ORIGINAL: bigcountry
I have heard this from gold tip, but it never made much sense to me. When they make these, they are making in one big line, and cutting the arrow shaft. I don't know if its a cost saving method because the wrapping isn't cured to the glue or what. I have seen it to be mildly true, and have followed this advise, and got half and half results. Meaning, I see half the arrows getting to acceptable straightness. I have yet to see any of these arrows .001" throughout however. it would be hard for a home hobbyist to measure because the variations with the wrapping alone.
This is my experience as well- I've end cut I don't know how many hundreds of arrows, and while you may take a borderline arrow and make it acceptable, more often than not, you still end up with a woblby arrow unless you can get away with a 26" long or thereabouts arrow.