Your hunting arrows for this year?
07-27-2006, 08:06 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
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Join Date: May 2004
Location: Albany, NY
Posts: 4,679
Your hunting arrows for this year?
Since my 3D season is coming to an early end this year, I am starting to order and get my gear set up for hunting season and get the XT all tuned up.
I planned on shooting a GT pro hunter 75/95 shafts for hunting this year, but now they as well as XT's are on national backorder for 8 weeks or so........too long of a wait for me. I had a dozen of them in the shop and ended up selling them thinking I could just get more ordered [:@]. I would like a shaft that has retail price of $100 or less,I can get just about anything through the shop. I want an arrow w/ a finished weight between 375 and 400 grains, that will include 3 blazers, a wrap, and a 100 grain head. What else would you guys use or have you had good luck with that is around 9gpi?
I was thinking of going w/ Axis arrows..........I have an entire barrel of them at the shop so I am fortunate enough to be able to sort through them and pick the straightest shafts within certain weight tolerances. I am confident that if I sort carefully and trim from both ends I can get a dozen shafts that are acceptable despite their .005 straightness tolerances, however before I do this I am wondering if there is something else I should be looking at.Any other shafts I should be looking at? The CT Whitetails are the same .005 tolerance and same retail price........so I was thinking since I already have Axis in the shop I might as well go w/ those........anyone have anything good or bad to say about Axis 340's?
I planned on shooting a GT pro hunter 75/95 shafts for hunting this year, but now they as well as XT's are on national backorder for 8 weeks or so........too long of a wait for me. I had a dozen of them in the shop and ended up selling them thinking I could just get more ordered [:@]. I would like a shaft that has retail price of $100 or less,I can get just about anything through the shop. I want an arrow w/ a finished weight between 375 and 400 grains, that will include 3 blazers, a wrap, and a 100 grain head. What else would you guys use or have you had good luck with that is around 9gpi?
I was thinking of going w/ Axis arrows..........I have an entire barrel of them at the shop so I am fortunate enough to be able to sort through them and pick the straightest shafts within certain weight tolerances. I am confident that if I sort carefully and trim from both ends I can get a dozen shafts that are acceptable despite their .005 straightness tolerances, however before I do this I am wondering if there is something else I should be looking at.Any other shafts I should be looking at? The CT Whitetails are the same .005 tolerance and same retail price........so I was thinking since I already have Axis in the shop I might as well go w/ those........anyone have anything good or bad to say about Axis 340's?
07-27-2006, 08:14 AM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Dover, PA USA
Posts: 5,497
RE: Your hunting arrows for this year?
Gold Tip Pro Hunter 7595's.
I fletched em' up with pretty barred 4" rt. wing feathers and a decent helical. 390grs with a 100gr head.
(secured MONTHS ago
)
Even the XT's are on a backorder? [:-]
I fletched em' up with pretty barred 4" rt. wing feathers and a decent helical. 390grs with a 100gr head.
(secured MONTHS ago
)Even the XT's are on a backorder? [:-]
07-27-2006, 08:26 AM
#4
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Northern Illinoise
Posts: 2,464
RE: Your hunting arrows for this year?
I'll be shooting Easton A/C Superslims this year. 27.5" 340's w/wraps and 3.125" QuikSpins. So far I love them.
Oh yeah - I'll be shooting Lumenocks as well.
Oh yeah - I'll be shooting Lumenocks as well.
07-27-2006, 08:53 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
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Posts: 7,571
RE: Your hunting arrows for this year?
2117 Easton Gamegetters (got a few dozen extra after they stopped making them), 150 grain Magnus Stinger, or possibly a Muzzy Phanton. Three fletch 5 1/2 Parabolic feather. Bohning Classic Nock.
