RE: Gateway or Truflight feathers?
Rack is spot on!
I' ve used both brands over the years.
The main difference I see is in the bases: Gateway bases vary quite a bit...Some are very narrow at the tail end, some very narrow at the front end, some are tall, some are short...
This doesn' t affect flight, but it makes them a little harder to fletch,as you set your Jig' s offset or helical using one particular feather' s base as a guide and only a third of them are actually shaped like that. If you are anal about how your arrows look (glue lines) and need precise fletch clearance (i' ve gone back to non-drop away rests), this can mess with you, cause the spacing will be a bit off on every arrow.
The true-flight feathers have much more precision ground bases,are much more uniform in height, seem a bit less stiff, and have a more streamlined profile that seems to make for a bit less noise, though it' s hardly significant.
The Gateways do seem to hold their color (dye) a bit better if you leave arrows outside in a target or whatnot.
Myvote goes to true-flight w/out a doubt if one has a choice.