I' ve been following this one for a while, I guess I' ll jump in the fire.[]

First of all, most carbons that you buy are not as straight as aluminum. I don' t think there' s much of an argument on that subject. unless you shoot thick walled aluminum shafts, after a week or two of shooting aluminum shafts, they probably are not going to be as straight as new alums. To me, all of this runout testing is probably not time well spent. [] But if that' s what trips your trigger I say go for it. I usually just number my arrows and keep track of any that consistently don' t hit point of aim. First I will try rotating the nock to try to bring it back in line. If that doesn' t work I' ll cull that arrow from the hunting batch.

The thing that really bothers me is people who say that just because someone buys their arrows off the rack and goes hunting, that they are disrespecting the game they hunt. The simple truth is that 99 out of 100 people can' t shoot well enough to notice differences in arrow straightness. That isn' t necessarily a bad thing. Most people know their limitations and stay within them. Everyone that bowhunts isn' t a world class archer. But that doesn' t mean they should stay home.

What amazes me is that you take a traditional bowhunter with longbow and wooden arrows and most everybody, including me, think that' s great. But you take a guy out there with a compound and immediately if his arrows aren' t perfect to a tee, he' s committed some crime against nature. [X(]

TUNE THE BOW TUNE THE ARROW TUNE THE ARCHER.....the system is only as good as the weakest link.

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