Feradyne bought them and decided that all non-hunting products weren’t profitable enough

 

Pretty much this. I can also assume the quality has gone down as well. Easton is definitely the leader in OR to the point no one else wants to compete in that space.

The first OR setup I bought (in this century) when I decided to give it a second try, came with a dozen CE arrows. I still have them somewhere.

 

I still get adverts from Feradyne and it's all hunting and compound stuff. I've tried to unsubscribe but I don't think that's ever going to happen. I still have some Medallion XR's in 1100 (takes .187) and Predator II's in 800 (takes .203). Try finding anything for those arrows! CE and Feradyne are not welcome in this house anymore. - 40N

 

Archery school of the Rockies in Colorado springs still has a decent selection of all types of ce nano arrows if you are interested.

As to why feradyne got rid of a high quality product, that's just how private equity firms operate- extract as much profit from a company, cut anything that's isn't a profit driver, fire anyone and everyone you possibly can, and sell the used-up husk of that company to the next sucker. There's a few PE firms that actually try to help companies and own them long term, but they're the exception.

 

Years of testing and infinite discussions about features of Nano Pro, then a Gold Medal in London 2012 by my son with prototypes of the Extreme; the Italian team all using Extremes after then, as well as many other top level around the globe. And SST being the only real alternative to ACE's.
CE Mission was to make the best possible arrow for recurve shooting, and they have been very close to this, and for compound as well ( and they were already at top for it)
Incredible waste of a multi-year investment that was finally ready to give some return.
The few times my daughter still shoots Olympic, her SST 1000 remember me what they were and they are not anymore.

 

Years of testing and infinite discussions about features of Nano Pro, then a Gold Medal in London 2012 by my son with prototypes of the Extreme; the Italian team all using Extremes after then, as well as many other top level around the globe. And SST being the only real alternative to ACE's.
CE Mission was to make the best possible arrow for recurve shooting, and they have been very close to this, and for compound as well ( and they were already at top for it)
Incredible waste of a multi-year investment that was finally ready to give some return.
The few times my daughter still shoots Olympic, her SST 1000 remember me what they were and they are not anymore.

My daughter also used their SST 1000's to great effect. As someone who was possibly the earliest adopter and advocate of the Nano, and who shot >340 in competition at the 2012 Olympic trials with the Extreme prototypes, it is incredibly sad that CE abandoned this effort.

I will never forget showing the NPX prototypes to two of the top US compound archers in Louisville in 2013, only to have one of them (you can guess which one) scoff at me and say they would NEVER shoot a NPX over an X10. Then, all of the sudden, guess what they were shooting. LOL CX had in fact cracked the code and made an arrow that could not only compete with the X10 but in fact, beat it. But even that wasn't enough to overcome the deep pockets of the 500 lb. Gorilla that has run this sport for nearly half a century.

After dropping a few pounds in weight, I switched back to A/C/E's for outdoor, but my PB 70M scores and three national championship barebow titles at the 2015 Outdoor Nationals were all shot with those prototype NPX's. I still shoot CX's indoors, when I have the chance to shoot, and will be sad when I can no longer use them.

 

Vittorio - I'm curious about the poundage your daughter is pulling with those 1000's. I shoot 24 lb limbs with a 27" draw and find 1000 and 1100's shoot well with a plunger and Spigarelli rest. Thanks - 40N

 

I know they have patents on some of that stuff. I wish they’d sell it to a company that actually wants to produce recurve arrows (although I’m not sure who does). Easton having competition is good for the sport.

 

I wish black eagle would get those patents. They seem to want to be a mainstay in the target game but the revelation and x impacts haven't caught on in the recurve world much. I'd love to see a nano extreme with BEA tolerances.

 

I spoke to a shop owner who said, "Ferdayne is where good products go to die."
I got some used Nano Pro Xtremes, which tune very nicely. I scouted for another set when I got down to 8 plus a bare shaft and finally found them online in a shop in the Netherlands. Getting pin bushings is still a tough.

 

CE produced very good arrows. My friends really like it but cannot find pin bushings anymore. Especially the nano pro which is very small ID.

 

For those looking for pin bushings for their NPX's, try Beiter Out Nocks instead. Thats what I ended up using from 2012-2015 with my NPX's and they were simply outstanding.

 

Feradyne could screw up a one car funeral.

 

So FIVICS had and may still have the Nano Pro Extreme equivalent? At one point they had almost identical graphics. The Five-X arrow still looks nano pro-ish.

 

I don’t think it has the tri-spine construction though. It’s just a standard parallel shaft.

As far as I know, the only arrows on the market that have a softer tail and tip are X10s, ACEs, Pandarus barreled CA320. RX7s and Victory VXTs have weaker tails.