Well budget caught up with me and I decided to go back to good old Easton gamegetter II's. Funny thing, after all the hopla with spine and EFOC and all that, I cut a xx75 2117 to 30", put 125 grs up front and the arrow flew like a dart into the bullseye at 20 yds! Bought a doz with $10 rebate! I think when I get really accurate with these, I may get a set of XX78's and hunt those!
XX75's will zip through a deer or hog just like the xx78's
I never left 75's or 78's.No sense messing with K.I.S.S.All the best.
I shoot XX78s for one reason. Easton doesn't make their 2212s in XX75s. ;)
Points well taken gents!!
Boy Oh Boy! I just can't seem to have enough 2016's! Use them for target, stumpin', hunting.... The Works! An XX75 is good enough, IMO.
... mike ...
PS... But then, I like woodies too... And carbon... :rolleyes: ...
i love my alloys , tried carbon but I'm really a wood arrow fella .. but recently i went and got some xx75 2016's ...
gee they fly nice and my woodies are jealous !
what does a dozen XX75's cost now?
Eric,
Like so many of us, I have gone around the whole course on arrow materials.
Way back when, when technology forced me, I switched from cedar to XX75 Gamegetters - as I never could get them danged firberglass logs to fly good. I used 2217's and that shaft quickly became my standard bench mark - a starting point for tuning my bow set-up's. Seems like I can always get a 2117 to work - no matter what. Just have to find the right length, & point weight.
Well, then along came the miracle fiber - carbon. So I embraced it full force. And it is a good arrow material too. But in the last year or so I've found myself going back to the 2217's. Digging thru the "ole-bucket-o-arrows" and finding new treasures. A little re-fletch work and they are as good as new. Fly like darts, with field points or broadheads.
Some things are just meant to work well....
Chinook
I never quit using xx75's wish they still made autumn orange 2216s and 2219s tough as heck.
QuoteOriginally posted by Chinook:
Eric,
Like so many of us, I have gone around the whole course on arrow materials.
Way back when, when technology forced me, I switched from cedar to XX75 Gamegetters - as I never could get them danged firberglass logs to fly good. I used 2217's and that shaft quickly became my standard bench mark - a starting point for tuning my bow set-up's. Seems like I can always get a 2117 to work - no matter what. Just have to find the right length, & point weight.
Well, then along came the miracle fiber - carbon. So I embraced it full force. And it is a good arrow material too. But in the last year or so I've found myself going back to the 2217's. Digging thru the "ole-bucket-o-arrows" and finding new treasures. A little re-fletch work and they are as good as new. Fly like darts, with field points or broadheads.
Some things are just meant to work well....
Chinook
I concure... I started with gamegetter 2016's 3 years ago when I first picked up the bow. Then when I got into wheelies, I went all carbon for both trad and wheels... then I had a child... and suddenly $130 per 12 became a big deal. So I figured I would try alloy again and vola, 2117's zipped right into the vitals of my 3D deer 'killing' it with just about every shot (and misses were clean!). So, with the rebate, 12 fletched 2117's only cost me 65 out the door instead of 100+!! They fly great, pass through my targets, and are cost effective for the working dad... I couldn't as for a better deal!!
That said I DO want to get a set of woodies in the future. I love to shoot wood. I like the labor of wood. Having both around will be cool.
Never left them as said the carbons are tough but I seem to like the old Autumn Orange XX75 1918 and 2016 they seem to fly the best for me so every time I see some at a decent price there mine!!
I shoot wood shafts for the sole reason that I like to make them. If I didn't like to make them, I'd be shooting the cheapest aluminums I could find. Even the cheapest aluminums are straighter than any wood shaft and you have to be one heck of a shot to say that you can shoot better than an aluminum arrow.
XX75s have been my mainstay for a lotta years.
Seems like a 2117 will work for most any set up.
John
Orange XX75 2117's. Liked em back in the day and still love em now. 2219's and 2117's have covered my needs for a lot of years.
Orange XX75 2117's. Liked em back in the day and still love em now. 2219's and 2117's have covered my needs for a lot of years.
I keep thinking I want to try woodies, but I have no trouble tuning xx75 2018's for the bows that I have. I use them for hunting, stumping and our local 3D shoots and they have proved very durable, except for the one's that connect with rocks. When I do bend one, usually toward the tip, I just cut off the end, put the insert back in, and give it to my son for him to use. Just can't seem to leave them.
BOB
I have used XX75's for a long time and see no reason to change. They are durable, accurate(straightness), and fulfill all my shooting needs.Why fix it if it ain't broke? :archer:
Yeah I'm another with a long love affair with the XX75.
In fact I just gave a junior at my local club a set I used to use 22 years ago!
And they shoot well still today!
And you don't have to sort them to get a matched set.
I like shoot a lot of XX75s out of my bows. No carbons for me. My favs are 2016s, 2018s, 2213s, and 2216s. Plus several others like 2117s, 2115s, and the Lites. They do everything I want them to do and fly like laser beams.
I like to xx75 but bare shafts are just getting expensive when i can get a dozen carbon for $50