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I really like the specs, price, and the fact they’re made in America. There have been some reports that they hold a bend. Can some people that have recently shot them chime in on their experience? How has bare shaft tuning gone? Have you had to knock tune many of the shafts?

thanks in advance.
 
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I have no issues with the 6.5. I shoot the match grade AND the bowhunters and they fly great. I used the bowhunters at TAC this year and shot well.
They are durable too. I took the bowhunters and spun them and cut wobble off each end and easily made .003 or better.
 
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Oh boy here we go..... I am going to say it
A lot of the stuff you hear, are things which have become like the legend of Bigfoot. Tons of ink spilled on it, movies and stories by the truck load and even some photos. But nobody has drug one in alive or dead yet.

You can buy any one of the shafts from any of the major manufacturers in standard diameter and be fine. Until you are extremely accomplished, they will all out shoot you, no nock tuning required. You will damage one more than likely by completely missing the target then anything.

This and that brand being significantly better than another....not to me. Find the right spine, something that hits the total weight you want..... special components if you are looking for that....and go. Standard diameter arrows of .244 ID lot less things to consider. I honestly do not know where some of this stuff comes from. It makes me shake my head.

You buy arrows from someone with a return policy......you actually have some arrows that are defective in some way for real and its legitimate....you ask to return them and get your money back. I have NEVER had to do that .
 
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adg84 said:
I really like the specs, price, and the fact they’re made in America. There have been some reports that they hold a bend. Can some people that have recently shot them chime in on their experience? How has bare shaft tuning gone? Have you had to knock tune many of the shafts?

thanks in advance.
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I’ve shot the 6.5’s for a handful of years, they’ve tuned easily, been durable, and killed some whitetail. I try to talk myself into switching to some marketed “improvement” every season yet keep buying them.
 
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I recently built a half dozen hunter classics. I cut wobble off from whatever end needed it and came up with pretty straight arrows. (I can only see a very slight bit of runout on one of them). Nock tuning was a breeze. Not much difference at any nock position, but enough to notice.
Seems these are very similar to and replaced the beman ics hunters which I used for years and really liked.
 
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Crowely said:
Oh boy here we go..... I am going to say it
A lot of the stuff you hear, are things which have become like the legend of Bigfoot. Tons of ink spilled on it, movies and stories by the truck load and even some photos. But nobody has drug one in alive or dead yet.
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I like to call it archery conventional wisdom but BS would be more accurate. Whisker Biscuits can't be accurate past 60 yards, says a bunch of people who never tried it.
 
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The only issue I've heard about but did not experience is the stock micro lite nocks were real tough to remove from the shaft and some had a tight throat, supposedly that has been resolved. I have a dozen match grade and they spun and fly great, would purchase them again.
 
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Honestly, I think the vast majority of us on this forum aren't good enough shots to notice the difference when it comes to the arrows effect on your accuracy. If you're shooting properly spined arrows, relatively consistent weight (the Easton Tuning information recommends within 3 grains), the arrows will out-perform your ability to shoot. I've been using Easton 6.5 Bowhunter shafts and for my skill level they group just fine. As always, YMMV.
 
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Livingstonlane said:
Honestly, I think the vast majority of us on this forum aren't good enough shots to notice the difference when it comes to the arrows effect on your accuracy. If you're shooting properly spined arrows, relatively consistent weight (the Easton Tuning information recommends within 3 grains), the arrows will out-perform your ability to shoot. I've been using Easton 6.5 Bowhunter shafts and for my skill level they group just fine. As always, YMMV.
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I agree with the above and have shot the Easton 6.5 for several years with very good results.
 
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