Does anyone shoot Beman ICS hunter arrows? Just the regular black shafts that 3-Rivers has. Seems like a great priced carbon. Just curios about performance. :help:
there fine - same inserts as GT
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I use them A LOT. They are great and cheap. I actually have another half dozen in the jo jan right now with a 4 fletch!
What I like about them, is that since they are wider than the skinny carbon's you can easily find wood dowels to fit inside the shaft for extra heft. Also found metal rods that can also be inserted in the shaft for super weight.
Bought a doz. 2 years ago and liked them well enough when my son asked me if I wanted a doz. more, I said yes, they shoot great.
I use the 500's with brass inserts out of 45/50 lb bows.There easy to tune and pretty tough.Probably the best bang for the buck in carbon arrows.
ics venture/bowhunters are good carbons, tough, durable, more accurate that most any archer. i use the 500's, have more than 6 dozen or so.
I have my son shooting the 500's.They're just what Rob says they are and the price is right.
I have some of the 500, 400, and 340s, all are very tough shafts, seem to be the be the best for the money.
Can someone tell me the length of the .500 shaft?
Can someone tell me the length of the .500 shaft?
biglegmax,
I think the full length shaft for the beman's are 33" according to their arrow sizing chart.
I use nothing else. Cheap, durable, and easy to tune.
I just ordered more of them. $43 a doz. Hard to beat that for a shaft that will probably be around the next time you need them.
biglegmax,
My 500's are full lenght 31.5".
extrema312, could you please pass along where you are getting them for $43 a doz.
Also, can someone post some pics of theres with wraps and fletching. Would like to order some and get them set up. Need some ideas please.
Jeff
I would also like to know $43/doz source.
For those using these, what spine would you think for Predator #59@28, 28" draw, (shafts cut to about 30")with 225grn in front? Or 270grn in front?
and do these use 5/16 brass inserts?
i shoot the 500's, full length. Great arrow, and price!
A quicl Google search should yield several vendors who sell those shafts for around forty to forty-five dollars per dozen. You may also want to check for closeouts on Hawk and Venture shafts, which are the same thing only with the older name.
I recently got a dozen due to advice here on TradGang and love them. Probably gonna be my arrows for a while. Cheap,durable and did I say cheap??I go through a lot of arrows mainly cause I shoot a lot. And miss a lot too....RC
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I have some 340s cut to 28" for the pig gig. Use 300 grain tips and they come out 660 grain and shoot like darts from my 64# ferguson. They look great with tradgang lime zebra cap wraps!!
Got another two dozen on order. Have found them very easy to tune and pretty durable. I weight them with braided nylon rope, expoxied at the insert end - seems to add weight w/o affecting spine.
I have good luck with beman ICS arrows. I have several sizes.
Well I got them at Eders, but funny thing is I just looked them up, and the 400's are now $47.xx. So I pulled up my e-mail invoice and they were $43. Timing is everything I guess. There may be better deals out there, but I wanted another Pac-tab and they have them. Not everyone caries that tab so for me the price was right and I could get the shafts and tab in one order.
They are standard 5/16". I use my brass inserts in my GT's and ICS's.
I shoot about 54-55@29 1/4" with 400's @ 31 with 245 on the front.