSE Carbon Radial Weave 285</LI><LI>Easton Alluminum (can't remember size) 255</LI>

user285

I am just curious how accurate this test is so can you answer a few questions, because if you do not have the same weight or spine the arrow will act different and will get different speeds. I know that the FMJ's are a lot heavier than ICS and a Nfused so there should be a lot more difference in speed from these two to the FMJ.

Were all these arrows weighed?

Was the spine checked to verify they are the same?

Did they have the same fletching(2 inch blazers with 2 degree offset compared to a 4 inch quickspin with right helical)?

Did they have the same size point weight?

Thanks Doug

Grassflatsfisher

Instead of worring so much on speed calculate your kinetic energy with each arrow. There are several sites that let you put the weight and speed in and it calcs if for you.

Another thing about Beaman ICS's:They aren't made in the USA anymore. They moved their manufacturing to Inda(I do believe) a few years ago.I've heard that their quality went down after they made the move. Can'tvouch for that though...just what I heard.

sc23

I'd use Easton. JMO.

P-cola_Native

Gold Tip is all I will shoot.