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    ALL-CARBON: A BIG PROBLEM

    Feb 24, 2022 4 minutes

    At the end of 2020, Easton announced the sad news that it was stopping making the popular ACC and ACG hybrid shaft models. More disconcerting than that was the fact that those evergreen models were to be replaced by Easton with modern full-carbon variants known as the Avance and Avance Sport. This makes total sense for Easton both in terms of marketing and for manufacturing. There are also more pros to shooting full-carbon arrows than cons. For us here in the UK though, it’s the worst possible news. There are lots of arrow manufacturers around the world, but hardly any that produce quality metal core, carbon-bonded shafts; Easton really does have the market sewn up.

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