From: Boker
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Can anyone tell me the year range and colors offered by Easton on their aluminum arrow?
I read they had been around since the 30’s but can’t find additional info on the colors offered.
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From: Babbling Bob
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Still have some old Swifts around which are red anodized from 1970.
Easton's X7 shafts were blue in the seventies and I believe I saw them long before that. They were still blue ten years ago.
Can't recall the dates of the orange xx75's, but someone here will I'm sure.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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The were the color of aluminum .. silver .. from the 30's through the 50's. The X-7 came out as a gold color...I shot them on my target bows back in the day. The XX75 was initially a silver color as well. The Gamegetter (solid green) came out either late 60's or early 70's. The orange XX75 came out around 1973/74 I believe. The camo shafts were later in the 70's.
Easton didn't make 'colored' arrow shafts early on since there really wasn't a demand like there is today. Most states didn't even have separate bow seasons until approaching the 50's, save for Wisconsin and maybe Michigan. Pa.'s first bow season was 1951. Easton aluminum was making arrows for competition in the 1930's, but since there really wasn't a large amount of bowhunters anywhere, then didn't need to make anything other than the smaller diameter shafts. I believe Russ Hoogerhyde won the Nationals in the late 30's while using aluminum arrows.
As demand rose in the 60's for aluminum arrows, sizes expanded and then later, colors were added. Also during WWII no aluminum could be used to make arrows; it all went to the war effort and Easton adapted their plant for that purpose. It all started then after the war when aluminum was allowed for commercial use again and Doug Easton got into a more expansive offering of arrow shafting.
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From: sammyg
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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I do know for a while before the orange XX75's came out they had XX75's in a bright gold color.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Those were in the 70's as well, but were mostly made in smaller sizes. My wife shot some in competition back in the mid to late 70's in 1616 gold color XX75. After the orange came out, they started dabbling in colored shafts. They even made gray for Jim Dougherty.
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From: grizzley21
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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the gold xx75 shafts where target arrows,,
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From: M60gunner
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Well let’s see, I remember the silver shafts, Orange and green in the 60’s and 70’s. I have some gold XX75 as well as grey ones, brown ones and assorted camo ones. There for awhile Easton changed camo like I change socks. Those were good times for a hoarder like me. The big guys would discount “last years” shafts so I saved a bunch when buying in quantity. Let us not forget Easton made shafts to order. I still have some shafts made for Browning and Bear as an example..
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From: Dan Jones
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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The first aluminum arrows I had was in 1968 and they were 24SRT-X and they were unanodized silver. I always thought that the different color anodized shafts were chosen to address a problem with the plain aluminum shafts - i.e. unless you washed them frequently they left a sooty black film on your hands and whatever else they came in contact with.
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From: casekiska
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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The way I remember it the 24SRTX was Easton's most common alloy for arrow shafts back in the sixties. Other alloys eventually came along about then or slightly later. Seems to me also there was a lessor grade (don't recall the alloy number) named "SWIFT" which was also common about then. They were less expensive and a lot of fellows chose them for their hunting arrows due to cost. The SWIFT alloy was softer than the 24SRTX, would bend easier, and the straightness tolerances were not as tight.
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From: The Whittler
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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My wife has some X7 that are black that she bought in the 90s.
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From: Boker
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Awesome info guys , y’all answered my question , I have a camo 69 super Kodak, I’d like to shoot aluminum for awhile and was just curious about what might be a period correct color,
I have carbon and cedar shafts I shoot as well.
The xx75 camo hunters were the first arrows I ever shot sometime around the late 80’s
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From: babysaph
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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Wonder how how hard it is to get he old orange ones? What spines did they come in?
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From: Billy Shipp
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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I've got a bunch of the Autumn Orange....1918, 2016 & 2018. They are still out there, just have to watch for them. and be ready to buy right then as they usually don't last long.
Who made the solid brown aluminums that Papes used to sell?
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From: redbuffalo
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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I also liked the xx78 Super Slam camo. Easton also makes the wood grain Legacy arrow.
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From: heftyhunter
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Date: 14-Jul-19 |
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I have a bunch of the xx75 papes Brown shafts 2317. Makes a great looking arrow for a Black Widow grey bark.
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From: rare breed
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Wish they would come out with the old Jim Dougherty XX75 SuperNaturals (gray/brown camo pattern) I own about three dozen fletched-up with high-backed shield feathers. Those were some badass arrows... Shoot Straight, rare breed
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From: sammyg
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I shot the gold XX75's when I used to shoot archery leagues back in the 80's. Mine were 2016's and at the time I was shooting a PSE Citation 6 wheel compound bow.
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From: Dan In MI
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Nobody mentioned the Yukon's meant to replace Autumn Orange. They were a bronze color and very short lived.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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The Yukon was more of a dark brown/orange color. I had some of them about ten years or so ago. They were the closest color to the old autumn orange than anything else. By the way, most of the solid color when bye-bye when Easton introduced camo shafts. Nostalgia doesn't sell arrows.
