My Hoyt Buffalo 60" 45# with uncut Gold Tip Traditional 3355 w/ 125gr. tips is getting 180 fps.  What are you guys getting with your traditional outfits?

 

Usually 170- 185 has been the average for me.

Mine is usually 150-170

No idea. Fast enough.

Good question...    I don't know... Guess it never mattered to me... I'd like to think that my Black Widow TFV shoots 295 fps...  :rolleyes:  But then, I keep a picture of my wife in her high school uniform on the night stand....... Don't Ask!

... mike ...  :D  ...

"But then, I keep a picture of my wife in her high school uniform on the night stand."

And when she smiles at you, she looks just the same, eh? I suspect you two smile a lot.   :D  

I chrono'd a bow once. Yeah, it was fast. Didn't change how I felt about it, or how it felt about me. I use the Pact mostly for load development in my rifles, and that very rarely these days.

Killdeer

No idea and I really don't care. I only want the arrow to straighten up as soon as possible to get good penetration on impact!  

Around 20yrs ago I made the mistake of shooting my favorite longbow through a chronograph. The speed was much lower than what I expected and from that day on I never shot that bow as well. Negative thoughts crept in and I couldn't shake them. I ended up selling that bow for no good reason.

Archery is such a mental thing. I learned from that experience and have since steered clear of chrono's.

But that's just me.

I think some of us have forgotten what we didn't know.


I would say 180 is respectable number with the proper arrow wieght and accuracy.

By the way welcome from Indiana.    


Rob

Mine is probably around 165 fps

I wonder if anyone has checked their arrow speed with a chronograph and then compared the result to the predicted speed on Stu Miller's Dynamic Spine Calculator. It would be interesting to know if Stu's calculator is a good predictor of actual choreographed speed.

I have the second fastest bows made. Everyone else has the fastest. I am so technically inept I'm sure if I posted chronograph numbers I would find out I miscalulated the number of lumens necessary for a "CORRECT" reading, how to adjust for the magnetic declination for my geographic position, or that I used the wrong FDC for the EFOC of the TARE!      :D    

My hill style longbows with 10.5 to 1, d/r longbows with 11.5 to 1 and t.d. recurve with 12 to 1 arrows all consistently shoot 166-170 f.p.s. through a chronograph. Concerning speed, I have noticed that some who post chronograph results from time to time get consideragly higher speeds than those achieved with the same bows independently reviewed by Traditional Bowhunter Magazine.

My bow is only as fast as my mind is deciding to release the string.I prefer the amount of punch it gives when it hits something.

I don't know, but like as much zip on the arrow as I can get and still have enough arrow weight for good penetration and sound dampening.

My bows are as fast as lightning when I shoot them anywhere but over the chrono. I guess it's stage fright or something. Take the chrono out of the picture and they speed right back up.

Roger, that is pretty darn good for bein unstrung!!  If I calculated right, you were gettin  124.67 fps without even tryin hard.    

Here are some mild d/r bows I built testing core materials...

http://tradgang.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=125;t=001491;p=6

Like someone said, ya gotta compare apples to apples: same arra weight per # of bow, and a shooting machine to get the same draw length each time and each bow.  Look what the extra inch does for speed in my test!!

When ya pull past your ear in testing, you risk losing an ear!!   :D

I don't know and really do not care.  I do know that my expierence with the chrono posters are the same as Jim Wright's.  I am not certain how so many people can shoot their bows so much faster than a controlled shooting machine.  I know, I know, yours is special and so are you...

God Bless

Kenny, that was some good stuff bro.  God Bless