dnutt

This may be a really stupid question but can you use any arrow for bareshaft tuning or do you have to strip down one of your hunting arrows???

Straightarrow

It doesn't have to be your "hunting arrow", but it does have to be the exact model, with the same exact length and the same tip on it.

Bulzeye

Itmust be exactly the same, except for the missing fletch.

I assemble my own arrows, so I just put 3 aside and don't fletch them when I put them together. I'll cut all the arrows,glue in the inserts in all the shafts, and use the ones that spin broadheads the best for hunting. The others either stay bare shafts or get fletched for practice and target shooting. As I need replacement arrows, I just stick withthe same kind, and replace whatever ones I'm short on, but I ALWAYS have a bare shaft or two in the case. If you want to have confidence when going into the field, send an arrow downrange with no fletch and watch it hit the right spot.

You want more than 1 bareshaft so that you can compare GROUPS. Like any other arrows, the bare shafts will not always hit perfect due to any number of factors. Always compare the center of one group to another, never a single arrow.