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From: darralld
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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The Jim Dougherty shafts came in gray ( JDA NATURAL ) then they added a gray & black ( JDA NATURAL CAMO ) then came the gray, black & orange ( JDA SUPERNATURAL ) last came the snakeskin ( JDA SERPENT ).
Darrall Dougherty
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I have some JDA Naturals, JDA Natural Camo's, but do not have any of the JDA Serpents. I remember seeing them, but never have found any.
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From: Krag
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Riverwolf, I have a Platinum, a red Eagle, and I believe and older version of the XX75 Camo I can send you.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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When I started in bowhunting and joined the local club in 1967, the only colored shaft was the X7 which was gold color but not bright gold. I don't remember more colors after that until the green gamegetter and the orange XX75 that came in the early 70's. There has been a ton of them since then.
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From: George D. Stout
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Riverwolf, Easton made some colors in the cheaper grade/temper of aluminum. One was an Eagle that was a softer temper.
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From: Krag
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I believe the Bear Metric arrows made by Easton were gold like the one in Riverwolf's picture.
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From: M60gunner
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I have a couple doz of those Metric Bear shafts. Kind of a lite brown color. I remember those Eagles, Easton’s answer to the wood arrow, one shot hunting arrow if I recall the advertisement. Beer cans were stronger! Bear also had a camo arrow. Not sure if it was Easton or the company from Korea that was trying to compete with Easton back in the 80’s. I got a doz in a bow deal. Had the Bear logo on the shaft. This thread has got me thinking about making a display with all the different aluminums I have stuffed in boxes around the house. Just think, the kids may get $5 for it at the yard sale when I have gone to the happy hunting grounds.
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From: JFH
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I have serpents in 2117,treebark in 2016,2219,JD supernaturals in 2217, plus all the normal colors.......orange,blue,black,green,silver,purple,rootbeer,woodgrain (both),green camo,brown camo..........
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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They made some that looked like birch bark for a short time. I have yet to find any of those also. Had a few in the late 80's but have not seen any since.
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From: Keefers
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Does anyone remember the Easton “Fluted” Autumn orange in the early 80’s if memory serves me right or am I just dreaming this up. Then I remember a breakaway arrow that would break apart if not a complete pass through and if animal would run and hit brush etc. the arrow would break as it hit something and blood could drip or spray. Maybe I’m just too old and I’m sure George will remember as well. Come on George back me up on this lol.
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From: Keefers
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Sorry I didn’t realize the post was just about different colors of Easton arrows but this thread took me back to those Fluted ones that were not around long .
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From: Jim
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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My first batch of Easton Aluminum were 1916 Swift shafts. Boy did they end easy! After that all I used were the 24SRTX.
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Keefers I have one of the breakaway arrows at home. I will take some pictures of it tonight.
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From: Sawtooth (Original)
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I like that last picture Ralph. I wish I could find some like that in my spine range. It’s difficult
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From: darralld
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I have a set of the Whackmaster arrows at home that Ted scent us when they first came out. Can't remember if I've seen the birch. I know I have some of the Traditional wood grain pattern.
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From: Mpdh
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Fluted arrows were Excalibur’s. Don’t know if they were made by Easton. Also think there were red XX75 made for Wing archery.
MP
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From: Keefers
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Mark I wasn’t sure but thought they were Autumn orange .Would be nice to see them and the break away just so folks know I ain’t dreaming this up lol.
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From: barredfeather53
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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I picked up a dozen 2016 and a dozen 2018 Jim Dougherty naturals...all gray color, at a local flea market. All were new and uncut for $50. Don't know when they were made, 70's maybe or early 80's.
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From: Boker
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Date: 15-Jul-19 |
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Loving all the pics and info
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From: Shick
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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Keefer, I'm hear to 'save you'; I have an autumn orange shaft which is scored every inch thru the whole length where it would break off. They were more than likely Easton made for Shear Advantage with a patent #. Hope this helps. Shick
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From: Keefers
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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Whew Dennis I was beginning to think I was All alone on this. Thanks for backing me up on that.
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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Keefers, here is a picture of the "shear Advantage arrow" It was an Easton GG2 shaft, with a horribly designed broadhead.
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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Seems like a horrible idea to me.
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From: Jimbob
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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I guess the concept was that the huge collar on the broadhead would prevent you from getting a pass thru. Then the arrow shaft would get "sheared" off and you would have a tap hanging out of the deer draining it of blood?
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From: Mpdh
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Date: 16-Jul-19 |
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Glenn Helgeland, Emory Loiselle, or Norb Mullaney. Can’t remember the writer or the magazine, but one of these guys did a write up on the Shear advantage arrow in the 80s.
MP
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