Len-

I of course will call a kettle black when it is and you are correct in that Beman still makes the Carbon Hunter and Carbon Flash---for some reason I hadn't seen them in my vendor catalogs since around 2001 or so and assumed they too were discontininued. Yep, I was wrong on that tidbit and am big enough to say so.

BUT--

Even so, I still believe that there is a darn GOOD reason (as I stated in previous posts) why manufacturers decided to go to wrapped products and have over time slowly started to fade these pultrudeds out, and it is from a technical viewpoint that I think so. Yes, I agree with JeffB in that some were in fact very straight---the Beman Divas were superb in this respect and were some of the best pultrudeds to be bought....

The Axis is another animal altogether. (tho I really don't know what, LOL) The runout on them is poor IMO, and so is the "suppository" insert with/guide-thingy technology---makes no sense to me from a practical application perspective, again JMHO.

I do agree we are squarely at the crossroads of Carbon shaft technology, and soon I believe someone is going to come up with the "whole package" for us, in fact it is getting very close. I have heard some murmurings about some new shafts that will soon be coming to market that may be right up your alley, Len---more to come before the ATA show on that.


Until then, I'll keep using my ICSCH, or ACC's. Good shooting, Pinwheel 12