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Author Topic: hex shafts  (Read 302 times)

Offline swampbuck

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hex shafts
« on: November 17, 2008, 03:51:00 PM »
Has anybody tried these?I'm looking to put together 3-4 doz wood arrows that I can shoot at sm game with and not cringe when it's lost forever.

Where do you get your shafting??What kind?
Any suggestions appreciated thanx
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Offline JoLo

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #1 on: November 17, 2008, 04:33:00 PM »
I bought about 2 doz directly from the factory.

Straight, durable and heavy, 490 grains for 30" BOP.
Visually they are not the nicest shafts.

I would recomend them.

John

Offline Paul Mattson

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #2 on: November 17, 2008, 04:42:00 PM »
Take a look at Ash and Douglas Fir.  Ash shafts can take a good beating.

Offline allan f

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #3 on: November 17, 2008, 05:41:00 PM »
I used the hex pine shafts and they would split down the glue lines when i hit something hard.  Cheap and you get what you pay for.  JMO

Offline R.W.

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #4 on: November 17, 2008, 07:11:00 PM »
My experience with Hex shafts has been pretty good.

Though they are a little difficult to straighten, I must say that they have proven themselves pretty tough, for me.

Offline dino

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #5 on: November 18, 2008, 08:24:00 AM »
If I was looking at just getting some wood arrows for small game Ash would be the choice. Tougher than fir, poc, sitka, hex pine, and lodgepole and still reasonable to work with.  Get ahold of Bill Bonzar and Allegany Mountain Arrow Woods.  He'll set you up. dino
"The most demanding thing you can ask of a piece of wood is for it to become an arrow shaft. You reduce it to the smallest of dimension yet ask it to remain it's strongest, straightest and most durable." Bill Sweetland

Offline tradwannabe

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #6 on: November 18, 2008, 04:18:00 PM »
I think i read that Dr Ed likes hickory better than ash for tough and heavy. However, i got 100 ash shafts from Australia from some one that was stopping his production (one man private operation with impecable integrity and product). All were hand weighed and hand spined. Heavy is not required for small game but tough is. I like all my arrows the same, so they are all heavy.

Offline String Cutter

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #7 on: November 19, 2008, 12:48:00 PM »
I second Allegany Mountain Arrow Woods.  Ash  are super tough arrows. Ain't broken one yet.
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Offline Zenzele

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #8 on: November 19, 2008, 01:04:00 PM »
Hex shafts I had needed straightening after nearly every shot!   :thumbsup:
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Offline swampbuck

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #9 on: November 19, 2008, 01:15:00 PM »
Thanx guys looks like I'm going with some ash

Now we'll see how it compares to my carbons last woods I tried    :banghead:  broke easy....smelled nice but broke easy LOL
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Offline Bowspirit

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Re: hex shafts
« Reply #10 on: November 19, 2008, 02:35:00 PM »
One of my ash shafts survived the steel over at the bunny hunt. Hows that for tough, Swampbuck?   :bigsmyl:
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