Many years ago I shot Easton's Autumn Orange aluminum arrows and really liked them. I know they haven't been made for some time but does anybody know why they quit making them?

I would guess supply and demand, most people switched to the camouflage and/or carbon shaft arrows.

They made some recently

Swap and trade, and the classifieds have them at times.

MP

I have a bunch of Autumn Orange 2117’s that I still use and Easton is now making the 6mm Full Metal Jacket in Autumn Orange.

Supply and demand. Nostalgia doesn't sell arrow shafts, once the camo shafts came around back in the 70's, hardly anyone wanted the orange ones. I was there, and had a shop...camo took over.

Are you looking for some? If so, what size?

Early 80,s xx75 camos came out, then the next year Dougherty naturals came along with 2217s. A ton of people loved those plus the fact naturals were gray. The next year was Dougherty super naturals in a gray camo. Somewhere in the middle of all that easton figured out no one bought orange shafts any longer. There were to carbons back then. They were a product of the super fast compounds.

Sorry meant to say there were no carbons at that time. In mid 80s easton came out with ac shafts(aluminum/carbons) for Olympic shooter. Compounds were getting better so people wanted lighter shafts. Carbons were a product of those 2 things and came out somewhere around 90..

When I got into the sport, in the early 1980's, I could barely scrape up the cash for Gamegetters. XX75 Autumn Orange were a step above in price. Really felt like I had arrived when I bought my first dozen of those for my spankin' new Kodiak!

AFC and Beman was around in the 80's. I shot Beman and AFC poltruded shafts for elk and mule deer out of a Widow and a Groves. I started shooting for Beman in 1986.

The above was 1975, shaft introduced in 1974. This one later the same year.

They all shot the same

but kinda liked the color of the autum orange

never really cared for camo arrows

the grey naturals were nice to look at also

now shoot the screaming purple Jazz - so guess really dosn't matter much

the less (green)$ the better

George thanks for posting that.

I have been told that they will still make them. You only have order a minimum of 10,000.

Thanks George.

Loved the adds from another time! Thanks!

Got a few dozen 33" bare shaft 2413 if there are any heavy bow,long draw, or compounds out there. >>>>-----> Ken

One thing regarding the autumn orange shafts that I don't see mentioned is the fact that yes, they did cost more, but that was because they were a much harder anodized finish. The original Game Getters which were dark olive drab in color had the issue of the color wearing off pretty quickly if you had a fast bow and a tight target. I remember the ones I had within like 50-75 shots or so the forward half of the arrow, the part that went into the target would turn silver. That dark olive drab color would wear right off. Not so with the autumn orange shafts. I believe, if I remember right that is what the "XX75" stood for, the shafts with the harder anodize. And it worked too because you didn't back then and I still don't see XX75 shafts with the color/colors wearing off. It is true, as above, that they did not shoot any different, any better or worse that any other aluminum shaft.

I might have misspoke regarding the "original game getters"...thinking back wasn't it the game getter II that preceded XX75's??? The first of which was the autumn orange colored shafts.

I bought a bunch of orange in the 90's.

In the early 90’s carbon arrows began to draw the interest of bowhunters. The extremely rugged arrow shafts were preferred because they were lighter in weight than most aluminum options and they penetrated well. But the pultruded arrow shafts of the day were hard to work with. They had very small diameters that made it difficult to keep the fletchings from hitting the arrow rest. Also, the arrow shafts were made with carbon fibers that ran parallel to the arrow shaft so there was little resistance to internal forces. The prompted the need for external components such as point outserts and large arrow nocks that overlapped the arrow shaft. Because of these external components carbon shafts of the day were less streamlined than aluminum arrows.

Realizing the demand was there, two companies began working on arrow shafts that would eliminate the downside of carbon shafts without sacrificing the advantages. Gold Tip and Beman introduced internal component carbon shafts in the years from 1997 to 1998. These arrow shafts had cross-weave carbon patterns that gave the arrows enough internal strength that external point outserts and arrow nocks could be eliminated. Immediately both companies were swamped with orders. Since that time, uni-directional pultruded fiber carbon shafts have nearly disappeared from the scene. In their place has come a veritable cascade of new internal component carbon shafts.

I had the largest archery shop in ohio in the mid 80's and sold a ton of shafts and arrows. Trust me. The carbon/fiberglass arrows before the early to mid 90's were not carbon arrows as we know them. They broke and injured so many you couldn't give em away around here.

Autumn ornage was xx75 same as todays but just a different color. Gamegetters were olive green and a softer alloy so the color wore off fast. GGII's came out when xx75 camos did. They were the same alloy as xx75 but were made using a different process making them cheaper.

I love autumn orange, my favorite! When I was 14 (1980) I viewed them as the gold standard. I killed my first deer last year with a recurve, and my arrow was a 2317 autumn orange with a Bear super razorhead.... I'll be running 2219 autumn orange this fall in Kansas too.... I don't like to practice with them that much though, as they can't be replaced very easily, and I'm a highly advanced misser.... my missing skills are without peer.

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