ORIGINAL: sjb3
...... I have also checked out the 1 dz. Beman Max 4 .300, 1dz. MAX 4 .340 and Black Max .340. The spine was really good and consistant,all within .005-.008 in both the 340 models, the .300 the worst was.011. Very consistant SAS both spine sizes, weight was within 1 grn, and the straightness was alittle out of advirtised spec. worst was .004. I was really impressed with these arrows specs
Hmmm...while the spine consistency does not surprise me at all (though generally I find them to vary a bit more like the 300s you tested), the straightness does....
I tried the ST Axis last year and didn't care for them. Don't know what Beman did different.......
My first dozen AXIS (bought in Dec 2003) were excellent. I bought 3 dozen later in 2004 to cull for a good dozen that were absolutely horrid for straightness. QC definitely seemed to slip. Perhaps Easton was just able to gear up better for the demand, or after a year of producing them has learned a few tricks in order to improve.
Thanx for the FYI, I def wanna check a few out now just to see. I'm still not a huge fan of the C2 construction as the arrows can take a "set" (i.e. bend) , but there's no doubt they are excellent shooting arrows if you can get some straight ones (and keep 'em that way
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