what does flat out smokes an arrow mean!!!

Real Buckmaster · January 31, 2011, 10:01:00 PM

Seems like a lot of bows just flat out smokes an arrow. lb for lb Morrisons are the quickest bows I shot.

Steelhead · January 31, 2011, 10:14:00 PM

Yaa,Morrisons flat out smoke an arrow.

I dont know where that phrase got started.But it has a nice ring to it.So its popular to use desribing a fast bow.

I confess.I have said it.

benny · January 31, 2011, 10:19:00 PM

I agree. Morrisons are fast and quiet.

Benny

redant 60/65 · January 31, 2011, 10:25:00 PM

I have both Morrison carbon foam and A&H carbon bamboo they both smoke arrows, I use 8 strand strings super quiet.

Swiftspeed10 · January 31, 2011, 10:27:00 PM

Black Swan bows smoke arrows.

My Dwyer Endeavor smokes an arrow.

Crash · January 31, 2011, 10:35:00 PM

I think it is supposed to offer images of an arrow traveling so fast that the fletching catches fire while in flight. Seems to be a positive connotation. Course, it is relative. If you have been shooting 130 fps and shoot a bow that is 160 fps, then it flat out smokes an arrow. I see it alot when people are selling bows, that way, you don't have to quantify the actual speed.

limbolt · January 31, 2011, 11:26:00 PM

Bought a 54" Super Shrew Deluxe off here that was advertised that way,and they were right,it does.

saltwatertom · January 31, 2011, 11:27:00 PM

Well,..... The fletching on my arrows is still warm when I go to pull them out of the target after shooting them out of my Daala, does that count as fast enuf???

:p

Stumpkiller · January 31, 2011, 11:32:00 PM

"Flat out smokes" is at the upper end, followed by "really spits them out."

By the time you get down to "very forgiving" it's a bow that allows you to reach out and manually correct the arrow in the early stages of flight.

Say, maybe that's how they make carbon arrows? Shoot a cedar out of a Morrison?

FerretWYO · January 31, 2011, 11:54:00 PM

I guess you will have to ask the each person who says it.

SEMO_HUNTER · February 01, 2011, 12:20:00 AM

Well my bow will flat out lob a woodie, and yes Charlie it is very forgiving.

February 01, 2011, 12:21:00 AM

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Originally posted by Stumpkiller:
"Flat out smokes" is at the upper end, followed by "really spits them out."

By the time you get down to "very forgiving" it's a bow that allows you to reach out and manually correct the arrow in the early stages of flight.

Say, maybe that's how they make carbon arrows? Shoot a cedar out of a Morrison?
Adjective Archery in Action!

So true...and hilarious...

coaster500 · February 01, 2011, 12:40:00 AM

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Originally posted by Stumpkiller:

Say, maybe that's how they make carbon arrows? Shoot a cedar out of a Morrison?

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At what speed does the cedar smoke and turn to carbon

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Sixby · February 01, 2011, 12:48:00 AM

I reccomend using fire retardant on the fletch if you shoot an Eaglewing. You might find out what flat out smokes an arrow means !!!!!

God bless you all, Steve

vtmtnman · February 01, 2011, 06:01:00 AM

Every bow flat out smokes when you're selling it..just like they all been shot very little or they hate to do this.

That being said Morrisons are decently fast.My ILF recurve will huck a 600+ grain surewood with some good authority.

sticbow · February 01, 2011, 06:07:00 AM

My griffins will flat out git it down there!!!

magnus · February 01, 2011, 06:49:00 AM

Every year at our first bonfire. I light it with a flaming arrow. That is the the only time I get an arrow to smoke.

Kids DON'T TRY THIS AT HOME! I am a trained professional.

wapitimike1 · February 01, 2011, 07:40:00 AM

Make sure you check all your bows with a scale. Don't go by what's writen in the bow for weight. I think all the highend bows are about the same.

bigugly1 · February 01, 2011, 08:22:00 AM

I smoked an arrow once, didn't do anything for me. Then again I didn't inhale.