Alaska archery review

[bowtech]

Well I have put these shafts through the tests on both Compound and recurve and have what I need in order to have an opinion.

For my use I chose the Grizzly sticks which are one of three shafts made by Alaska Archery Supply and are thier shaft reccomended for bows 50 - 80#.
I first shot them out of a 60# compound and the flight was superior but suffered from trajectory diffrences compaired to other shafts
No surprise there as these shafts nearly double the weight of my current CX shafts.
For those who want that Heavy shaft,this is the leader in the field

The Brass inserts seemed questionable to me and sure enough (in an impact test)the field tip shank broke off inside of the insert.
Be that as it may,The shaft itself withstood a direct strike into a concrete block at 20 yrds with nothing more than mortor dust to be wiped away afterwards.

The Nocks are glue ons and are neither the best or worst,although I would prefer an insertion nock.

The shafts are striking in appearance with the weave and amber tone and the continous taper also will have newbees questioning you as to what you are shooting (maybe even some not so newbees)

Out of a recurve or long bow,These are the end all shaft for tuning I.M.O. as the flight is unquestionably the smoothest I have seen from any arrow.
I shot shafts from 32" to 28" out of one bow and the spline diffrence was a non-factor...Amazing!

Alaska makes a new sitka shaft for lighter bows with the same high shaft weight so those who have bows under 50# still have a shaft in this heavy weight class.

I could go on but I dont want to bore you

Lastly,Probably the best silencer on the market (for a noisey bow) are these shafts
www.alaskabowhunting.com/default.php?cPath=23

For lighter spline shafts (suitable for 50 -60# bows) the alaska sitka is the same heavy weight high quality product.

[elk4me]

Yikes I trust ya Bowtech but 130 a dz! too rich for my blood

[ScottC]

I am confused as to how the insert was questionable when the field point shank broke. Wouldn't the field point break be because of the FP?

The Brass inserts seemed questionable to me and sure enough (in an impact test)the field tip shank broke off inside of the insert.

[bowtech]

This is only an assumption on my part but the brass...I believe was the cause due to the fact that the softer metal allowed torque to be applied to the shank of the field point when it gave way to the impact.

That and the fact that I have never had a field point break at the shank before

As to your point Elk....

True enough but you could beat a Moose to death with the shaft and not break it so you get what you pay for ;D

[ScottC]

It would be worth a "dissection" of the insert in question with a Dremel tool & cutting blade. Then you could see the inside of the insert. May turn out that FP took one too many shots at a concrete block.

I would assume they did a bunch of testing before using a softer metal for an insert. Drop them an email.

[bowtech]

I did drop a line and I was given a fair response.

"The Brass insert is for weight and not for strength.
But....brass should be reliable for the contact matter of bone and flesh.

The aluminum insert is recommended for rougher treatment and brass outserts can be added (to the rear of that insert)for weight if weight is desired."


Also...the field points were not to blame as I discard any point once hard contact has been made.

I have pounds and pounds of field points in a bucket in the shop.

People who ask for some are always denied because error may occur due to the inserted alignment being off due to stress bends or fractures.

For $3. per. dozen I am not going to skimp on a point