My bad. I went back and re-read your post. You're talking about 3 arrows being within 0.003 etc. made me think you were talking about straightness but you were saying they were within 0.003 of the 0.34 deflection in spine. Thanks for clearing that up.

The Gold Tip Hunters (now called Expedition hunters) are supposed to be +/- 0.006. The Gold Tip XT (now called XT Hunters) are billed as +/- 0.003. Two proshop owners I know have measured their straightness and found them to rarely be within specs. I shot Gold Tip XT's for years and know that some of my arrows wouldn't spin well or fly well. A couple even looked bent to the naked eye; certainly not within 0.003. That is why I switched arrows to Carbon Express this year. They are straighter but also more fragile; brittle maybe. I have already broken 3 in less than a month. I broke one gold tip in 5 or 6 years. I would like to switch back to GT but I like the straightness of the CE so I am considering the GT pros. That is why I inquired about whether or not they are REALLY what GT says they are.