New for the 2020 indoor season, Easton has announced an innovative, more technically advanced indoor arrow shaft for recurve finger shooters — the all-new RX-7 series. The new RX-7 7178 aluminum shafts incorporate a rear taper that allows recurve archers to shoot a bigger arrow at a lower bow weight with less point weight. This allows shooters to maintain maximum shaft diameter for higher scoring potential. Available in three spines (525, 475, and 420) in 21, 22, and 23 diameters. This size mix spans recurve bow weights from 30-52lbs and draw lengths from 23 to 32.5”.
Team USA’s Brady Ellison and Jack Williams have tested the RX-7 throughout the 2018-19 competition season, along with some of the world’s top archers. The RX-7 is based on the same proven design principle as the X10 and A/C/E shafts, with a flexible, forgiving rear taper. Williams said: “The rear tapered design of the RX-7 creates the most forgiving aluminum arrow for a recurve archer. It allows archers to use a lighter point weight to achieve the proper tune, creating a faster release and better arrow flight.” This design element drops the dynamic spine of the arrow shaft by up to one full size, which allows the use of a larger diameter and lighter point.
Until now, many shooters seeking maximum diameter arrow shafts often needed to compromise the bow tune, and potentially compromise shooting technique forgiveness, by using super-heavy points, leading to greater error potential with slight natural release inconsistencies. By using a normal weight point, and a precision engineered, more flexible rear taper with a weight-forward design, RX-7 series shafts provide the ultimate in finger release forgiveness. RX-7 uses full-strength 7178-T9 alloy that easily copes with tough European target materials.
For example, the RX-7 (23) has a spine of 0.420, compared to a spine of 0.342 for the equivalent Easton X23 2315 shaft. As an example, this allows the RX-7 23-420 to be tuned with an Easton 2315 NIBB point, at a normal shaft length. Compare this to the X23 2315, which is often tuned by recurve shooters with a heavy, 200 or 300 grain aftermarket point, at a longer than normal shaft length. RX-7 shafts are available from your authorized Easton dealer starting in August 2019 and are 100% Made in the USA.