I've shot them, killed around 15 deer with them. Good arrows, I've found them to be tough, however in a different way than carbon, I guess what I mean is something that might trash a fmj won't a carbon and vice versa. I do think they handle frontal impacts very well.

 

I shot them for 2 years and I loved them at first, but once I realized how easily they bent and/or dented I decided to shoot carbons. That's my 2¢.

 

FMJs bend too easily imo. I have found the gold tip camo arrows are a lot tougher and almost as much gpi. I also found I get much better penetration with the GTs on the compressed fiber board targets at the local range.

 

I shot them for awhile. They're accurate and hit like a Mack truck.

 

What's your reasoning for shooting them?

I bought a half dozen at the beginning of the year and have just switched back to carbon. They were good arrows, but they were too expensive with no benefit to justify the cost. I am now shooting GT kinetics and those are great. They are slightly lighter, but still much heavier than other arrows and they fly great, are economical, and don't bend.

 

I bought a half dozen last weekend. 340 spine, 29" long, aluminum shaft footers and aluminum HIT inserts that come in the package with the arrows. Weigh 520 grains with feathers and 150 grain Helix broadheads. From what I've shot them, they seem to be a very durable shaft. As far as being dented and ruined by being hit by other arrows? Well that's pretty self-explanatory, just stop shooting all your arrows at the same spot.

The research I did on them basically showed that the majority of people who had issues with the HIT inserts not staying put either failed to correctly use the epoxy provided with the inserts, or failed to use it at all. It must be left to set up for 24 hours, per the instructions.

For a hunting arrow, I'm super pleased with them and will continue to use them.

 

Ive shot them for 3 seasons and no complaints, the only 2 i had bend was because they didnt get a full pass thru and the deer was smashing up against trees, thos were the only 2 i didnt get passthrus and both were stuck into the opposite shoulder.
They are accurate, quiet, and pack a lot of punch. I wont use anything else for the time being because imo theres nothing out there better

 

I'm not as big of a "bow nut" as most on here. Just think of myself as a bowhunter, so I'll admit I'm no expert. That being said, I've shot FMJ for approx. 8 yrs. Usually kill 2 deer a year with them. This year I noticed I was down to 3 "new" arrows (ones that have only been shot into a target). Pulled out 3 arrows that had been shot through deer. Cleaned the blood and guts off and have been shooting them since July. The ones that killed deer are hitting as good as the new ones with no signs of being bent or damaged. So yeah, they are a little expensive, but if I kill multiple deer with an arrow I consider that cost savings. Plus, in my experience they hit hard and penetrate well. I have never shot pure carbon. Went from XX75 superslams (that's pure aluminum for those born after 1990)to FMJ's. So, I can't make that comparison for you, but I love the FMJ's. That's my $0.02.

 

Good info thanks for the replies. I've really just been thinking of trying a heavier arrow.

 

Two deer with them so far this year and they hit super hard. Both got cleaned up and are being re-used. They hit so hard you can here a crack noise when they hit the deer lol...

 

They hit super hard and fly great. You can tell the difference when they smack the bag target. I've bent one out of about 24 in 6 years.

 

Bent 2 in 8yrs due to arrow lodged in offside shoulder and deer running thru brush or falling over on to arrow. Used carbons prior didn't get nearly the penetration, they fly straight and true. I've yet to find any better arrow than my FMJ 340s if you do let me kno till then I'm sticking...

 

Love mine. As I understand it, the older ones had some bending issues. I honestly tried to bend a new run of last year and I couldn't get a slight bend. I did get an approximate 30 degree bend after some serious tourqing the arrow, but nothing that will happen upon serious use. Shot 3 deer last year, none bent all great pass throughs. Shot 3d 1/2 summer with my hunting rig, same arrow all summer, aside 2 broken shafts due to shooting a steel post and bending around a tree. Absolutely 0 bending issues whatsoever and I have not been easy on them.

I am running 75gr brassinserts and 125gr magnus heads total arrow weight is 565gr +/-

I won't shoot anything else.

 

I started using these arrows for elk and moose, now I use them for everything, best arrow available IMO, and it won't explode sending carbon shards into your forearm

 

I love mine

 

After arrowing a buck in the shoulder and having my Easton Flatline literally break on impact with almost zero penetration, I decided to try a skinny arrow with a high GPI. That happened to be an FMJ. I like them so far, I shot a doe this week and couldn't believe the penetration into the dirt after a complete pass through on her. Arrow was buried at least 6" up the shaft into the dirt. I want a pass through and opportunity to bust through a shoulder in case I mess up the shot a bit, so i like them for that. They hit hard and are very accurate. Yes they will bend, not as easily as an all aluminum arrow but easier than an all carbon arrow.

 

A coworker of mine changed from Carbon Express to FMJs when he bought a new bow this year. He's been thoroughly pleased with them so far; he's happy with the change. I've shot his bow/FMJs and they seem to shoot more consistent IMO

 

I've shot them since 2008 or 2009 through longbows and compounds and the only one I damaged was a 500 spine out of a longbow I shot at a 45 gal drum that I thought was rusty and it would punch through, it didn't and it deflected off the side and bent. I did have a few that got very slightly mushroomed at the tip so instead of using the bar from Easton I footed them. Since then I haven't seen any damage and I've never had one that didn't give me a pass through although at 30" and 80lbs if I didn't get a pass through I would be wondering what was wrong.

I'm not sure how guys bend them but my guess is they either don't have their arrows flying straight, they hit something they shouldn't of (like shooting 45 gal drums) or possibly the higher spined (weaker) fmj's might be more probe to bending because there isn't as much material in it. The .300 and .250 spine I have are very tough.