why didn't fibreglass arrows become popular??

[Markus77]

I havent shoot any fiberglass arrows, but I have not found a durable carbon arrow yet. They brake for anything, pushing the judo or blunthead into the shaft.The best so far is Beman ICS bowhunter 340, and the worst "traditional only" from 3rivers. Which carbonarrows do you use that are really durable?

[Old York]

I wish Gordon still made their Glashafts. The ones I have are tough, straight, and 'heavy'. Some are footed with an aluminium 1-1/2" stub and they're almost indestructible.

Sure, they split and have spine & weight variances like carbons; you just don't have to stuff 'em with weight tubes LOL!

[turkey65]

I've been shooting microflites since the fifties, very durable and always straight. I solved the splitting problem by inserting a dowel right up to the insert this way if you hit something hard there wasn't any give and it with stood the impact. I still use the remaining I have and with the shaft sleeved and broadhead installed on a #8 shaft total weight comes out to 650 grains, talk about penetration and a quiet bow? Being a member of the old fart club I'll continue to buy and use any I can find at yard sales etc.Used them all Graphflex, Browning, Herters, Durashaft, and others not well known microflites are the best.

[d. ward]

If you like shooting glass shafts you can still purchase off gbay new old stock Tough Tips sold by Bear Archery.Its a small sleeve that goes on between the head and the insert.It slip over the shaft about 1/4-3/8 inch to prevert spliting.bd

[JimB]

Fiberglass arrows started fading out about the time the the mechanical bows came on the scene-mid '70's.Nobody wanted heavy arrows.

[Old York]

JimB nailed it, dead on.

Easton even started marketing their aluminiums with "Standard", "Lite", "SuperLite", "UltraLite". Super hi-speed arrows, smacking deer with a dust-mote, go figure.

[44charlie]

got my best buck ever with a glass arrow and they make great takedown arrows! i still have one from the first dozen i ever owned!

[Rob DiStefano]

imo, there's nothing that wrong about the glass shafts i used to use, way back when - micro-flite and gordon.  if micro-flites were available today at a price point equal to, or less, than beman ics carbons, i'd definitely be in queue to buy a few dozen for my heavier draw weight bows.  

for whatever reasons as to why they were all terminated, it's a moot point at this date and time.  it would probably be a risky marketing venture to tool up for glass shafts today, and even with mass production the retail cost would be at least equal to carbon shafting.  

if glass shafting does emerge on the market, i think carbon will still outsell glass because, imo, carbon shafts will always be lighter than glass shafts (comparing spine) and that allows a huge latitude range of front end weights for really high foc arrows.    

ymmv.

[bear1336]

I sure had a lot of great hunts using mico flite arrows.  Sure would like to have a couple doz no 6 or 7 arrows.