Microflight 8's

[Btaylor]

Ran across a half dozen of these in an old arrow stash. Thought I might fletch them up but then wondered about integrity of the shafts. Any thoughts? Would be shot from 53# recurve.

 

[Beendare]

I've seen em....never shot them. Aluminum was the ticket when I started.

Fiberglass tubes might be some cracking or failures on the ends. Are they still straight?

"Straight" being a relative term...I doubt these are very straight as thats why Aluminum shafts took over- they killed woodies and the fiberglass shafts when it came to straightness and spine consistency.

A piece of archery history for sure.

I still regret giving away a paint bucket of the bear BH's I got from my rep buddy when he left the business.

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[Btaylor]

I havent really checked for straight yet. They are bundled together with twist ties. The ends looked ok at a glance and there is length to cut them down a bit which they need any way. 8's I believe were a 50# shaft cut to 28". I have a lighter bow than my primary that they should work for just fine. Killed my first deer with one out of this batch of shafts. Dad gave me 2 dozen shafts and this 6 is whats left. They will probably get Bear heads. Dad has some that if I remember right the price sticker was less than a dollar a pack.

This past weekend he said I should go through all of his archery stuff and get everything I want to keep because he is done. At 76 he hasnt bow hunted for few years now but he had not said he was done either. It was a tougher thing to hear than I imagined it might be and has me thinking about how he started me out with a little bear recurve that we still have and a lifetime of bow hunts for about every critter in this state.

 

[Beendare]

Well they are a great blast from the past anyway.

That would be cool as hell to kill something with the shafts your father used back in the day.

When I started shooting a bow those were the cheap alternative to Anodized Alu and the guys steered me away from them. I know that have a numbered sizing for spine...something like 1-10....or 1-12 as I recall.

There is enough guys into that vintage stuff...these might be worth some $$ to those guys though it seems to me they were pretty ubiquitous back before Alu...so maybe not.

Cool stuff!

 

[jspradley]

Have the been stored away from sunlight and heat? Those two things are killers on fiberglass...

 

[Btaylor]

Have the been stored away from sunlight and heat? Those two things are killers on fiberglass...

Out of sunlight, yes and out of excessive heat but not air conditioned like the house.

 

[Beendare]

BT,- if you end up messing with them, specs, how they fly, etc.........

I would be interested to hear your experience as a comparison to modern arrows......cool stuff.

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[Btaylor]

Definitely plan to set them up. I just have to find the inserts for them. Already have glue on field points and broadheads and nocks but havent found the adapter inserts. I know they are stashed away somewhere in all his old stuff but havent run across them yet. Otherwise I will have to see what regular insert might work.