I bare shaft tested my setup. My feather arrows and bare shafts grouped identical out to 25 yards.
The feathered arrows flew like darts, however
the bareshafts did kick a little bit on release indicating a slightly stiff arrow.
For the tuning guru's: Would you try to get bareshafts flying like darts, or would you be happy with the identical grouping.
FYI, I put a practice broadhead on a fletched arrow and it also flew true.
I'd go with it! Tune for impact points as you are. IF they are hitting together, the fletchings are cleaning it up. I've seen bareshafts be a bit squirrely but still impact the same spot as fletched and I usually roll with it with good success.
If your broadheads and field points group together then mission accomplished. You're gonna be shooting fletched so the bare shaft doesn't matter at that point. I would step back to 30-40 yards with a big two blade broadhead and see what happens though. If everything groups together then you've verified your tune, if your broadhead arrow is impacting left, put a couple twists in the string and see if that clears it up.
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Forgot to add: I do have some minimal side plate wear
With arrows that are flying straight and grouping properly, why is there any need to look for non-existent issue?
Id keep messing with the tune until i got the bareshafts flying with no kick--+ but im kind of obsessed w tuning. I like a bareshaft just a bit weak.
That said, if broadheads and field points group together where you're looking you are fine.
Bare shaft a bit weak is a bit quieter than bare shaft hitting riser.
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Are you tuning with or without a broadhead attached? Good, fletched arrow flight with a broadhead is the ultimate goal, isn't it?
Pat, I bareshafted with fieldtips, but will try broadheads today! Thaks for that suggestion.
FYI, my broadhead fletched and fieldtip fletched are grouping together.
i like my bareshafts a bit weak, as when adding the fletches, that will add some mass, and in turn stiffen the shafts somewhat.
you can mitigate this by fletching the bare shaft- then cutting the vanes off the quill, leaving the quills on the shaft, or adding masking tape to add mass to the rear of the shaft.
3 x4" fletches will weigh about 10gr, and 3x 5,5" fletches will weigh about 13gr. you could weigh some masking tape until you match that, then apply.