After reviewing Jeepnuts pics he sent me, it seems to be more of a prob w/ those using a straight fletch cock feather down or those using a Right offset or helical w/ cock feather down. I experiemented a bit last night and had no probs with cock feather/vane down in those cases w/ a left helical/offset.

For those with the slight contact problem I would recommend either:

1) fletching w/ a left offset/helical

2) using a dropaway where fletch orientation is not so important (I can even shoot cock feather sideways no prob on my TT w/ 5" feathers)

or

3) trying the Hicks target model (white)slide that Pat recommended. It gives plenty of clearance without too much side load.

As Pat said, the "Hunter" (black) model from Hicks causes way too much side load, and I'm on the fence with the Sims (I've tried it as well and it seems to be right in the middle between the target and hunter models from Hicks).