Anything I should know about these shafts?

[Rangeball]

Any problems or things to watch out for?

http://www.eastonarchery.com/product...g/gamegetter3/

If I get a new bow, I' m thinking about going back to aluminum to get the weight I want. Can' t get the ACCs heavy enough without adding a super heavy head and going back to vanes, which I don' t want to do.

I love the finish on these shafts. Straightness and tolerance seem acceptable. I don' t shoot 3D or groups, so shaft damage shouldn' t be an issue. As a plus, I' d get better prong clearance with more offset or helical fletch.

What would be a good size to consider, assuming a 28" shaft out of a 70# " hard cam" bow like say the ' 04 Patriot?

[Rangeball]

Found an interesting review of them-

http://www.bowhunting.net/evaluation...stonYukon.html

From the review-

We installed three barred feathers to the shaft, two gray barred and one orange barred cock feather, and they came out super looking. We cut the shafts to my 27 1/2" arrow length and installing the inserts. What a great looking arrow.

Ironic, as that is the EXACT feather configuration I thought looked best when I built one on gateway feather' s sight. Would match up with the Merlin camo bow soooo sweet.

Plus, these things are around $60 a dozen fletched!

[ButchA]

I shoot Easton XX75' s and love them.

Check this out and you' ll see the details on my choice of arrows:
http://www.eastonarchery.com/product...er/default.asp
EDIT: Easton archery just changed the url' s on their site....

The " Camo Hunter" is a great overall aluminum arrow for me. I use #2315 and cut to 31" (from nock to tip insert).

Butch

[PABowhntr]

Cannot help you with those specifically RB but I can say that the local shop sold a ton of these:

http://www.eastonarchery.com/product...xumquattro.htm

....last summer/spring. They sold for right around $55 a dozen...fully fletched, etc... if I remember correctly.

[TreePhantom]

If I shot aluminum, that is what I would shoot. I could see spending the $ on the 78' s. I did in the past, just found 75' s to shoot the same.

[Rangeball]

Thanks guys...

If I do go this route, it will be the Yukon' s specifically. I love the finish, and the offered sizes seem to fit the bill.

It' s important to look good as well as perform good, don' t ya think?

[Raymond van Halm]

I prefer the XX75 on my hunting bow to.
The orange-brown makes perfect camo to in low light conditions where the carbons keep shining.....
I like them.
Good choice.

[JeffB]

Good alum shaft. Just make sure you check the Easton catalog for detailed specs. weight tolerances may be a bit looser, as well as the the shaft strength compared to " standard XX75 (like the Shafts Frank mentioned are)

BTW. ' 04 Easton website is up. Some cool new stuff.


P.S. With your current bow set-up RB, 3-60' s w/ 125 grain points should spine just fine and will get a bit higher in weight (around 425 grains or so)

[JOE PA]

Jeff B.

Since you mentioned it, I was wondering about the Quattro arrows. How is the manufacturing process and the aluminum alloy different than XX 75? I tried to get info on the web site, but couldn' t find anything that was too helpful. Thanks!

[Rangeball]

Just make sure you check the Easton catalog for detailed specs. weight tolerances may be a bit looser, as well as the the shaft strength compared to " standard XX75

Actually, they' re equal to or better than every other XX75 option they offer. Strength is 96,000 psi, weight is +/- 1%, straightness is +/- .002.