GrizzlyStick Shafts

[Ray]

Does anyone shoot these? If so what are your thoughts on penetration and performance when compared to other carbon shafts ?

I am not about to go buy any but I was wondering if we have some first hand experience from our members. I just bought some more carbon express shafts from TradtechArchery. I love that they sell the shafts individually. I don't have to drop 100 dollars on every order.

Thank you

[tlbradford]

I am interested in this too, since I will be buying some shafts in the next couple of weeks and these were near the top of my list to look at.  I am stuck in the stone age when it comes to the new technology with bows and shafts.

[boneaddict]

THey are on my list too.  I'd sure like to try them.  I lost two shafts yesterday.  One plain disappeared though my backdrop of hay bales and the other one exploded or shattered when I was shooting a gourd in my garden.  Not sure what caused it, but its no more.   Expensive day onthe range. 

[Ray]

Those grizzly are more expensive than what I am shooting right now. I'll probably buy a test kit this winter.

Sure that shaft didn't break on the gourd 

[tlbradford]

I just ordered up a six pack last night of the Alaskans.  I'll give you a report when they get here.

[boneaddict]

Well I guess it did as there wasn't anything there.  I was like WHOA.

Cool Travis.  I def wnat to know.

[tlbradford]

Have you guys used the Arrow Dynamic Shafts?  I was thinking of getting a couple of them to compare to the grizzsticks.

[Ray]

I have not. First I heard of them was last week.

[tlbradford]

I went a little overboard and ordered a half dozen of the arrow dynamics too.  I'll give you guys a report.  Luckily I stopped myself before I bought some single bevel broadheads and that KME Sharpening system.  I'm going to have to go sell a kidney.

[Ray]

Might as well pick up a new bow while you are at it!

[tlbradford]

Thats the problem when you have been out of the game for so long.  I had to upgrade all of my stuff at one time.  Now I can spread it out, a little here, a little there.  I may cry when I break my first shaft.   

[tlbradford]

The Alaskans showed up today.  Awesome customer service and packing of the arrows.  I had them cut them down and glue inserts for an extra $8.00.  I'll compare them with my easton xx75, and with some cedar shafts, and let you know what I think later tonight.  I just have to get the kids in bed first.

[WArookie]

My neighbor shoots the Alaskans out of his 58# longbow.  Loves them.  They sure fly well for him.  I have not made the jump to those high dollar shafts.  I still like my Beman ICS Hunters too well.

Brett

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

I bought some a few years back, and they sure are tough! I need some inserts from them bouncing off of hard wood while I was stump-shooting. The arrows are O.K. but you need a chainsaw to get my inserts back!!

[tlbradford]

They shot great right off the get-go.  Flew like a dart at 15 and 25 yards with 125 gr field points.  That's as far as I can go in my backyard.  Had a little bit of a kick when shooting 125 thunderheads, but the same point of impact.  I'll throw a couple of glue on inserts on them, put on the howard hill two blades and see how those shoot before deciding on what I will use, and tuning them to one of those heads.  With the Alaskans, I had about 1-1/4" more penetration than cedar shafts and the xx75 which are cut to 29".  I had 1-1/8" of additional penetration when compared to the Easton Gamegetter II.  It also appeared that they retained there speed noticeably more than the aluminum and cedar shafts even at 25 yards.  I could not see a difference in trajectory either.

I don't know how that compares with other carbon shafts since I have only shot aluminum and cedar.  I will let you know how they compare to the Arrow Dynamic shafts when those get here.  Sorry if that doesn't help you guys much, I just don't have a background in shooting carbon shafts.  I can tell you that I would buy them again, as long as I can tune the broadhead flight.  We'll see how that goes.