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Title: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Timbuck2 on December 18, 2010, 10:40:00 AM
I was one of the first to run out and buy the camo hunters when Easton put them on the market.

Wow! What a cool looking hunting arrow.

Now, I miss the old autumn orange shafts and still have a few but sure would like to see Easton bring them back.

Anyone else still like the old orange shafts ?
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Post by: Ed Q on December 18, 2010, 10:50:00 AM
Yes, I wish they would bring them back also.
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Post by: PEARL DRUMS on December 18, 2010, 10:56:00 AM
I bet they would if enough people asked for them on their web site. Might be suprised what they say.
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Post by: straitera on December 18, 2010, 10:57:00 AM
Own a dozen brand NIB. Switched to woods but still hold on to these beauts.
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Post by: the elf on December 18, 2010, 11:56:00 AM
YES  YES  YES !!!!!
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Post by: ronp on December 18, 2010, 12:00:00 PM
I have about a dozen AO 2016s and a few odd 1916s.  I, too, wish they would make them again.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Covey on December 18, 2010, 12:02:00 PM
If we get enough people wanting them, maybe they would bring them back for a limited time.  :thumbsup:  Jason
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Jim Picarelli on December 18, 2010, 12:42:00 PM
I have a few dozen 2114's made up and a couple doz. 1916's I need to fletch...one of my favorite shafts
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Post by: stagetek on December 18, 2010, 12:49:00 PM
About a year ago I found a dozen 2018's on the auction site. I check from time to time, they're still some out there.
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on December 18, 2010, 01:01:00 PM
I don't know them - Pics?
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Post by: smokin joe on December 18, 2010, 01:02:00 PM
I always liked them. It is too bad they aren't being made any more.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: on December 18, 2010, 02:00:00 PM
I want the 1918 Autumn Oranges to come back, I buy everyone I can find.
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Post by: Blackhawk on December 18, 2010, 02:10:00 PM
Yep, 1918 AO is a premier arrow for those bows around 50-55 lb.

Anyone ever see any 1920's?
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Timbuck2 on December 18, 2010, 02:17:00 PM
I'm trying to post a pic of one Tom
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Post by: Timbuck2 on December 18, 2010, 02:18:00 PM
Sorry, having trouble posting a pic.
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Post by: BOWMARKS on December 18, 2010, 02:20:00 PM
Buy my sizes any time they turn up,    

MARK
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Post by: cbCrow on December 18, 2010, 02:24:00 PM
Until Easton quite making them thats all I shot. I wish they would bring them back. It just seemed to me that it was easy to follow flight. But then I been told I'm nuts.  :archer:    :dunno:
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: on December 18, 2010, 02:32:00 PM
camo arrows maybe are better for the return sales, I am certain they are harder to find.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Timbuck2 on December 18, 2010, 02:52:00 PM
Here we go....
 (http://i807.photobucket.com/albums/yy357/TMMoose/autumnorange.jpg)
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: hawkeye n pa on December 18, 2010, 02:57:00 PM
Some of you guys are showing your age! LOL  

By the way they are still my favorite.  Picked up a new dozen of 2117's last year.
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Post by: hvyhitter on December 18, 2010, 03:09:00 PM
I buy and hoard them whenever I find them......
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Post by: cacciatore on December 18, 2010, 03:13:00 PM
Sorry brothers at that time I preferred the JDA Serpent.
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Post by: Hess on December 18, 2010, 07:45:00 PM
I'm with Lon,

The 1920s are the bomb and impossible to come by.  Super thick wall but spine out well for trad. guys.  I'v shot all mine up as of a couple years ago.  They were green GG's.   I love all orange xx75s too.

