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The evolution of the arrow shaft began when the first bow and arrow set was invented. Historians state that this happened sometime during the Paleolithic era (35,000 to 7,000 BC.) A hunter came up with the idea that he could use a large "stick" and a piece of vine or twine, to propel a smaller spear at a higher rate of speed and harvest their food more efficiently by using a greater amount of the force applied to this small spear. They built a bow and several arrows and become proficient. they had to find the right material to fashion arrows from which would yield good, consistent arrow flight For 1000's of years, man used wood to make his arrows. Some archers still use wood but, like all of man's activities, study and innovation resulted in improvements to the materials used to make arrows, as well as bows and bow accessories.Now costing ridiculous prices virtually taking the fun out of the sport itself.

The step up from wood was steel. Wood began as the material of choice because it could be shaped and straightened into arrow shafts. Through experimentation, it was found that a straight arrow shaft would fly more accurately than a shaft which was less straight. Wood was used as the sole material for arrow shafts until man discovered that metals could be mined from the earth, heated and molded into a desired shape. It was found that when the first metals, such as bronze, copper and iron, were used as arrow shafts, they were much too heavy and would fly only short distances although used thoroughly in the middle ages. These metals became useful as points for arrows as they could be more easily sharpened than stones, which were originally used as arrow points.

The aluminum arrow story begins in 1939 when James Easton was one of the first to began to experiment with aluminum as an arrow-shaft material. Two years later, Larry Hughes was the first archer to win the American National Archery Championship while using aluminum arrows. James Easton continued to develop production techniques which would yield a more consistent aluminum arrow shaft. Easton Aluminum produced the first trademarked arrows in 1946, model no. "24 SRT-X", offering them for sale to the general public.the bent easily and had to virtually be straightened after each shot. In 1955, the popular XX-75 arrow shafts were added to Easton's arrow line. Changes in aluminum arrow shafts have been few ever since as XX-75's continue to be popular in the market and most archers start off using the XX-75 shafts. Aluminum shafts provided greater consistency of weight, balance and arrow flight, when compared to the wooden shafts used by archers previously.

Carbon arrows were first developed in the eighties. When carbon arrow shafts were first introduced and hunters became aware of their existence, rumors began to fly that the shafts were brittle and , when broken, they would splinter into long, sharp, pine-needle-like fragments. Sure, there were early problems but this occurs in the early stages of any new innovation. It takes a while to get it tweaked. Carbon arrow shaft production evolved to produce spiral fiber-wrapping and cross weaving of the carbon which increased the durability and strength of the carbon. Carbon arrows have the ability to maintain their straightness. It has been said that "they're either straight or their broken". In contrast, I personally have a collection of aluminum shafts, in a box in a back room, that have are no longer useable because they have been bent or dinged by other arrows when shooting. Aluminum arrows can be straightened but I think that once you bend an arrow, you weaken the shaft at the inside-bend. I have switched exclusively to carbon arrows and don't see any reason to go back, in my opinion. Not to say that carbon is better than aluminum if that's what you shoot and it works well for you. It's a confidence-in-your-equipment issue.

Unfortunately,the cost of these arrows has soared to a point where a dozen is costing almost the price of what a modern bow should. I feel it is absolulutely ridiculous to spend $10 on a single arrow that you will certainly lose or destruct. The industry knows this and will soak you time and time again. So, in answer to the question "Where can I buy good quality Carbon Arrows and Crossbow Bolts cheap?"  The answer is simple  www.deltaarcherycompany.com  or just look up Discount Carbon Arrows .  The thing I respect most about them is that they only sell to consumers. No dealers or distributors.. Hooray for them.

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What is the going price for a 12-15 yrold martin fire cat compound bow,in really good shape.arrows and case.?

No idea, but if you are buying, you should look into something newer. Technology is way ahead of where it was 10-15 years ago. Speed, weight, let-off, and sound dampening properties don't compare to the newer bows.

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