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The NEW CXL Arrows Yep, that’s right, another article about arrows. I know that I have written about arrows recently but I think there is just cause to write another one. Now this isn’t going to be a comparison between several types of arrows. This article is going to deal with just one type of arrow in particular. If you have been into my shop you know how strongly I believe in the Easton Redlines and I still do, but I just have to tell everyone about the new CXL arrows by Game Tracker. I would like to start by saying WOW! Now it wasn’t an instant love connection between the arrows and my self. In fact, when I pulled them out of the box to look at them I wasn’t sure that I would even spend the time to fletch them up. As I do with all new products I started to run some test. When dealing with arrows, there are three things I like to look at before giving them the go ahead or putting them in the arrow graveyard. The straightness of the arrow, the weight tolerance of the arrow and how well they group.
Ok, here we go. I broke out my spinner, which will tell me how straight the arrow is within +/-.0001, and started to check. As I spun the first of the six arrows my heart broke. Instead of the +/-.003” that Game Tracker rates the arrow as, it came back as +/-.007. Well as I spun the rest I found out that the first one was the worst of the six. The rest of the arrows came in between .004” and .006”. A lot of 3D and target shooters might bring up another arrow that is straighter but the truth is, I don’t know a whole bunch of archers that could shoot well enough to see the difference between .003” and .007”.
I then moved on to check the weight between the six arrows. Before we get to the results of my weight test lets look at why weight is so important. Lets say your shooting a dozen arrows that have a difference of 15 grains from the lightest arrow to the heaviest arrow. Remember that with every 3-4 grains of additional arrow weight you will loose 1 fps, this means that your lightest arrow will be close to 5 fps faster that your heaviest arrow. Out here in the desert when you have to shoot up to 50 yards. At that range you’re going to miss the animal or make a bad shot because your arrows don’t weigh close to the same. On the new CXL’s that I tested this wasn’t a worry. In fact, I found less that one-grain difference between the six arrows that I tested. Another huge advantage of the CXL arrows is the Actual weight of the arrow itself. At 6.9 grains per inch on the 250’s, I was able to shoot my bow at 59# and still achieve 288 fps.
It was now time to fletch them up, cut them to length, put some points in and start shooting. I started at 20 yards and with the exception of breaking one nock (because of such a tight group) I was on my way to falling in love. In fact, they grouped so well out to 50 yards I decided to sight them in and shoot them on Sunday at the 3D. This is what sold me on the arrows. I was watching my score and looking at the benefits of a “fat” shafted arrow for 3D’s. Well as the day ended and the results were added up, the larger diameter gave me additional 20 points over the 40 targets.
I had several people ask me after the shoot if I would recommend the CXL arrows for 3D’s. My answer, YES! Without a doubt these are one of the best arrows you could use for 3D’s.
-C.L. Zwar Team AZOD Archery Editor
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