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Summary: Archers use different styles of arrows, including aluminum and carbon arrows. Learn about aluminum and carbon arrows and how to use them in this archery equipment lesson on video.
Harold Hall is the President of the Fort Lauderdale Archers, Board of Directors. Mr. Hall has been in archery for over 45 years and is a certified NFAA instructor and has numerous...read more
" Hello! My name is Harold Hall, Ft. Lauderdale Archers in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and today we are going to talk about some of the supplies, and equipment that you would use for archery. On behalf of Expert Village I would like to welcome you. Okay one of the parts that you shoot with either a compound or a like I said in the recurve or traditional styles is your styles of arrows. There is what is called a aluminum arrow it is a knotting point on it or a knot, it has fletch, it has a tip which is glued it or screwed in however you wish to do that. They come in a certain length when you buy them. You cut them to what is called you draw a length and its set up in design for the style of bow that you are shooting. Another style of arrow is what is called carbon. It also has what is called the gluing point your knot. This one has feathers on it. You could use veins which are plastic or you could use feathers. So that is a couple styles of arrows."