Hybird Longbow fastest one

[OS]

Fastest longbow I've shot is my St. Joe River longbow! 60" bow 54@28 and getting 196 fps from a 650 grain arrow. True custom will do grips most any way you want and made in southern Michigan. Very stable and forgiving to shoot!
Rob

[Pokerdaddy]

St. Joe River

[Blackhawk]

As seen by all these posts, the difference in speed among most is minimal.  Only a chrongraph can tell the difference in over 90% of them.  

For me, I take into account other factors as well, such as smoothness, accuracy, noise level...and of course, LOOKS.

[DaveT1963]

I agree - it's kind of funny how we like to rate a bows given speed.... no mention on the archer.  I can tell you this, I have a pretty clean release and yet when I went to Rick Welch's school he consistently shot my bow 5 - 10 fps faster then I could (same draw length, same arrow)... it was all in his release and rock solid bow arm and anchor.

Your release, bow arm, creeping and a host of human influences will greatly affect any bow's speed.  If you want to get a fast bow - work on your form first as that is probably the biggest variable in bow speed (outside arrow weight and poundage)

[damascusdave]

If you want a good lesson on how form affects speed shoot some Technohunt which registers velocity for every shot...a sloppy release can easily lose you 10 fps

DDave

[traditionalman]

I want to thank everyone for the input. I do appreciate your help. I will look into everyone's input, but I can tell you anything over $800 is out of the picture for me. I have friends who spend $1600 to $2300 for a bow I won't do that it is a bow and $800 is my limit even if I had a billion in my bank account I would not spent that much on a bow.I can see spending $125 or so on good arrows, but fancy wood does not make a bow shoot any better. That is for looks only.

Again I thank everone for your help. Now I have a lot of research to do.

[-snypershot317-]

i cannot put input into a bow, what type you shoot, and preference, but i do understand wanting performance but i do have a couple of questions for you...if your looking for blazing fast speed, you wont find it amongst trad archery, if your wanting performance, you will find that any bow you pick up will have performance, maybe not the performance your looking for but it does have performance. also, dropping 10# you will not see the same performance/speed as your old set-up..but my question is this, why are you only looking at a hybrid bow? why not a well built long bow or recurve? there are very good bows of these types out there too...this is just my two cents..again may not be what youre looking for but i would explore all other options before settling on one type of bow based on an article in a magazine, again these are just my opinions...i hope you find a bow that you are wanting and in your price range and i wish you luck on your adventure. i know that if you have any issues this place is a good place to be. shoot straight and have fun  

[gringol]

$800 will get you almost any used bow out there...just saying...

[KentuckyTJ]

Zipper Nitro and Centaur. Like Gringol says, you can find any of these for $800 in the classifieds.

[traditionalman]

Not looking to buy right now I'm waiting for the surgery and I'm having some heart problems at the momment. Waiting to see if a Pacemaker is needed. I may not get soulder surgery till June if I need heart fixed first. I don't want to change to a recurve in fact I have a Bruin TD 2 sets of limbs 60 and 70 pounds Huntmaster. I will be selling for $300 plus shipping very soon if anyone is inteested. Also a Great Northern Brushbow I think 62 inch 67@27 excellent shape $225 I will be selling soon. I can no handle this weight anymore.

[gringol]

Oops.  Double post.

[Hermon]

Originally posted by DaveT1963:


Your release, bow arm, creeping and a host of human influences will greatly affect any bow's speed.  If you want to get a fast bow - work on your form first as that is probably the biggest variable in bow speed (outside arrow weight and poundage)

I totally agree with this.  I recently bought a chronograph, and the biggest thing it has taught me is my form in the most important thing with regards to speed.  I can change arrow, strings, etc. and not affect my speeds near as much as a sloppy release or collapsing on the shot.  

Get whatever weight bow you need for your medical conditions and then work on good form.

[Dave Paradowski]

Ditto on the Holm-Made Osprey

[Joeabowhunter]

There's a 48@28 Cari-bow Wolverine in the classifieds right now......  Great bows, very fast, quiet and forgiving.

[riverrat 2]

A&H or Centaur from my experience. Both are plenty quick. Never chronoed the 2,but just from shooting them both,I'd say A&H is faster. I love mine,sweet bows.  rat'

[katman]

Hands down my Big Foot Sasquatch t/d from Kirk, fast and whisper quiet as well as deadly accurate.

[Sixby]

If I had to bet my life on the fastest D and R that would shoot lights out I would bet on a Sasquatch.
or a Centaur,. Or an Eaglewing.

God bless, Steve

[pamike]

Sent ya a PM

[curlis]

Legends Cyclone hands down.

[mec lineman]

I had an A&H ,currently own a sasquatch and a MOAB. All of them have their trade offs in my experience. My next bow to arrive will be a hybrid Whippenstick. I just like that design. I've often read claims that some of these designs will rival recurves in performance. Maybe its me, but my Assenheimer will shoot any of my longbow arrows quite a bit faster. But here's the kicker I would rather shoot the hybrids. I will say this , you do not HAVE to spend 1,200.00 to get a nice hybrid.