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Hi all. I'm currently shooting Gold Tip Velocity 340's and like them pretty well. Honestly I would rather be shooting an American made arrow.

For those who have shot the Sonics, what do you think about them? Are they pretty durable? I would most likely be buying the hunter grade and not the Match series. Any issues with straightness or poor flight?

Thanks in advance!
 
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cuttingedge said:
Hi all. I'm currently shooting Gold Tip Velocity 340's and like them pretty well. Honestly I would rather be shooting an American made arrow.

For those who have shot the Sonics, what do you think about them? Are they pretty durable? I would most likely be buying the hunter grade and not the Match series. Any issues with straightness or poor flight?

Thanks in advance!
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Mine have been good. The superdrive 19 bushing fits for extra durability.
 
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Shot them all last year. Excellent flight and no durability issues. Only one I’ve broken was a Robin Hood verifying my sight after traveling to hunt. Mine were the match grade.
 
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I’ve been shooting them for a year, they fly excellent and are very durable. I’ve shot them out to 120 yards and they fly great. I put one through an elk at 57 yards and blew through like butter. Cleaned the arrow off and put it back in my set. Highly recommend these arrows. I am NOT shooting the match grade o
 
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I'm sold on them. I use them on both my bows now. Theres a lot to like, but I like the fact that it's a relatively light , fast arrow with inserts that have the small shoulder btw the shaft and tip like standard diameter arrows. No need for half outs, collars, etc. Helical blazers, .003 straightness, I rather like the H nocks, all for like $83 a six pack
 
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I've been playing around with them since January of last year and have been pretty happy. I actually just threw together another dozen a couple of weeks ago with the Superdrive 19 G-nock bushings this time.
They are not as durable as a thick walled shaft, but for a thin-walled lightweight option I have been pretty impressed.

Edited to add: I don't get the match grade, just the standard grade and I cut from both ends.
 
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I built a dozen of standard grades a few weeks back.

Cut from both ends and I have 11 of the 12 arrows absolutely perfect and 1 only had a little wobble if you catch it at the right angle. They were very, very consistent for me. Easy to build as well not dealing with sanding for footers, etc.

So far no issues with durability. I did shoot one doe with one last season and it blew right through her and was perfectly fine.

I went with a .300 spine, cut to 28.25”, standard nock, 3 fletch blazer, 50 grain brass insert, and 125 grain head. 450 grain TAW, ~15% FOC.

Fly like darts.
 
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On my third dozen now and love them. Only issue I've had is that they blow apart if you even come close to a robinhood, but I totally expect that from any arrow without a nock bushing. I have match grade and the .003 and all spin and fly great. The Easton brass inserts are awesome and ethics also makes some if you want more weight.

For the price you get a great GPI and an arrow that flies great. I will keep buying and shooting them until Easton discontinues them which will probably be soon given their track record. Now give us a 5mm in comparable GPI Easton and we'd throw our money at you.
 
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I went from the Hexx to the 6.0 to avoiding trying to finding and hold the Hexx arrows lol. I have been very happy with the 6.0s and shot them for a year before the match series came out. I did with to the match series but after cutting them down to 27.5” im not sure I can tell a difference.
 
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I bought half a dozen last year to try a lighter weight arrow. Mine are 340s cut to 28" ctc with standard inserts, three 3" feathers on a 5" wrap. I use 125 grain heads and shot them out of my 52# Elite Enkore, 29.5" DL. TAW was 383 grains with 15ish% FOC. I riccoceted one off the side of my wood target frame and thought it would be toast. To my surprise it was fine. I put one through a big bodied buck last fall and the back 6" of the arrow was busted off in the heart. I think the off leg snapped the arrow off when the deer took off. Not sure what that means, probably any carbon arrow would have broken. But they seem durable to me.
 
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I've been using Sonic arrows for about 6 months or so and really like them, and they are durable. I will only buy Easton arrows exclusively because of the quality and that they are made in the USA. Before I went with Easton exclusively, I tried GT Velocity and for me they were very brittle and not durable,
 
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Here's the back 6" of my Sonic in the heart of my buck. I haven't decided if I will use them this fall again. I have to wonder if a heavier arrow wouldn't have punched through that buck and been a complete pass through without breaking. I may go back to my 443 grain VForce arrows.
 
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