I've got a few dozen vintage 2020s in the GG green and cherish them.
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Post by: Moooseran on December 18, 2010, 09:11:00 PM
At last count I had 9 dozen 2117 uncut enough to last me a while................
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Post by: Ray Lyon on December 18, 2010, 10:06:00 PM
I shot my first whitetail with a 2117 Autumn Orange arrow and a Howard Hill Tembo bow in 1978. That brings back fun memories.
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Post by: ca on December 19, 2010, 05:25:00 AM
Still have a few .
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Post by: Plumber on December 19, 2010, 06:21:00 AM
every time I find them at a yard sale I put them on here an they sell in 1-2 hrs.I dont shoot them but I know you guys like them so I grab them up.I belive they will bring them back one day.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: fredhill on December 19, 2010, 09:49:00 AM
i had 6 left at the beginning of the season but now i'm down to five after a deer broke one. my favorite shaft of all time. i'm always looking for 2117,2219,2317 in Autumn Orange. i too am amazed at how fast they sell in the classifieds. i would think 3Rivers would be able to have Easton make a run of them.
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Post by: Burnsie on December 19, 2010, 10:05:00 AM
I started hunting with the old Autumn Orange arrows way back when.  Really liked them.  Just recently picked up some 2018s off the classifieds.
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Post by: Steve Clandinin on December 19, 2010, 10:35:00 AM
I would love to see Easton make some 1818,1820,1918 and 1920's for us trad guys.I was thinking of contacting Easton myself in AO and the old JDA Serpents .I picked up a doz brand new Serpents in 2213 and thats what I used for Elk last year.I still have some AO but getting pretty low.I would love to see them again.
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Post by: Hopewell Tom on December 19, 2010, 05:15:00 PM
Pretty nice looking shaft. And sounds like it works as well. I'd try a dozen, for sure.
Next step - someone gets the ball rolling...
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: KEG on December 19, 2010, 06:15:00 PM
I still have/shoot 2016 AOs. I also shoot some of the old classics.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Timbuck2 on December 19, 2010, 06:32:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Hopewell Tom:
Pretty nice looking shaft. And sounds like it works as well. I'd try a dozen, for sure.
Next step - someone gets the ball rolling...
We could contact Easton and see if this is something they are willing to consider.
FredHill had a suggestion with 3Rivers and I do remember Papes had those brown shafts made for them from back in the day.
Post up if you have ideals on this.
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Post by: ermont on December 19, 2010, 08:21:00 PM
I was as the archery shop last week and was told Easton has discontinued almost half of the sizes and styles they used to make. Carbon is taking over.
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Post by: frank bullitt on January 12, 2011, 10:05:00 PM
Well, now's not the time for me to buy arrows,or other non-essentials!

But , there is a dz. 2117 over on the arrow classifieds!  shick has them!

Great price, too!
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Blackhawk on January 12, 2011, 10:47:00 PM
Yep , better get your aluminum sizes when you can...whether orange, green, or camo.  There is just not the market with all the carbon choices available.  Prices are just going to go up from here too.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: mqqse on March 07, 2011, 09:44:00 PM
Was there any difference between the autumn orange and the autumn hunters?  Just curious...
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Post by: JimB on March 07, 2011, 11:22:00 PM
I used to like them too.Now they are going to make pretty footings on carbon shafts.
(http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a140/jbrandenburg/Mojostik011-2.jpg)
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Post by: Doug in MN on March 07, 2011, 11:29:00 PM
Still have a good supply of 1918 AO's the only ones I ever sold were to BOWMARKS. Not going to part with any more.

