Return of the aluminum "Autumn Hunter" arrows

[woodsdog2]

I’m quite sure 20/1000” is the thickest walled aluminum shaft but not 100% on that.

 

[woodsdog2]

What is neat about aluminum shafts is that many different sizes can work for your setup.

 

[BTaylor]

What is neat about aluminum shafts is that many different sizes can work for your setup.

They had better weight, seldom slowed down going through critters and wouldnt blow up and skewer your forearm like carbon can. Wish they would go back to making them in the same ranges and colors...OD green gamegetters and treebark XX75's. But then I would be really tempted to switch from wood.

 

[gcr0003]

They had better weight, seldom slowed down going through critters and wouldnt blow up and skewer your forearm like carbon can. Wish they would go back to making them in the same ranges and colors...OD green gamegetters and treebark XX75's. But then I would be really tempted to switch from wood.

I want to build some new arrows but I imagine trying to figure out weights and stuff with these would be a pain. I may look at their arrow charts and see what I can figure out to try. I don’t want any of those fat diameter ones though.

 

[BTaylor]

The gamegetters are now spined like carbon so 300 400, etc. Weights are easy to look up though. Could always go with wood if you are talking about shooting them in your stick bow.

 

[gcr0003]

The gamegetters are now spined like carbon so 300 400, etc. Weights are easy to look up though. Could always go with wood if you are talking about shooting them in your stick bow.

I couldn’t find them sized by spine anywhere and all their deflections were listed at 28”. Now I’m not finding that chart.

 

[BTaylor]

I couldn’t find them sized by spine anywhere and all their deflections were listed at 28”. Now I’m not finding that chart.

It's on the easton site. Deflection is always measured at 28", at least I think it is. If you are shooting a 340 carbon the 340 gamegetter should work or a 2219 in xx75.

 

[gcr0003]

It's on the easton site. Deflection is always measured at 28", at least I think it is. If you are shooting a 340 carbon the 340 gamegetter should work or a 2219 in xx75.

I’m shooting shooting a 300 spine at about 30” with 440 gr tip weight but I want to go to about 32” and 400 gr. It seems like that the stiffness is related to the diameter and the larger diameter is stiffer. Maybe they have a medium sized diameter with larger thickness that would still be stiff enough. Are their inserts threaded to the same as gold tip? 8/32 I believe?

 

[Horn]

Spine is spine @gcr0003 , size and wall thickness are accounted for already. Pretty sure everything but deep six are 8-32

 

[woodsdog2]

I want to build some new arrows but I imagine trying to figure out weights and stuff with these would be a pain. I may look at their arrow charts and see what I can figure out to try. I don’t want any of those fat diameter ones though.

I have seen Easton Charts online that also list the spine of each of their aluminum sizes. I believe 2216 is like a .323 spine arrow as an example.

 

[gcr0003]

Spine is spine @gcr0003 , size and wall thickness are accounted for already. Pretty sure everything but deep six are 8-32

I was confusing the first and second number. I see for every diameter they have 2-3 thicknesses which alter the spine accordingly.

the 23s are the only ones that hit 300 spine on the chart I’m looking at. I wonder if carbon shafts spines are measured at 28” as well. That would help in cross building new arrows.

 

[gcr0003]

 

[BTaylor]

A 2317(what is available now new) would get you to the .300(.303 actual) deflection but is not a skinny shaft. It's going to look more like 6.5 carbon or maybe bigger. Not sure on that conversion.

 

[Horn]

I was confusing the first and second number. I see for every diameter they have 2-3 thicknesses which alter the spine accordingly.

the 23s are the only ones that hit 300 spine on the chart I’m looking at. I wonder if carbon shafts spines are measured at 28” as well. That would help in cross building new arrows.

Carbon is measured at 28" as well

 

[gcr0003]

A 2317(what is available now new) would get you to the .300(.303 actual) deflection but is not a skinny shaft. It's going to look more like 6.5 carbon or maybe bigger. Not sure on that conversion.

Yea I think the larger diameter is what i like the least. Oh well I have it a go

 

[BTaylor]

Yea I think the larger diameter is what i like the least. Oh well I have it a go

I felt the same way when micro diameter shafts started becoming a thing. Screws with the eyes for a bit.

 

[Halfstep]

I’m quite sure 20/1000” is the thickest walled aluminum shaft but not 100% on that.

Easton did make some big game shafts, I have some. They made two different sizes, a 2220 and a 2440. Those 2440 have some major heft.

 

[woodsdog2]

They had better weight, seldom slowed down going through critters and wouldnt blow up and skewer your forearm like carbon can. Wish they would go back to making them in the same ranges and colors...OD green gamegetters and treebark XX75's. But then I would be really tempted to switch from wood.

I never liked the Gamegetters. The XX75’s were much stronger. I liked the autumn orange and later just the camo XX75’s they still sell today. But I loved the XX78’s in the camo pattern they had. Remember Bob Fratzke of Winona Camo up in Wisconsin? He had those fluted alluminum shafts that were stronger yet. I forgot the name of them though.

 

[BTaylor]

I never liked the Gamegetters. The XX75’s were much stronger. I liked the autumn orange and later just the camo XX75’s they still sell today. But I loved the XX78’s in the camo pattern they had. Remember Bob Fratzke of Winona Camo up in Wisconsin? He had those fluted alluminum shafts that were stronger yet. I forgot the name of them though.

I remember Bob Fratzke but I dont remember the fluted shafts. Had some buddies that switched to the xx78's while I stayed with the 75's. The GG's were definitely softer but I loved those green shafts. Always wanted them to make the 75's in that color.

 

[Halfstep]

I never liked the Gamegetters. The XX75’s were much stronger. I liked the autumn orange and later just the camo XX75’s they still sell today. But I loved the XX78’s in the camo pattern they had. Remember Bob Fratzke of Winona Camo up in Wisconsin? He had those fluted alluminum shafts that were stronger yet. I forgot the name of them though.

Both the gamegetter shafts and the XX75 shafts are made from 7075 T9 aluminum but the gamegetter shafts was run thru a straighter 2 times and the XX75 was run thru a straighter 3 times. Now the XX78 shafts were made from a stronger 7078 T9 aluminum.