.005 straightness good enough???
 

The reason i ask, i was at Bass Pro today getting fishing line ,and wandered over to archery and was lookingat arrows.Much to my surprise i came across a few boxes of Carbon Tech Rhinos with a straightness of .005 for $59.99.On Carbon Tech website they list for $139.99.Right now i am shooting Carbon Tech Whitetail XP's straightness of .001. and am looking for a heavier arrows this season and this just mightfit my needs.My question is who is shooting .005 arrows with successout to about 30 yards max??

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They will work just fine.
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I shot Easton XX75s for years and they are about .005 straightness and they shot just fine. I switched to the XX78s and they are about .003-.001 and I guess I really didn't notice any difference. I would think they would be fine for you, and if you can get them at that much of a reduced price, i would have to say jump on it.

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Easton Axis arrows which are quite popular hunting arrows have a .005 spec also. Snap em up before someone else does.

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I am shooting the Cheetah hunters, and they shoot fine with broadheads out to 40 yards.

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I could only wish my johnson was that straight ... just shoot 'em . ;)

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There are 2 schools of thought here. First, the average archer won't notice the difference in a .005 and a .002. So with that in mind, they will work just fine.

Now for the second thought. All carbon arrows, save the new Maxima's, are all made one stock size and sanded down to spec. The ones w/ the looser straightness are the "inferior" arrows of the batch, but rather than toss them, they sell them and at least make some money off of them. Not that there is anything wrong w/ them, they are perfectly safe and will certainly kill anything you shoot at, but w/ that in mind......the question becomes.......How loose and poor are the rest of the specs, specifically the spine?

I always suggest buying the best arrows you can afford. For that reason.

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Spine consistency for Carbon Tech hunter series is pretty darn good, better than most all carbons. They shoot just as well as my ACCs, even with broadheads. I couldn't say the same for any other all carbons I have tried, but the Carbon Techs are very good, IME. Not sure about their construction, but they do not appear to be sanded to spec like others, one reason they are not all that smooth or quiet to draw through a whisker biscuit.

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.005 worksfine for me but I'm not into the 3d / target thing. I just hunt. 25 yards or less for me. I can't tell the difference between .005 and .003 at that range. My wallet can sure tell the difference though!

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yes

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The debate whether .005 straightness is good enough is a moot point now.Friday i went to pick up my bow and wasgiven a lesson as to why you get what you pay for.Len was paper tuning my bow at different distances and these supposedly "good enough" arrows were all over the place.Tail left,tail right,tail down,you name it they did it.Everything but bullet holes[:'(]We decided that i should go home get a few more of "those" arrows and a few of my old Whitetail XP's.Now Len proceeded to shoot the other arrows with the same results,complete crap.Then he nocked just 1 of the Whitetail XP's and BLAMO!!!!!!! ,Perfect bullet hole:D...Apparently these arrows were 4 years old and were "dumped" at Bass Pro to get rid of them.The spine on these arrows were horrible.The moral of this story is just because you you think your getting a deal money wise,think twice about it before buying.I knew better than to think i could get $140.00 arrows for $60.00,i just hoped they were mistakenly mispriced by them.:)

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Dave:

It's really funny to look at the responses from when you first presented this question. There seems to be little to no skepticizm about quality, actualtolerance, or tunability.

Ifmany could only seen the horrific difference(bullet holes to 4" tear) that we saw in the performance of these arrows, they'd soon start tounderstand how this portion of the formula can be so integral to the 'system.'

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The moral of the story.......get the best arrows you can afford and sometimes specials are not special.;)

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Amen Brother[8D]

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Your problems with paper tuning probably have more to do with incorrect spine, then they do with the straightness of your arrows.

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That is just what i said.:eek:

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Bought some ICS Beaman hunters. I could get each individual arrow to go to a certain spot but not 3 of them to go to the same spot. I was waiting for some hunter elites. They came and I made up 4 and shot them at four spots. All would have been touching if not on top of each other. It matters!.

All were tipped with broadheads.