I would love to get my hands on some 1920's again, and I would be thrilled if Easton would make some AO'S again.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Ben Maher on March 07, 2011, 11:44:00 PM
I'd love to see them come back . Great looking shaft .
Autumn orange with white sheild cut feathers ... heck yeah !
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Night Wing on March 08, 2011, 12:22:00 AM
I'd also like to see the old autumn orange come back along with my favorite sizes I used to shoot and are now discontinued, 2113 and 2115.
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Post by: Wary Buck on March 08, 2011, 12:57:00 AM
I just got a handful from a TGer, but unsure how to crest/wrap and fletch/nock them.  Would love to see some of your best color combinations for the aft end of the arrow.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: NC BowBender on March 08, 2011, 02:53:00 AM
Would really like them brought back...just not "New & Improved". Don't mess with success.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Chuck Wyatt on March 08, 2011, 05:42:00 AM
XX75's in Autumn Orange were my favorite shafts.  Especially shooting tournaments....easier to find on a missed shot, but I think that is why the manufacturers went to cammo.....they prolly sold more.  :)
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Post by: Lovec on March 08, 2011, 06:27:00 AM
I have a dozen I "inherited" that I shoot now.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Dave Pagel on March 08, 2011, 07:17:00 AM
I have a few AO 1916s, AO and GG 1918s, GG 1920s, AO and GG 2016s, 2018s and AO 2020s.  I still think they are easier to tune than carbons, but it is probably just that I have more experience with them.  The spine is sure consistent.

Maybe an e-mail campaign or a petition to Easton?  We could point them to threads like this.  It will come down to market size since they are a business.

D.P.
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Post by: nd chickenman on March 08, 2011, 07:52:00 AM
I love the Autumn Orange shafts, make a real classy looking arrow!! Fortunately I have a lifetime supply socked away!
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Post by: KentuckyTJ on March 08, 2011, 08:00:00 AM
(http://i56.tinypic.com/sv16pd.jpg)
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Post by: Rob DiStefano on March 08, 2011, 08:29:00 AM
i have gone through at least 10 dozen xx75 "autumn orange" shafts - for target arrows only.  out in the field, as a hunting or roving arrow, they can't take the punishment i dish out.  x7's are better, but still fall short of even the cheapest carbon shafting.  heck, i have woodies that a beating better in the field than any xx75 alum.  NOT to say i don't like or miss those orange devils!
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: twitchstick on March 08, 2011, 08:47:00 AM
That was my go to shaft for a long time.
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Post by: Javi on March 08, 2011, 08:51:00 AM
I always liked them shafts... I still got a few for old times sake... but not a straight one in the bunch...
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Post by: Charlie Lamb on March 08, 2011, 09:59:00 AM
Still have a few that were in this quiver.
 http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/Olycreek.jpg  
 

(http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/lowgoat2.jpg)
   (http://www.tradgang.com/upload/charlie/cloudydraw.jpg)
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Keith Zimmerman on March 08, 2011, 03:57:00 PM
My favorites.  Wish they still sold them.
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Post by: Covey on March 08, 2011, 06:41:00 PM
I'd buy a dozen or two or three if Easton would start makin them again. Gotta love the autumn orange! Jason
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Post by: dino on March 08, 2011, 09:32:00 PM
Hey guys, I already talked to Easton over a couple of years and they will make them any time some one wants.....  You just have to commit to buy 5000 shafts per size.  They don't see a demand in them to stick their neck out on them.   I still hoard the few I have. Bring back some memories.
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: limbow on March 08, 2011, 09:50:00 PM
It seems as though the interested tradgang members could cover the 5,000 minimum order?? Who is in??
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Post by: Hermon on March 08, 2011, 10:12:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by limbow:
It seems as though the interested tradgang members could cover the 5,000 minimum order?? Who is in??
I would buy some, but it might be hard getting everyone to agree on what size...
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: on March 08, 2011, 10:16:00 PM
I want 1918s 1920s 1818s and 1820s. these floppier spines are heavier and work better out of longbows and shorter than 28" draw. I'd be in if they were available for sure.
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Post by: Benoli on March 09, 2011, 12:48:00 AM
Only 5000! I'm in for 2 dozen 2016's so we only need another 414 dozens.
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Post by: Timbuck2 on July 08, 2011, 07:01:00 PM
You know I'm in if they become available.
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Post by: Cecil on July 08, 2011, 07:54:00 PM
I always shot them. If they ever come back I will shoot them again.
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Post by: bolong on July 08, 2011, 08:05:00 PM
I killed a ton of stuff with em back in the day. I still have about 2 dozen 2117 and 2018's. Hard to beat. I still pick a few up here and there around here.
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Post by: Mike Shaw on July 08, 2011, 08:23:00 PM
I have been building custom AO and selling them in my shop for years. The shafts are getting real hard to find these days.

