archery guys

I was in the archery business several years ago, and have lost touch with some of my contacts that were Sales Reps but I do know that Easton did in fact buy out Beeman a couple of years ago. Over the years I have tried out about every make of Carbon arrow out there. Believe me there is a BIG difference in straightness tolerance from Company to Company. One big thing that most folks dont know is that some companys advertise +/- .003 or whatever and that is true, what they dont tell you is that that tolerance is not over the total shaft length. A good test is to put a raw shaft of lower cost on an arrow straightner and spin it and watch the dial indicator then put a quality Easton shaft on there and spin it, you will see the real difference.
Arrows and broadheads should be the best that you can afford, that is what kills the animal, not the bow.
Just my 2 cents worth
Good Luck
 
bcbuck,
Thanks for the reply and that is a great idea when I go in to buy them I will ask to see them both spun for me. If they both spin the same I will buy the cheaper Beaman's.
 
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Have you heard this or do any of you have any experience with these arrows.



beaman arrows are pretty good.. I have never seen bad from them.
 
I shot Beman before I switched to the Carbon Express Maximas. Never had a problem with the Bemans, just wanted to go lighter with a better spine.
 
The Bemans are essentialy the exact same as the Easton epics. They weigh essesntially the same look exactly the same. So I am going to see all 3 being spin tested side by side and if they are all the same then the cheapest one is going to go into my Hunting and practice Quivers.

It is hard to see the difference in the arrows if they spin the same. The BASS pro shops carbon fury's have the 2" blazer vanes which is what I wanted to shoot anyways and for a dozen if they spin true I will have to give them a try for only $55 it's a steal.

Thanks for all the advice guys! I will let you know when I get the ones I see to be the best all around deal. I plan on sending one of the Carbon Fury's "IF" I get them through some testing. Shoot it at a few trees a nice sized rock or 2. And see how they fair to the Eastons that have taken some real hard abuse over the past few years. I have shot at a few squirrels and smacked some trees and rocks really hard and not so much as a single small splinter has even come up on the Eastons. I will let you know how they fair though.
 
dont forget to spin test with your tips on as well.. it will let you see if the shaft has been cut right.. broadheads will show up much more if there is the slightest of error on the cut
 
I shoot the beman hunters and they are one tough arrow. I have shoot them though 1/2 of plexiglass at 15yards with a field point and didn't hurt the arrow just took off the fletch's, I tried that with another brand and the arrow went though as well but was broken. So I look at it as if the more expensive arrows can take the abuse as 4 cheap one's, I would rather spend a little more money the first time. I do shoot gold point arrows as well and like them too, they seem to be well priced and my bow realy likes to shot them(robinhoods).
 
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I have had to refletch all my arrows over the past 2 years cause the fletchings have been cut off by my broad heads. With one robinhood. The eastons have been awesome. A buddy of mine stuck one in an aluminum fence post with no problems with the arrow but the feild point is still in the post.
 
Im a Carbon Express guy too. Ive been shooting the cheepo CX for everyday and Maxima Selects for my killn. There newest line is actualy Layered with Kevlar and said to be darn near indestuctable! The Arimid is weight forward designed and straight within .0025. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
Grunter,
I am sure that they are great arrows cause you are not the first one that I have heard say how great they are. However, they are twicw as expensive as the Easton
Epics I currently shoot. A little too pricey for my budget.

I am a believer than most of the carbon arrows are nearly indestructable. I have had the Eastons now for a couple of years and they have been through some hell and still going strong. They have been stuck in aluminum posts, through a mule deas sholder blade, trees, a shed behind the 3D target, concrete foundation.... I tested them out as much as possible and have yet to have one break or splinter on me.

Do you believe the straightness of.0025 has much of an advantage over .005 as far as accuracy goes? I have been told yes and no bith. .005 is still really straight and have shot lots of great groups with them. Just wondering if you can see the difference in the smaller tolernaces.
 
Look at the straightness of target arrow's. the easton 10x is .0015 and the others are .003-.001. The gold tip pro series 22 I shot are .001 but the regular series 22 is .005 and there is really no diff in groups with them. The beman hunters are .003 and group just as well.

An arrow can only do so much the shooter makes the biggest difference.
 
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Do you believe the straightness of.0025 has much of an advantage over .005 as far as accuracy goes? I have been told yes and no bith. .005 is still really straight and have shot lots of great groups with them. Just wondering if you can see the difference in the smaller tolernaces.




Not so much the tolerance as much as the design I think. Switching from my cheepos to the Maximas showed improvement but not night and day. Maybe its just the confidence factor. I like setting up as close to perfect as possible with all my gear. The only equipment I can honestly say improved my groups alot was the Drenlin I bought last year. My overall average shrunk almost in half. I did start using the Maximas about the same time but, me and the Dren just seem to fit.
 
I didn't figure when we are talking about such small number that it would make that much of a difference in accuracy. The great thing about archery hunting is the animal has to be really close anyways so the ammount of error isn't in the equipment in my opinion. It is more in the steadiness and ability to judge yardage properly.

Thanks for the opinions also fellas. Ya know grunter if I had some cash to throw around I might buy 6 of each of them and give them a try and see if there is any difference for me. But since I do not I will settle and wonder if they would make the difference. When I heard about the weight forward technology I wanted to give the maxima's a shot but then I saw the price and decided I didn't want to try them anymore. In the future maybe though ,right?
 
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