ORIGINAL: stealthycat II
I'm of the opinions a bad flying arrow is bad flying and tipping them with mechanicals don't fix that problem, ever.
I know this - if its pouring rain and my feathers are wet flat to my shafts, i've got 100% confidence they'll shoot great with broadheads on them at a deer. Why? They're cut down and played with until they fit my bow and shooting style.
But like most things in compound hunting anymore, people will do it how they want to regardless .......
I agree with all of this. If an arrow is not spined right then there won't be an efficient transfer of energy from the bow to the arrow and poor arrow flight. Bad flying arrow with less energy than it should have could cause penetration issues.
I had a similar conversation recently and was asked if I ever shot a bareshaft with a broadhead. I had but I did it again a few days ago after setting up the bow and arrow. I tuned them by adjusting DW and arrow tip weight so I didn't move my rest from centershot. At 20 yds the bareshaft with the BH(muzzy phantom)hit 1" left and 2" low from the POI of the fletched FP. I figured that was good enough for me.