bow speeds

[tombutt]

what speed is your bow and what draw wieght

[dbjac]

~53# 27" Bowtech Allegiance gets me about 275 fps with a 338gr X10.

[elvanbowman]

Mathews outback @ 60# with 340 odd grain is 280 to 305( depending on type of arrow and Martin cougar 3 is spitting out well over 300 FPS at 70#.

I think the quickest bows arround would be Bowtech Alliegance and Mathews Black max 2 that quote 320 to 330 feet per second.

I have a really heavy longbow( 150# @ 28") that really moves but dont think it is as quick as the top two as the string decelerates rather than accellerates like compounds, but it loves to modify arrows( thats the archers fault more than the bows though):-D

[tombutt]

i forgot to say im getting 280 fps when my bow is winded down to 48 pounds

[dbjac]

... really?
what bow specs? ie. limbs, cams etc.. and Drawlength? Arrow weight?
sorry, but im sceptical.

[James Park]

250 ft/sec, 425 grain target arrow, 56 pounds, 29", AR34

[tombutt]

i didnt belive it my self when i read it it just a 2003 hoyt ultra tec with the cam and half my draw is 28ish and i have ace with 100 grain points
nothing special but it read high 270s and low 280s i shoot about 3 ends with it one my bow

[Purple Hats]

Just imagine the speeds you could get if you weren't such a girl and pulled more than 53# Derek! lol.

[dbjac]

yeh, well... ahh... umm... damn, i got nothing.

[Marcus]

The ACE is pretty light so it is probably correct.

My Allegiance does 298fps with a 290gr CXL and 265fps with a 370gr Navigator

[tombutt]

i think it might be becuase its red and red thing go faster
ill see how much they wieght later this week

[dbjac]

ahh ACE's, that makes more sense.

[Sten]

270fps? Eep. My '03 UltraTec did nothing like that.. Mind, somehow I think ACE's are just a little bit lighter than Triples..

[tombutt]

sten was it red but

[Ja]

toms got a point, red makes things go fast, like ferrais

[macca]

Bowtech equaliser 60lb at 26" gives 255 fps for 390 grain hunting shaft.

[AFJAMES]

BowTech Constitution 06 60lb 28.4" draw length
McKinney II 500 110gr Points 297.7fps
Easton x10 410 110gr Points 277.6fps
This was one alst week end at the range using the new easton crono.

Was I shocked by the speed of the Constitution.

[DanceswithDingoes]

Kohannah Windwalker......53#@28".........164fps with a 450gr 5/16" POC. 4" feathers, 125gr php field tip, Mercury index nock. :)

[archerbri]

i am going to sound really stupid but how do u find out how fast your bow is?

[Liam]

i am going to sound really stupid but how do u find out how fast your bow is?

With a chronograph.

[BigBuckDown]

Martin Slayer Extreme shooting 100gr tips, 68# draw, 317.4fps.

[beetle]

Apex 7
30"
49.8 pounds
296 grain 3D select
295 fps


:D

[Enlightened One]

Bowtech Old Glory 06, 58#, 28" draw, does about 290fps with McKinney 2's

[primal]

Ben Pearson Stealth , set to an ultrashort 27" at 57# with a 385grain = 240fps

[Archangel]

Helix, doing a staggering 203fps with X10's.
I had 236fps the last time I shot my ACE's for 3D; given the results it wasn't fast enough though, it'll be doing more this year...

[dane]

my martin jaguar with easton 500 epics 100 grain tips 50#(won't go up any more:bad-words: ) 28 inch draw with scott mongoose release , 235-245 FPS

[Juggernaut]

i am going to sound really stupid but how do u find out how fast your bow is?

well we could get my ferrari and ill drive by as you shoot your arrow and ill check the speedo. HEHEHE

in fact its not really a stupid question, alot of people dont know how to find out the bow speed.

[pmoney29]

well we could get my ferrari and ill drive by as you shoot your arrow and ill check the speedo. HEHEHE

in fact its not really a stupid question, alot of people dont know how to find out the bow speed.
Since you didn't answer the question, i might as well. You shoot arrows through a thing called a chronograph. These things measure your arrow speed. An example can be found: http://www.altservices.biz/cgi-bin/htmlos.cgi/00470.7.4170610360739306774

[Juggernaut]

hey PMONEY or should i say SCRIBE. you musnt have got your glasses on. the answer to her question was on page 1. geee cant u take a joke.

[2Dogs]

248 fps, 455 grain arrow - 60# 30" Mathews Apex

[pmoney29]

hey PMONEY or should i say SCRIBE. you musnt have got your glasses on. the answer to her question was on page 1. geee cant u take a joke.
Ah yes, but i went more in detail. And scribe and pmoney suck, people just call me that , its easier to say than my real name ;) :-P Chillax dude :silly:

[Juggernaut]

'05 Hoyt Protec XT3000
49# @ 29"
222 fps
405gr ACC

[Cartz]

Hand of God

69,000,000,000 fps

[Pat Mole]

well we could get my ferrari and ill drive by as you shoot your arrow and ill check the speedo. HEHEHE

in fact its not really a stupid question, alot of people dont know how to find out the bow speed.

even if you did have such a car, id be putting my money on the arrow. ;)

[alexvpaq]

Fast enough to reach the target :cool:

[Archangel]

Hand of God
Surely you refer to His Noodly Appendage (http://monkeysaurus.net/wp-content/FSM.jpg)?

