Feet Per second

Broken Arrows · January 09, 2010, 11:05:00 AM

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

BowHuntingFool · January 09, 2010, 11:12:00 AM

As long as I can see my arrow drop right in the pocket, my speed is right on!

I really have no idea how much speed I'm getting out of my bows!

Shakes.602 · January 09, 2010, 11:14:00 AM

I can Count my Feet in a Second.......

Broken Arrows · January 09, 2010, 11:19:00 AM

It took me two seconds to count my feet.

Shakes.602 · January 09, 2010, 11:22:00 AM

Glad to Hear you arent Mad at Me for being a Smart Aleck..... You are OK in My Book Sir!!

Ceb · January 09, 2010, 11:29:00 AM

I can't see my feet. Have no idea how fast they are!

Bob B. · January 09, 2010, 11:43:00 AM

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.

xtrema312 · January 09, 2010, 11:44:00 AM

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.

George D. Stout · January 09, 2010, 11:53:00 AM

I'm not sure of mine, but I usually base speed on my point-on.

Gray Buffalo · January 09, 2010, 12:23:00 PM

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.

cacciatore · January 09, 2010, 12:38:00 PM

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.

NDTerminator · January 09, 2010, 03:30:00 PM

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...

Rob DiStefano · January 09, 2010, 04:05:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by BowHuntingFool:
As long as I can see my arrow drop right in the pocket, my speed is right on!

I really have no idea how much speed I'm getting out of my bows!

+1

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.

January 09, 2010, 04:07:00 PM

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.

LKH · January 09, 2010, 04:15:00 PM

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.

rraming · January 09, 2010, 04:26:00 PM

I've got two feet

ishoot4thrills · January 09, 2010, 04:34:00 PM

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.

Kris · January 09, 2010, 05:03:00 PM

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

wingnut · January 09, 2010, 05:10:00 PM

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

kennym · January 09, 2010, 05:12:00 PM

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