Can someone possible explain this to me???

[Pepper]

Science is great, results are better, and blind luck is the best.
If it isn't broke, don't fix it.

[Ragnarok Forge]

Is the bow cut to center?  That can make a big difference on spines that are compatible with your bow.

[CG]

Originally posted by Steve H.:
 

Remember less than one trillionth of a percent of all animals ever killed with a bow and arrow were done so with arrows that had been "monkey-tuned" like some people do these days.

Love the way you put that Steve!

My question to all of you who think he should cut the feathers off to "see what the shafts are really doing" is this--what more could you possibly do than to have a fletched arrow that flies perfectly?  So, if the bareshaft results indicate weak or stiff, nock low or high, whatever........how do you reconcile that with a fletched shaft that flies perfectly?  Since the feathered version is the one we will ultimately use to hunt with, wouldn't those results be the most poignant?

Since I'm on a little bit of a soap box already--why should we  need to use smaller feathers?  I undoubtedly agree that smaller feathers do require a more precisely tuned shaft, but if the 5.5" feathers, again, yield a broadhead-tipped shaft that flies perfectly, then what more could we ask for?  I've heard the argument for years about larger feathers and slowing the shaft down, but do they make enough of a difference in velocity and drop to outweigh the benefits (at hunting distances especially)?  Now, granted, there has to be a point of diminishing returns or else we would use 8" feathers or flu-flus to hunt with, but a 5.5" feather is really rather common with stickbow shooters, and I don't see where it is holding us back any.

Anyway, as Rob so eloquently states, YMMV