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BowEd:
Hitting the target with a wiggly shaft.This is something that drives my fellow FG friends shooting carbide arrows nuts.

bjrogg:
The one I put together for a trade arrow this year is like a crankshaft Ed. I shot it a bunch this summer, I picked it up Sunday and let her fly a couple times. Perfect bullseye both shots. I handed it to my buddy and he couldn't believe it. I really kinda hate to give it up, it's perfectly tuned to my bow and has a pretty sweet stone point on it now to. I better send it out pertty soon or build another.
Bjrogg

Pat B:
I love making and shooting crooked arrows and seeing the FG guy's reactions when at the practice butt. If tuned properly they fly as well as any other arrow. I wouldn't hunt with one because it would impede penetration but at the practice butt they are fun.

DC:
I'm missing something here. I always thought that a few wiggles couldn't hurt but one day I decided to get one of my boo arrows as straight as I could. I chucked it up in my metal lathe and worked my way down two inches as a time, straightening as I went. I ended up with a very straight true arrow. I shot like a dream. I went through the same process with another half dozen and using those arrows my "groups" shrank considerably. I became an advocate for straight arrows but I always remembered you guys saying it ain't all that important. You've mentioned something about spinning(not spining ;)) it between two fingers.Maybe someone could enlighten me a bit on that. Making crooked arrows is a lot easier than making straight ones  :D

Pat B:
DC, making crooked arrows is a lot harder than making straight ones. The balance in the crooks has to be just right and the nock and point have to be in line or they won't fly well. That said, a well tuned crooked arrow can fly as well as a straight one.

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