I'm excited to try the 5.0 out. I shoot a 33" long 260 spine 5mm axis. 565 grains with standard insert, 125 grain head and nothing else. Being able to finally play with the head weigh/ collars and not have to have a 600+ grain arrow will be nice!
I want to see how durable these are. I hit some crazy stuff at TAC with my axis arrows and was shocked at the abuse they held up to. If these can do the same Easton will get my money.
I'm telling you I started with Easton 4 mm axis Arrows with a hit and search and I blew every single one of them up if you shot and hit one or if you passed through a Target it would blow up I switched to Victory VAP into day 6 and I have not broke one
I’ve never liked 4mm or micro diameter arrows for a variety of reasons. I’ve shot Axis 5mm for the last 6 years and can’t say I’ve ever blown one up. In fact they’ve probably been the most durable arrows I’ve ever used.
With a 3:40 spine with no weight up front at all and you're shooting a 460 grain Arrow are you kidding me that is insane I run 250 grains up front with a 250 spine Victory VAP and arrow is 26 and 1316 carbon-carbon without the insert anything and my arrow registers at 485 grains do you understand the knockdown power that that has versus you know something with the mechanical on the end of it that never punches through a deer like I see it all the time people shoot deer with Mechanicals the arrow barely goes in the animal and it runs as hard as it possibly can but because of the big loud pop when the mechanical opens you know you watch and nine out of 10 that are shot with a big fixed blade the fixed blade passes straight through in the animal bounce off a couple leaps stops wanders off and falls over dead
Damn, that's a long sentence. Arrows don't need to be heavy to punch through animals. Penetration is all about speed. A .223 can punch through plenty that a 12 gauge slug couldn't. Speed is more important, especially when we're only talking 1 to 200 grain difference here. Energy dumped into an animal with a 650 grain arrow and a 450 grain arrow isn't much of a difference. We gotta stop saying that heavy is stronger. New people getting into to archery, it confuses the shit out of them. If it's heavy, it's slower, and has less energy. If it's lighter, it's faster, so it punches the same or better because it's moving alot faster.
Valid but arrows shouldn’t be compared to bullets. Bullets are meant to transfer energy, arrows are strictly penetration. But he does have a point that the new offerings GPI is not impressive. Other companies have come out with even lighter options years ago. Easton seems late to the party.
@J-nd4de they do seem late to the party, and still not especially light. I don't know why they don't get more love, but the victory XVs are extremely light gpi. And it gives you way more FOC. I've seen people say they're brittle, but they're really not, still tough as shit. I had more problems with the durability of FMJs compared to the XVs
I run the XV’s at 430grs out of a 87lb machine 34 and have no issues. 12 deer this year with them and no problems. The new HLR are intriguing but heavier than I’d like so I’ll stick with the XV’s. Especially at $170 dozen!
Easton just came out with a lighter GPI hunting arrow, Victory has had them for years. Cool company but it doesn’t seem like they are innovating much arrow wise. The old “made in America” is worn out too. How many other products in your life are made overseas? 95%?
I'm excited to try the 5.0 out. I shoot a 33" long 260 spine 5mm axis. 565 grains with standard insert, 125 grain head and nothing else. Being able to finally play with the head weigh/ collars and not have to have a 600+ grain arrow will be nice!
I want to see how durable these are. I hit some crazy stuff at TAC with my axis arrows and was shocked at the abuse they held up to. If these can do the same Easton will get my money.
I'm telling you I started with Easton 4 mm axis Arrows with a hit and search and I blew every single one of them up if you shot and hit one or if you passed through a Target it would blow up I switched to Victory VAP into day 6 and I have not broke one
I’ve never liked 4mm or micro diameter arrows for a variety of reasons. I’ve shot Axis 5mm for the last 6 years and can’t say I’ve ever blown one up. In fact they’ve probably been the most durable arrows I’ve ever used.
With a 3:40 spine with no weight up front at all and you're shooting a 460 grain Arrow are you kidding me that is insane I run 250 grains up front with a 250 spine Victory VAP and arrow is 26 and 1316 carbon-carbon without the insert anything and my arrow registers at 485 grains do you understand the knockdown power that that has versus you know something with the mechanical on the end of it that never punches through a deer like I see it all the time people shoot deer with Mechanicals the arrow barely goes in the animal and it runs as hard as it possibly can but because of the big loud pop when the mechanical opens you know you watch and nine out of 10 that are shot with a big fixed blade the fixed blade passes straight through in the animal bounce off a couple leaps stops wanders off and falls over dead
Damn, that's a long sentence. Arrows don't need to be heavy to punch through animals. Penetration is all about speed. A .223 can punch through plenty that a 12 gauge slug couldn't. Speed is more important, especially when we're only talking 1 to 200 grain difference here. Energy dumped into an animal with a 650 grain arrow and a 450 grain arrow isn't much of a difference. We gotta stop saying that heavy is stronger. New people getting into to archery, it confuses the shit out of them. If it's heavy, it's slower, and has less energy. If it's lighter, it's faster, so it punches the same or better because it's moving alot faster.
Settle down there Gibson 😂
Valid but arrows shouldn’t be compared to bullets. Bullets are meant to transfer energy, arrows are strictly penetration. But he does have a point that the new offerings GPI is not impressive. Other companies have come out with even lighter options years ago. Easton seems late to the party.
@J-nd4de they do seem late to the party, and still not especially light. I don't know why they don't get more love, but the victory XVs are extremely light gpi. And it gives you way more FOC. I've seen people say they're brittle, but they're really not, still tough as shit. I had more problems with the durability of FMJs compared to the XVs
I run the XV’s at 430grs out of a 87lb machine 34 and have no issues. 12 deer this year with them and no problems. The new HLR are intriguing but heavier than I’d like so I’ll stick with the XV’s. Especially at $170 dozen!
Easton is still playing catch up with Victory.
Aside from the half out inserts, Easton has done literally everything first
Easton just came out with a lighter GPI hunting arrow, Victory has had them for years. Cool company but it doesn’t seem like they are innovating much arrow wise.
The old “made in America” is worn out too. How many other products in your life are made overseas? 95%?