Creek, Rest wear on the outside can be caused by several things. Nock point a little too low or over spined arrows will do it. The most common reason however is poor release. If you get a poor release one out of every 20 shots...the rest will wear on the outside, just look at mine!

Feathers only have one purpose on an arrow....To correct imperfections in tuning and form. They do this so well that a set up can be way out of whack and not know. You can not effectively correct flaws with feathers on the shaft designed to hide flaws! You can't correct what you can't see. Some even feel a little kick they can see during the shot is normal, IT's not! Seldom is fletching clearance the problem but the only way to know is bare shaft tune. That eliminates fletching clearance as a source of trouble.

Is your "nock right" form caused or tuning caused??? This is my point... You have no way of knowing. The only way to know is the method I described above. Good tuning, poor form, bare and fletched shafts will group together, just your groups won't be as small as they could be with good form. If they don't group together, that is a tuning problem and by looking at the relation between them, you know what corrective action to take.

John, Mi in Jan? Sounds cold to me! Don't know but I doubt it. Got a Javilina tag for January and our late mule deer season. If I go to shows/shoots, it's just for entertainment/vacation. Got more work than I can do as it is, can't see encourging more! LOL! Have a good one....O.L.