Anyone else having trouble finding certain sizes in aluminum shafts?  I kind of think aluminum shafts are going the way of the dinosaurs.  Most places are either out or "no longer stocking" that size.

Had the same problem earlier in the year. Nobody wants to stock the size that shoots best from my recurve or my long bow.      Jim

Hard to find shafts without Unibushings. I dunno from Unibushings, I need a tapered nock end that I can glue a Merc onto.

I feel like such an old farce. :(
Killdeer

what are you looking for My local shop is Getting rid of their entire inventory and he has quite a few... but they are goiong fast, I'll go tomorrow, so let me know..'ll look

ethan:
Since the advent of bare shaft testing with carbons (few spines, adjust spine with length and point weights) Easton has decided to do likewise with the aluminum shafts. They will be making fewer sizes from now on, and you will have to treat them like a carbon and adjust spine with length and point weight.
Bob

there is a gap in the arrow shaft field that somebody needs to fill. If I wasn't getting ready to retire, I'd get someone to manufacture 4 or 5 sizes of aluminums and sell them.

I shoot a 2215 and have plenty for now but my dad shoots a 2018, great arrow by the way, and can't find them anymore. A couple of years ago you could pick up a dozen for under 35 bucks from F/S discount, but not now.

That really is a shame. I like aluminums for certain  bows and broadhead setups. I have yet to find a carbon arrow setup that shoots as well for me out of my recurve. The only thing that I have against carbons is the price. It does not seem right to spend that much on something that I am going to break and or loose.

Soon there will be only 4 or possibly 5 aluminums made and they are all going to be numbered as carbons are now. The Traditional market just isn't big enough to make it worth the money for them to continue to produce them like in the past with so many folks having moved to carbon especially in their larger market segment.

I recently moved almost entirely over to carbons myself because of this in part.

What's wrong with wood?  :confused:

Flesner:
Absoultly nothing wrong with woods, and maybe Easton's move to fewer sizes will make wood arrows more attractive to the average trad archer. I've never been much of a aluminum fan myself for hunting, they are way too noisy coming off the bow.
Bob

I switched to wood this year.  Ihave not bought aluminums for many years.  I shoot 2016, and when Easton stopped making them in the superslam series I bought 6 dozen.  I think I still have 4 dozen in my shop. I made the switch to wood because I love how quiet it is when it leaves the bow.  I shoot a 57 pound Sky bow, and I believe the arrows I built this year are around 600 grains.

I agree with aromaker that they are real noisy off a bow, I like carbons as it is also getting harder to find real good wood shafts and carbons just hold up so much better, they are way cheaper in the long run. Shawn

I have been working for four years to get carbons to fly out of my HH with no luck.  2020's fly great but, they are noisy in the woods and I don't know if anyone makes them anymore so... I had AMAW make me up some tapered lam birch; they fly like darts and are as tough as any alum. shafts I have shot.  They stay straight and I just touch them up by wiping on a little arrow dip when the finish wares. Put one through a hog... washed it off, steemed the fletches and am still shooting it!