Hunting Carbon Arrows 400 Spine with Feathers Fletching and Target Tips for Compound Recurve Bows (6 Pack)

I have three 1960's and 1970's recurve bows on a display rack in my home with a dozen modern rubber fletched arrows. That "just don't look right". These arrows, though made of carbon, have great looking all matching feather fletchings and faux wood shafts. Esthetically they really add to the display and practically, they shoot straight and seem to be holding up well after 50 or so shots each. At $5 per arrow that's hard to beat. They also come well packaged and separated in foam and field points are included.

I usually shoot Gold Tip Traditional shafts. However, I have been shooting with my fiancee and needed a few more target arrows to add to our cache so we could both take more shots before collecting. I ordered these as a lower priced alternative as they fulfill my chief criteria in an arrow for my usual recurve setup, a 400 spine carbon shaft with feather fletching to shoot off the shelf. I wasn't expecting perfection, since these are an off-brand/no-name arrow, but what I received exceeded my expectations. After inspecting the fletching and flex testing all 6 shafts, which arrived promptly, I took them to the range and shot them from my newest bow, a 40# 2017 Martin Jaguar Elite, for 90 minutes. The arrows performed consistently and reliably, and any errors in flight experienced were errors in my release rather than the arrows. These arrows are attractive, fly well, and the shafts seem like they'll be durable enough to last. The fletching is very fine, compresses well, and is a far cry from the bulky faux-feather fletching on my Gold Tips. I wish I could give these arrows five stars, but the one feature holding me back is the nock. The nocks are much thinner than most nocks and seem like they would break easily if grazed by another arrow in a tight grouping. Normally, I'd just replace these with one of the many nocks in my workbench. Unfortunately these nocks are built in, and once broken would render these otherwise top notch arrows useless. While the thinner nock does make split finger shooting a bit more convenient, that convenience doesn't seem worth the loss of durability.

I hadn't shot the bow in years. After receiving my new arrows (and in a different order, a new bowstring), I scrambled around and made a makeshift target out of a discarded punching bag wrapped in cardboard and a sheet. I used mud on the top of a planting pot to sort of mark a circle on my new target (it's visible in the closeup photo). Today I oiled and restrung my leather armguard with fresh laces, dug out my (slightly stiff) leather 3-fingered glove, and took my first shot at my wonky new target to see if I remembered how to do something I did daily for a while as a child, then daily again for a while a dozen years or so ago. The handsome recurve bow acquired from a local expert bowyer before the turn of the century felt light and powerful in my hands; it was harder to draw than I recalled; the shaft and feathers looked sleek and lean yet surprisingly natural; and the flight was smooth, level, swift and straight. I even hit the target. Archery is good medicine. Photos by Diana Bell.

Overall these arrows perform as well as arrows at double the price. That being said, they need some fine tuning to work. The nocks are very small and were not installed well from the factory. They need to be examined to see if they have been glued properly to the shaft. I Super-glued mine after several fell off or just hung on the bowstring after a shot. Once they were glued on with SG they have been great. The points were not on very tight and I gave them a little glue as well. I have since shot the six arrows about 500 times without any issues. I will buy again, and like the carbon shafts better than my double cost aluminum arrows.

Decently priced arrows (especially these days). The feathers are real not synthetic and very pretty. The printed wood grain pattern is very pronounced and looks very nice. These shot like a bullet from my 40# recurve and accurate and I think this is the perfect match for that bow weight as they shot fine from my 50# bows but seemed a bit light and left some hand shock, still hit on target however just didn't seem as fast at the heavier draw weight. The nocks as others have stated are small and super tight on my strings so the 2 I tested I had to first file out a little. Might try boiling the metal nock mount to soften the glue and replace with standard nocks. If not still great arrows. Yes I do recommend them for anyone who likes the style of traditional archery equipment.

Pros:CheapActual 400 spine carbon. (How do I know? I broke one)I like the tips.Cons:Very hard to find if you lose them, the nocks and feather just blend in too well.Real feathers are not durable. After one test run, half of them were in very bad shape, at least they are cheap.They list an ID of 6.2 mm. That may be correct, but at the nock the insert has a smaller diameter.Lastly, the nock doesn't click in easy.Other: I accidently hit some hard wood and one arrow broke from the nock to a little past the vane.I suggest buying a different color arrow with better vanes. (or you could put your own in)

Terrible. Worst arrow I’ve ever used