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What to do
05-09-2007, 08:56 PM
#4
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Treasure Lake DuBois,Pa.
Posts: 1,571
RE: What to do
That's a tough question for me. I've been toying w/ the idea of going back to feathers from blazers.
Not that the blazer's don't do well , but I shot some of my arrows that still have helical feathers on them a couple days ago and they grouped better.
I also like the little better foc w/ the feathers. They penetrated the target several inches better and the only diff. was blazers vs. feathers. Same point/arrow.
Besides , feathers look cool w/ wraps.
Not that the blazer's don't do well , but I shot some of my arrows that still have helical feathers on them a couple days ago and they grouped better.
I also like the little better foc w/ the feathers. They penetrated the target several inches better and the only diff. was blazers vs. feathers. Same point/arrow.
Besides , feathers look cool w/ wraps.
05-09-2007, 09:50 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: What to do
ORIGINAL: Greg / MO
I would go with Trueflight feathers over Gateway if you were going to go feathers... for most of us that have shot both companies, we'll tell you there's no comparison.
I would go with Trueflight feathers over Gateway if you were going to go feathers... for most of us that have shot both companies, we'll tell you there's no comparison.
I agree that feathers are the way to go.
Greg,I have shot Tru flight feathers as well as Gateways and there definately is no comparison with the theconsistancy of the bases of the Tru Flight feathers.The tru Flights win hands down.However,I shot 3" camo Gateways for about 3 years and they are/did hold up much better than my Tru Flights have been.It is strange but the Tru Flights seem to be coming apart and missing some fletch for no apparent reason.They just seem to be weaker than the Gateways.
It may be just the difference between the 3" and the 4" but the Gateways just seem to hold up better.
What in particular do you think the Tru Flights advantage is over the Gateways.The bases for sure but is my experience different than yours?
05-09-2007, 10:02 PM
#6
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: What to do
To be fair, I've ONLY shot the 4" in both... so I can't speak to any of the others. As far as my experience with those, though... Yeah, the bases definitely was the major thing. The feathers themselves also seemed to have a better shape, and seemed thicker. That could have been in my mind though, but I just thought the True Flights were a better quality feather. I actually just ordered 200 of them from 3Rivers Archery at the start of the summer.
And this may not be a quality issue (certainly, it's not...), but I'm a big fan of barred feathers, and the bars look WAY better to me from Tru Flight than they do from Gateway.
And this may not be a quality issue (certainly, it's not...), but I'm a big fan of barred feathers, and the bars look WAY better to me from Tru Flight than they do from Gateway.
05-09-2007, 10:09 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2006
Location: Where the ducks don't come no more
Posts: 4,420
RE: What to do
ORIGINAL: archer58
I also like the little better foc w/ the feathers. They penetrated the target several inches better and the only diff. was blazers vs. feathers. Same point/arrow.
I also like the little better foc w/ the feathers. They penetrated the target several inches better and the only diff. was blazers vs. feathers. Same point/arrow.
I digress, what is a onestringer? Sounds like a decent but not great day fishing.
If you want forgiveness, use feathers, as long as you don't hunt in the rain (you can always use the powder however).
If you want durability, use blazers.
I'd go with blazers, fletched helical.
05-09-2007, 10:12 PM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: HENDERSON KY USA
Posts: 6,634
RE: What to do
I definately agree that when fletching and the overall appearance,the Tru Flights win hands down.But when I shot the gateways for 3 years,they all held up with no breakage and the Tru Flights are falling apart on some of my arrows after just 6 months.The normal freighing was present but that was it.
The only reasonI tried the gateways was that I liked the looks of the red camo and grey camo. It was a cool fletching together but they ended up holding up better.I also think that the 3" makes a difference.
The only reasonI tried the gateways was that I liked the looks of the red camo and grey camo. It was a cool fletching together but they ended up holding up better.I also think that the 3" makes a difference.
