I bought three 1970,s recurve bows that came with these arrows.Must have been pretty popular back then. They shoot good. I read on here some were that they are not as good of grade AL as the arrows of today,but they seem fine to me.

The alloy is softer than later shafts like the XX75.

The swift was a softer alloy than what is made today, at the time it was the cheapest aluminum shaft on the market.

Bob

What Bob said, they were the cheapest aluminum, therefor they were the most popular at the time. They bend relatively easily but they also will straighten if you have a straightener.

That is what i thought i had read.I will shoot them in the back yard target shooting, and get good use out of them, and have fun shooting them.Those arrows shoot really well out of some of my selfbows. Thanks for the info guys.

I used them back then and as others have said they were an inexpensive shaft but the ones I used were accurate enough for what I was doing, amateur indoor target. I do seem to remember they bent pretty easy if you missed the target :-)

There you go Robert...same answer three times!

Thanks guys.

Sounds like the old green Gamegetters.

They are not, nor were they ever inaccurate in any way. They are just made of softer alloy. They make great hunting arrows since most times hunting is a one shot deal anyway. Back in 1968 I could buy a dozen Swift shafts at the local archery shop for $7.50. And before you go WOW, the average wage back then was less than $5000.00 a year

To the best of my recollection the different grades of aluminum shafting made by Easton back in the 1960s went like this: SWIFT was the lowest and least expensive grade, then came the 24SRT-X alloy, then the XX-75 alloy, and then the X-7. The hardness and resistance against bending, and the straightness and uniformity tolerances all improved as you went up the scale to the X-7.

Bill, you are right on the mark. When I shot field archery, I bought the X-7 shafts at Anglers Bait and Tackle Shop near our range. They were a good bit more expensive...$11.00 a dozen. ;)

I believe the Swifts, 24SRT, and early GG's were all 6064 alloy.

The 24SRT may have been the same alloy but it was tempered harder than the Swift. I remember them all pretty well. The Gamegetter came along after the 24SRT morphed into the XX75 and the GG was also a softer temper, but not as soft as the Swift.

Hey, with all this talk about Swift arrows, I just came into possesion of seven 1816's about 28 1/2" long if anyone is interested.

Used red anodized Swifts about 1970 for hunting and 2-D's when I had just one fancy takedown bow. Great arrows, which performed very well for a young fellow with empty pockets.

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