(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/arrows2.jpg)
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Post by: pickaspot on July 08, 2011, 08:48:00 PM
Love 'em! Killed my first deer with AO XX75 - the "old school" nostalgia they bring makes me smile. I know my carbons are tougher and straighter but would snap up 2016 or 2018 if I could find them...
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Post by: Oliverstacy on July 08, 2011, 09:07:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Shaw:

 (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/arrows2.jpg)
Wow is all I can say!

Just got 2 dozen 2018's on the fleabay about a month ago...they need to look like that!

Josh
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Post by: Mike Shaw on July 08, 2011, 09:28:00 PM
I will be taking about 4 dozen or so to Denton Hill for the trade blanket.

  (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/AO1.jpg)

  (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/AO2.jpg)
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Mike Shaw on July 20, 2011, 09:30:00 PM
Finished the last dozen

(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/2016.jpg)
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Post by: BOWMARKS on July 20, 2011, 09:58:00 PM
Easton deffinetly needs to reintroduce the Autumn Orange.
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Post by: Tyler C. Moore on July 20, 2011, 10:04:00 PM
I have a dozen I got new in box, but they are not marked anywhere. Just the orange color all over and three green stripes. was this common at all.
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Post by: bayoulongbowman on July 21, 2011, 01:51:00 PM
i HAVE ONE LEFT...JUST one..dang...marco  :help:
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Post by: ShadeMt on July 21, 2011, 03:07:00 PM
A couple of years ago Easton had the Yukon shaft on the market that was practically the same color but featured their uni bushing nock system.  Looks like the pulled them off the market also.
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Post by: Tony Z on July 22, 2011, 12:36:00 PM
My sisters boyfriend said he found some old archery stuff in his granddad's attic. Curious, I told him to bring it when he came by next time. In an old arrow box were several old MA-3 broadheads and a half dozen autumn orange shafts. In another box were a dozen aluminum arrows made by Tru-flite,they were a yellowish/gold color. I had never heard of Tru-Flite arrows before.
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Post by: MJB on July 22, 2011, 02:04:00 PM
Mike,
Any 2117's :^) I'll stop by and see you and your lovely wife.
Mike
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Post by: Mike Shaw on July 22, 2011, 02:08:00 PM
Mike, no 2117's but I do have 2114's. We look forward to seeing you again... Mike
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Post by: MJB on July 22, 2011, 04:12:00 PM
Mike,
 :campfire:
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Post by: red44 on July 22, 2011, 11:24:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by mqqse:
Was there any difference between the autumn orange and the autumn hunters?  Just curious...
A slight color difference, and different labels.
When you put them side by side the color difference is easy to see. The lable on the AO is often hard to see, not so on the AH.
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Post by: RkyMtn Joe on July 23, 2011, 10:59:00 AM
I have 10 2219's cut to 29 1/4 inches to bop which I haven't used in years.  I do have a half dozen 2117's cut to the same length which I fletch and refletch from time to time and shoot a good bit.

I'm not sure I like them better than any of the more recent aluminums though.  In fact, I'm not sure I like the tapered nock end all that well either.

If anyone can use the 2219's described above, I'll be happy to do some trading.  They are currently unfletched, but I might even make a deal and fletch them for you.

Joe
Title: Re: Easton Autumn Orange Shafts.
Post by: Timbuck2 on September 30, 2011, 08:25:00 PM
QuoteOriginally posted by Mike Shaw:
I will be taking about 4 dozen or so to Denton Hill for the trade blanket.

   (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/AO1.jpg)

   (http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn42/bearkeeper/AO2.jpg)
Great looking arrows Mike.   :thumbsup: