-: I'm Kurt Wilson from Bow Hunter tv
and I have Gary Cornum here, marketing director at Easton.
We've been shooting your arrows forever
and I would like you
to tell me about the new match grade Pro series. Yeah,
-: We're showing off our new match grade here at the,
at the A TA show.
And you know, really from knock to point we've gone
through this shaft to make it really the best of the best.
It covers the models from the 6.5 to the Sonic,
which I know you've shot.
Yep. And then we have it on the axis line, both in four
and five millimeter and also on the FMJ
and four and five millimeter.
I see. Yeah. And so we've looked at this,
like I said, from components.
If you go to the top end on the,
on the four millimeter line, we have a brand new component
for the front end, which is our half out system.
Right. That has the new silicone fit ring.
So you're gonna get awesome alignment on there,
better than we've ever had with that silicone fit ring.
And then on, as you go down, that comes in four weights too.
So you got everything from 50 all the way
up to one 50 on that.
Oh geez. And then as you come down
for the five millimeter line, we've added these,
these impact collars.
So you're able to, it actually strengthens the front end
of the arrow that comes with the match grade and the axis
and the FMJ five millimeter.
-: And show me that silicone ring on the,
-: On the surface.
Yeah, that's on the new four millimeter, half out
that silicone fitment ring right there. So it you
-: Put that in for alignment is
-: It is for alignment, it's a zero tolerance.
You'll actually feel the tension as you insert
that into the shaft
and it, it any, any kind of play in there at all.
It'll soak that up
and then you've got perfect alignment against
it, against the shaft.
-: And then it has a recessed part here. Yeah.
Where the shaft goes inside the insert.
-: Yeah. Yeah. It's, it's a,
it is like a little collar on the end
and it reinforces the front end of that arrow.
So you know, if you have a hard hit,
it really strengthens that up as well.
-: And on the match grade, another big thing
of course is straightness instead
of just testing it in the middle.
-: Right. So the industry standard is
to test straightness in the middle of the shaft.
And what we do at Easton,
we make 'em in our factory in Utah, we actually are able
to control our processes.
And so we have a lot of that goes through a lot of,
of stringent testing to make sure that every arrow
that leaves the factory is as good as it can possibly be.
So we test not only just in the center,
which is industry standard, we also test
for straightness at the quarter locations
and also out here on the end we call it
five point straightness check.
Oh, I see. Because we're testing in five different places.
And so every arrow that leaves must pass
that five point straightness check.
So you're getting, you're getting all that testing
to make sure that we have the most accurate product possible
that leaves our factory.
-: And I know another thing that's always been a big thing
with me is helical Fletching.
Right. And and you guys have been doing that now
for a couple years, right?
And now you're doing it with a premium vein.
-: That's right. So on the match grade
and a lot of our other models, we do the factory helical,
but what's special about the match grade is we're using the
a a e hybrid 26 vein that's a premium vein.
And you're like you said, it is done helical right.
At the factory. So you're gonna get
excellent broad head control.
Right, right. Outta your bow.
-: Yep. That's, that's awesome.
I've always been a big thing about helical. Yep.
You know, when you start putting broadheads on
there, that's really important.
-: Right, right. And that, that factory, he comes across
that whole line of match grade.
So like I said, we have the match grade in the four mil,
the five mil, both AXI and FMJ, the Sonic six millimeter
and then the 6.5 as well comes in a match grade.
-: So you gotta get it at a pro shop.
-: That's right. -: So you can go in there
and you say, I want this much weight,
I want this much FOC and they're gonna build
-: It for you.
They can build it for you. There's
so much flexibility in the match grade line
and the tolerances, match grade points, match grade collars,
match grade, half outs.
All of our componentry, like I say, premium components,
five point straightness check
and factory helical match grade.
We've gone all the way through these arrows to make 'em
as good as they can possibly be.
-: Yeah. Can't beat that.
You, you know, you're walking out that shop
with the best arrow you can possibly.
-: Well we've been doing it for a hundred years right here in
the USA, so we better,
we better have it figured out by now. Yeah.
-: Well thanks Gary. Appreciate
-: It.
Awesome. Yeah, appreciate you coming by.