From: George D. Stout
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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My latest find for my favorite old composite arrows. Eight #9 Microflite fiberglass arrows, 28 1/2", 5" feathers..pretty much straight fletched, nicely crested with original speed nocks. I had to take them with the 8..never used Bear greenies though. $27.00 total. I have about 15 of them now in both 8's and 9's, and can shoot either from my bows. I will need to steam the feathers also.
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From: Mpdh
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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The broadheads are worth $27 themselves, and the arrows look like new.
MP
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From: KyPhil
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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It's amazing how much vintage archery tackle is still out there waiting to be discovered. Nice find.
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From: Knifeguy
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Nice find George. I'm glad that you "had" to take them. Lance
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From: David McLendon
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Very cool, those are getting a lot harder to find. I have four dozen in the original boxes, two with field tips, one dozen with Razorheads and a dozen that were never cut or points mounted. They go with the LH Triple 60 Kodiak that belonged to my Grandfather.
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From: fdp
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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I wish they still made those things. They are so versatile spine wise, and durable as well.
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From: Jon Stewart
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Did good on that find.
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From: Hal9000
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Used my dad's microfilte 8's that he got in the mid 1960's, with Bear Razorheads and a Model 40 Stream Eze bow from the late 50's... glass bow/glass arrows. Public Land Deer in the late 1980's.
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From: woodsman
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Love the vintage color on those!
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From: Iwander
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Great find, I really like fiberglass arrows. I grew up on "Acco- Flite" arrows from Arrow Mfg. in Costa Mesa CA. They closed up well over 20 years ago. I have several dozen #11 shafts and a dozen 9s.
https://www.thefreelibrary.com/SI+takes+a+look+at+Arrow+Manufactur ing+Inc.%3A+25+years+of+making+and...-a07712045
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From: AK Pathfinder
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Good ring George, Is it just the picture or is the second head from the right a bubble head?
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From: tonto59
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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They look like that are in good shape. Nice find!
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From: wingman
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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Great find George. I also still shoot Fiberglass having # 8's and 9's.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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The grains per inch is right around 11.5 for the 9's... and 10.6 for the #8's.
No bubble heads there, these are post 1964.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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As they are shown they are 524 grains for the 9's..set up to hunt, and 478 for the 8's.
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From: Longtrad
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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nice find
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From: jjs
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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George, do not recommend shooting them, they may shatter do to the fiberglass becomes brittle over time. Had some that I bought in the late 60s and tried them out again 30 yrs latter and several just shattered on impact on a sand bern.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 24-Feb-18 |
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jjs, appreciate the concern but I've been shooting old Microflite arrows for sometime now. I always check them for brittleness and any anomalies along the sides, ie, flex them and check nocks. Never had any issues. If nocks are brittle, I replace them as I have plenty of glue-on nocks here. Most issues come from how they are stored and most will be just fine.
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From: WildernessBuck
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Date: 25-Feb-18 |
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Thats great! I think they are some of the coolest arrows out there.
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From: MStyles
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Date: 25-Feb-18 |
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I think microflites are great as well. They’re the only non-wood arrow I like.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 25-Feb-18 |
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I think Graphlex was the forerunner of modern carbon and, I dare to say prototype composite. Timing is everything in life and manufacturing. The Graphlex showed up at the genesis of the compound bow. The compound brought with it a desire for lighter, faster arrows and at that time aluminum was the lightest and most concentric. Graphlex also had a propensity to explode...saw that twice. Maybe if timing was better they could have worked out the gozintos and had a more reliable product.
Graphlex had the mass weight and at that time that wasn't necessarily a positive in the sales of the day. Carbon came along and the speed gurus were dancing in their sleep for years. The heavy arrows went by the wayside. Some of the draw of the old Duraflex, Microflite, and all the other fiberglass arrows is the mass to spine ratio that more traditional folks like. Add to that more durability than some other shafts and you have a winner in my book. My #8's out of a 42# bow are 480/500 grains +/- with a 125 to 145 grain tip. Not being an expert in ballistics, I don't know all the gozintos, but I do know I have adequate speed from my mid 40's bows shooting 11 or 12 gpp. Quietness is also another factor of the composite, heavier arrow.
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