RB,

You are welcome!

Frank,

I don't have much time these days to post, but I do pick and choose a thread or two to get into if the mood strikes me that day.

Joe,

the Cabelas SST shafts I have found overall, pretty good, though I do not doubt you had a few bad ones. The cheaper Maverick shafts they were offering before the ICS arrows became all the rage I found pretty "foul".

NAV,

The Bass Pro shafts are made by one of two outfits

1) The same place in Korea making Gametracker's (CX) shafts

or

2) The same place in Mexico making PSE's shafts.


Originally it was the American company AFC that was bought out by Gametracker. Then GT contracted a manufacturer in Korea to make the CX shafts (cheaper, and Gametracker has everything made overseas).

The PSE's are identical barring their place of manufacture. I suspect someone from the original AFC took the CX design when GT went to the Korean manufacturer, and either sold PSE some rights, or just contracted with the manufacturer in Mexico.
On a side note:

The CAE shafts are (or at least were, not sure now) made in China.

Beman was made in France until Easton bought them out.

Jeff