The new CE aramid KV shafts are like 180 dollars for a dozen shafts  :eek:  ? saw them in the new Cabelas book.

I like my arrows but that is tough to take, and I am not one to mind spending a little extra.

So anybody tried them yet  :D  ?? LOL

J

Do they come with an Arrowmaster for that price!  

Put some "Silver Flames" on them and you'll be around $35.00 per arrow.

Wha'da deal!  

Compared to todays gas prices...those shafts are sure a bargin!

for that price they should come with silver flames!

Seriously, I might stress if I lost one of them - I know I would spend alot more time searching for it. Most definately get them tracer nocks for em!

J

QuoteOriginally posted by J-dog:
for that price they should come with silver flames!

Seriously, I might stress if I lost one of them - I know I would spend alot more time searching for it. Most definately get them tracer nocks for em!

J

  That just adds another $10 bucks to each arrow, even more stress!!!!!!   :p

They were talking on one of the other web site about $700 a doz.
  i thank it has a built in Radar in  each shaft can't miss.
  in F/S catalog easton has some that is $280 a doz.
  Man i thought $35.00 for cedar was high, guess i am out of touch with the times

Kevlar/Carbon composite, makes for one tough arrow.      
Anyone ever price up Eastons ACE's?

I liked cabelas better when the archery catalog wasn't pushing scopes.  :rolleyes:

Personally, I think its rediculous. If we continue to buy such outlandish priced equipment things will continue to get higher. When the manufacturers see that we are willing to spend that kind of money on arrow shafts prices will continue to soar. The same thing is happening to the compound bows. So many guys are complaining about bare bows costing upwards of $700-$800, but when the bow makers are selling them like crazy they are not going to get cheaper. Same with arrows. With bows and arrows, we choose to buy. With gas, we have to buy.

And that is why I build my own from aluminum shafts. Nothing like a good ol' Gamegetter, even if they are black now and only come in three sizes.

How many tapered cedars could I build for that price?  I could buy forty gallons of us gas for that price, provided our US oil companies can hold the price to just $5.00 per gallon.

I'll stay with Cedar.

I realize Kevlar is tough but I have yet to see armored plated whitetails! I killed many with 45 dollar dozen aluminums.

But hey free market is all it is, some will buy them, the gurus on TV will promote them cause they get them for free. If you choose to use them great, It just caught me off guard at that price. I thought I was really sucking it up going to pay 100. a dozen for axis or 115 for FLMJ axis.

I think I will hold off.

Later

J

I swear, it seems like the big archery & archery accessory companies are trying to price the average joe out of the sport/lifestyle.

I still think the best carbon Trad arrow is the discontinued CX Terminator Hunter.  They were reasonably priced, had good GPI weight, and were the toughest arrow I ever shot, bar none.  I suppose that's why CX dropped them, to sell more of the expensive stuff.

I buy them where/when I find them and have a pretty good stash.  I recently scored 2 dozen NIB for $112.50!!!

Another shaft/arrow thats good and still pretty reasonable are Cabelas Stalker Extremes (Beman ICS Hunters with a Cabelas logo).  GPI is a bit light at 8.4 for the 5570 (400) shaft, but a guy can work with that...

The more profit Cabela makes the more land it can purchase for hunting.  Of course, it will cost you a bit to hunt on that as well.  When did this recurve and longbow thing get so complicated?  I have a canoe made out of kevlar and carbon, it is not a vast improvement over cedar and canvas, just lighter to carry.

Carbon Express Rebels serve my purpose just fine.  Not the new Rebel "Light", just plain "Rebel".  They shoot so much better than I can. They are over 10 gpi in the 4560 and over 11 gpi in the 6075.  I can get them for around $45 a dozen.  I think they have a new Rebel "Hunter" that is made with the weight forward technology also.  

The only reason I could fathom wanting Kevlar would be on heavy/dangerous game and that's just a thought not a decision.  Everything's cost is going up, some of it is neccessity but a whole lot is market driven hype.  Remember Pavlov's dogs.

The same guys who buy those buy the $400 drivers to play scratch golf.

QuoteOriginally posted by Talondale:
The same guys who buy those buy the $400 drivers to play scratch golf.

and still can't.......  

I have one word....CEDARS!~!!!!!