I was able to shoot my Tomahawk SS long bow 63#@29" through a chrono the other day I use MFX 340 weighing 602grans and I was surprise at the speed I shot three arrows and got 190 fps I was just wondering what your fps is.Speed is not that important I just thought I was shooting slower.
Dave
As long as I can see my arrow drop right in the pocket, my speed is right on! :thumbsup:
I really have no idea how much speed I'm getting out of my bows!
I can Count my Feet in a Second....... :archer:
It took me two seconds to count my feet.
Glad to Hear you arent Mad at Me for being a Smart Aleck..... You are OK in My Book Sir!! :thumbsup: :archer:
I can't see my feet. Have no idea how fast they are!
My Fedora Xcellerator is 48@30. I shoot a 503 grain arrow at 175 FPS. I think any bow shooting around 10 grains per inch of draw over 180 FPS is pretty exceptional ... just my opinion. True, heavy weight, high FOC ... etc beats fast and light for sure. I guess heavy and fast is pretty good too, as long as you hit were you aim, and for me personally, slower has always been more forgiving. However, I am very pleased with my Fedora, it has good speed, and is super quiet. Best of all I shoot it pretty well. My Dwyers are slower, but they go were you put them too.
Bob.
That is good. You are at about 9 gpp. The fast bows shoot about that at 28" draw, and you are at 29". I think that is about the speed of a good recurve. I know my Lost Creek was doing about that at 9 gpp and 29" draw.
I'm not sure of mine, but I usually base speed on my point-on.
Don't know and don't realy care. All I want of my bow is no noise and to be able to hit the mark @ 20 yards and under.
Like on other threads already been here,don't take too much care about the speed on your bow but the overall shootability.On these days most bows are really good and differ of few fps one from the other and on the field those small differences mean nothing at hunting distances.
Al my recurves are 51-55lbs at my 28" draw. I shoot a couple different arrows weights but the average weight is around 530 grains. Speed over the chrono ranges from 180-188...
QuoteOriginally posted by BowHuntingFool:
As long as I can see my arrow drop right in the pocket, my speed is right on! :thumbsup:
I really have no idea how much speed I'm getting out of my bows!
+1 :thumbsup: works for me, too.
i used to mess with chronos 'til i realized that the traditional chrono nestled 'tween my ears was way more accurate ... and cheaper.
I was at a shoot where two chronographs were used. The problem was that they read completely different speeds and no one knew which one was correct. the fellows who claimed that their bows shot over 300 fps claimed they were both reading slow. The one had my Shulz shooting Bear 308 aluminum arrows well over 200 fps, the other a bit under. It would be fun to know the numbers, but I would hate to see regulations get involved with declaring fps lower limits when arrow flight and broadhead sharpness and design are more important.
That sounds like a great performer.
I hunt out west and do almost everything on the rove. I like a faster bow. Of course I also use a rangefinder if possible, as much to tell me is it's too far.
I've only got a 26-7" draw and even w/bow pulling 66# I don't get your speeds.
I've got two feet
QuoteOriginally posted by Broken Arrows:
I was able to shoot my Tomahawk SS long bow 63#@29" through a chrono the other day I use MFX 340 weighing 602grans and I was surprise at the speed I shot three arrows and got 190 fps I was just wondering what your fps is.Speed is not that important I just thought I was shooting slower.
Dave
The man is asking a simple question of what your fps is with your trad bow. Funny how many people are eager to let him know how little they care about the speed of their bow instead of responding with their bow speed. It's a simple question.
Broken Arrows,
That is good performance, you should feel good about that. You are shooting a 600 plus grain arrow, so it's not like you're just trying to see what numbers your bow will post. I always use to say speed doesn't matter... but it doesn't hurt either, nor does it have to come at a cost to all the other things we value as well i.e accuracy, quietness, shootability, etc. You CAN have your cake and eat it too! I enjoy shooting and owning all sorts of different bows slow ones and fast ones...they're all good!
Kris
If you use the search engine and put fps and select title only, you get 18 different threads discussing this topic.
Lots of good information available.
Mike
Here is some stuff to digest,look toward the bottom of page....
http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001491;p=6
FPS is that the amount of steps a deer takes when he jumps your string. :coffee:
I'm around 175 with my set up. Thats shooting 60-65 pounds and a 620 grain arrow.
I don't shoot my bows through a chrono mostly because I fear I might be disappointed by what the speed says...that being said I draw just shy of 32in and shoot a Tolke Whip, which is impressively fast, so my numbers would probably be higher than most.
Speed isn't very important to me, that being said, if there were 2 identical bows I liked which differed only in speed, I would take that fastest one. Speed isn't my enemy, but it also isn't my quest.
Thanks for the info.Kennym it is a real eye opener.
I shoot 45# to 50# 28 1/2 draw 450 grain arrow.I get high 170's to low 180's out of all my bows.
QuoteOriginally posted by Jethro21:
I don't shoot my bows through a chrono mostly because I fear I might be disappointed by what the speed says...
Me too! Chances are I'd start tinkering and try eek more outta my setup. Don't want to go down that road again... Getting to old to change...
I recently shot my first bow that i have ever built a 68" T/D that is 55# @ 30"through a chronograph with the following results.604 grain arrow 180 fps,520 grain arrow 194 fps.Speed may not be everything but as long as it is quiet and fast it seems like speed is a positive goal to shoot for.
I can't believe the amount of people who don't care or at least say they don't care about speed.
The faster the arrow the longer your "depth of kill" and the extra 5 or 10 yards you can shoot might be the difference between getting an animal or not. I've shot animals at 30 yards, not as "ideal" as a 15 yard shot but sometimes it's necessary to shoot far in order to connect. Maybe if you're shooting at feeding stations you can always get a 15 yard shot but when you "hunt for real" you need as much speed as you can get or just get used to being dissapointed and going home empty handed.
To answer your question I shoot an acs 50 lb at 27" 650 gr arrow and I get 160 fps. With a 450-500 gr arrow I get around 180. I'm much more acurate with the lighter arrow but I like to stay with just one set up so I don't switch back and forth. I can go from deer hunting to moose and elk to bear at any time so I'm always prepared for the big stuff. If I only hunted deer I'd stay with a lighter arrow and more speed.
the chef
QuoteOriginally posted by calgarychef:
I can't believe the amount of people who don't care or at least say they don't care about speed.
the chef
I agree,,I say if its free horsepower,take it. Usually everything costs something somewhere else.
You just gotta balance speed/shootability/noise.
JMHO
If I hunted out of treestands with close setups I'd probably put kennym's third item first, a very quiet bow.
nice to have all, but sometimes you have to take some compromise.
My mildly reflexed/deflexed 38 lbs longbow shoots a carbon arrow 170 fps @ 11GPP
A POC 160 FPS @ 12 GPP
All at a draw of 29 inches, where the bow delivers 38 lbs.
My string is a 16 strands FF with beaver puffs and my fletching is 4 inch helical.
I ordered a SBD string which should speed-up my bow and I want to change my setup to 9 GPP.
I'm curious if I get over the 190 in this way....
Blackwidow sax 49@28 drawn 26.5 inch 405gr arrow about 9grains per lb 183fps. Widow
last time I shot though the chronograph with my Bear Grizzly 45@28 with a 500 grain 2117 I was getting 156 but I found out that a 2117 is way overspined for my set up so i got some 2016's and I havent had a chance to shoot it through the chrono yet
Most of my bows shoot in the range of 182 - 187 with a 580 grain arrow.