[Jay.G]

I dunno, maybe slow. Should ask the arrows, maybe? can't go too fast with those little fellas, penetration into the target hurts them and the faster it enters the more friction, doubt they like to get burned...no complains yet so pretty slow i guess.

[Jay.G]

now wdf was i smoking...:rofl: self-revelation lol

[pmoney29]

You're starting to sound like Jean...Oh good god....

[Jay.G]

Mmm, no heaven't turned into a drug-addicted-pyscho, yet.

[pmoney29]

Mmm, no heaven't turned into a drug-addicted-pyscho, yet.
:rofl: are you implying something :silly:

[Cartz]

Surely you refer to His Noodly Appendage (http://monkeysaurus.net/wp-content/FSM.jpg)?

:rofl: dude, thats hilarious

[James Hirth]

Is it better to have a really fast bow or a resonably fast bow?

[James Park]

I would like a really accurate bow that is acceptably fast (to minimize wind drift).
I very definitely don't want a fast bow that is difficult to shoot accurately.
(Currently using 245 ft/sec with 424 grain arrows, and a really accurate bow that is easy to shoot well).

[grim_reaper]

Im no pro, so correct me if im wrong, but...
Fast Bow = Flatter Trajectory (Arc of Arrow path)
Flatter Trajectory = Less Sight Movment Between Distances
Less Sight Movement = More Accurate shot
Aswell as this^^^ if your arrow is faster it spends less time in the air... and is then in turn, not as prone to the wind.

the only problem with having an ultra fast bow is that they can sometimes be hard to controle, like Mr Parks stated above : "I would like a really accurate bow that is acceptably fast (to minimize wind drift).
I very definitely don't want a fast bow that is difficult to shoot accurately."... if you flinch, its all over red rover... so like all archery, it is very much an individual thing, if you can hit the middle of the target from 50 yards with a bow spitting 150ft/s, whos to say you should change?

The Reaper.

[dane]

sounds right to me christian.

[James Park]

Aswell as this^^^ if your arrow is faster it spends less time in the air... and is then in turn, not as prone to the wind.
Not true, it is much more complicated than that.

[Jean Lafitte]

I figure mine are going pretty fast, as I can't watch them fly away :(

[Eberbachl]

Aswell as this^^^ if your arrow is faster it spends less time in the air... and is then in turn, not as prone to the wind

If your arrow is light and fast, it will be in the air for less time - that is true, but will still get the crap blown out of it by a heavy wind ;)

What you want (for marked target), is a heavy and thin arrow coming out of a sufficiently fast bow to minimise the effects of wind drift, but not a bow that is so radical that it becomes difficult to shoot. I think the most (of course there are other factors) important thing that makes a bow either easy or difficult to shoot accurately is the brace height. I like to have a bow with a brace height longer than 7" - preferably closer to 7 1/2". This figure will be dependant on your draw length. My Draw length is around 28 1/8". Shorter draw lengths can get away with shorter brace heights.

[grim_reaper]

ok thanks for clearing that up, like i said im not a pro and only write what i have heard on the range.

[Mr colourful]

Ben pearson Pathfinder 220 mark 40# 24 inch draw:thumb:

[i_am_awsome]

yeah

[i_am_awsome]

i new to this

[lil_dennett]

martin jaguar with 3-18 acc's and 80 grain tips 45#(at min cos i am a lil girl) 26.5 inch draw using the great finger of mine i get bout 240 fps that is last time i checked.

[Brocky]

ok thanks for clearing that up, like i said im not a pro and only write what i have heard on the range.
Id pass it onto the people at the range or stop listening to them & listen to these guys who know what they are on about.

[Sean-ee]

I shoot a Hoyt Aerotec in colbolt blue don't no my draw wait exsacely but a ruff quess would be 24# i need a new set of limb's soon but one thing is for shore i have no ideer what my bow speed is?

[bobzila]

my bow is a hoyt power tec set at 78# ibo at 70# is 302fps i have a 31inch draw and im using 538.1 grain arrows can any 1 tell me how fast my bow would be shooting

[grim_reaper]

Id pass it onto the people at the range or stop listening to them & listen to these guys who know what they are on about.

i do beleive this forum is about oppinions, ideas and experiances, is it not? and if i knew the knowledge was incorrect, do you honestly think i would post it here? and don't say yeah your probably dumb enough, because im not and im sick of hearing it from you, its not hard to get along. I don't have any problems with anyone elese here on the forum and i can't see why i should, i respect everyone that respects me, i take advice and i accept correction, but what you deal to me every post i make is pointless... get over yourself.

The Reaper

[BennieDaBlade]

Bowtech Pro 40 Dually, 290fps over a Chrony Gamma with 357grain arrows.

[Eddie C]

Mathews LX, 58# , 29 inch draw, 300 grain arrows 295 ft per/sec.

[Sandy Hancock]

I don't no my draw wait exsacely but a ruff quess would be 24# i need a new set of limb's soon but one thing is for shore i have no ideer what my bow speed is?.
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Write them out one hundred times Sean-ee ;)

[Purple Hats]

He used to be exceptional with his spelling and grammar (I think it was him). I also think he used to shoot compound - anyone else seeing the relationship here? :p

[jamisbowtech]

im shooting bout 250 with a 100grain carbon force pro arrow out of a 2006 bowtech equalizer at 52 pounds:)