VermontHunter Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 I also use goldtips, but use the black shafts so as far as the camo issue I can't help. Just want to let you know these shaft are sure durable and will last. I shot a 5575 expedition into a 1" thick sheet of plywood at 20yrds. with a 60# pull and it didn't even damage the shaft. Where I did the same exact thing with a Easton Axis which cost double the price and it shattered to pieces... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Re: gold tips You shot it into plywood! Why would you do that? I bet you got lucky with the Gold Tip. It would probably shatter shot #2. My dealer said not to shoot any arrow into plywood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Re: gold tips Why would I shoot into Plywood ??? Well I guess it was to satisfy my own curiousity. With all the hype over carbon vs. aluminum and this one and that one stating this carbon is better than that carbon I wanted to see for myself. And as far as the dealer is conserned why would he even bring up that topic ?? Dealers will always recommend the pricer product over the value product as far as I'm concerned. And to prove a point to myself I bought a dozen expensive Easton Axis shafts and a dozen of affordable Goldtip shafts and did a test of my own and I consider the Goltip shaft as good if not better considering it didn't shatter like the expensive easton shaft did. I hope that ansewrs your question as to why I shot into plywood for a carbon shaft comparison...and for a second shot of the same shaft this was not necessary to do since you shoot and animal only once with the same shafy in that picticular hunt,so the second shot was mute... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanH Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Re: gold tips No not me! I just got my camo shafts in! They look great to me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest fishermanwhohunts Posted November 4, 2004 Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Re: gold tips [ QUOTE ] Why would I shoot into Plywood ??? Well I guess it was to satisfy my own curiousity. With all the hype over carbon vs. aluminum and this one and that one stating this carbon is better than that carbon I wanted to see for myself. And as far as the dealer is conserned why would he even bring up that topic ?? Dealers will always recommend the pricer product over the value product as far as I'm concerned. And to prove a point to myself I bought a dozen expensive Easton Axis shafts and a dozen of affordable Goldtip shafts and did a test of my own and I consider the Goltip shaft as good if not better considering it didn't shatter like the expensive easton shaft did. I hope that ansewrs your question as to why I shot into plywood for a carbon shaft comparison...and for a second shot of the same shaft this was not necessary to do since you shoot and animal only once with the same shafy in that picticular hunt,so the second shot was mute... [/ QUOTE ] Did they have the exact same specs (diameter, GPI,lenth,etc),did you have a control group? I remember that in that type of experiment the contitions have to be the same and you reqire a control group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VermontHunter Posted November 4, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2004 Re: gold tips In this little experiment of mine I used as identical shaft to shaft properties as I could being that each manufacturer as it's own demensions and specs. What I was trying to prove to myself and aynone else that cared was that you don't always have to buy the expensive equipment to get the same results. This was in no way to discredit Easton in anyway. Easton is a top quality manufacturer and produce high quality products. I just don't make mega-bucks as I'm sure alot of us in here don't...I may have been a little crazy for doing this but I wanted to see if a shaft that cost less than half of the other shaft could perform as well, and to me it did..and for using a piece of plywood,I guess I could have used a cinderblock as well..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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