Just purchased some Beaman MFX 500 series carbons to try in my Holcomb 59' recurves and was pleased with their performance. With a 125 grain field point they weighed in around the 422 grain range which I thought might be a little light at 9 grains per pound(ish) in my 2 bows...47# and 51# respectively. Today I had the orrortunity to run them through a chronograph that a fellow compound shooter friend had and was pleased with my bows performance. The 47# bow had a D97 10 strand skinny string, and the 51# bow had a 12 strand NEW fastflight string. Both strings were wearing "wooley whisper" silencers and I draw just about 28 inches on the nose. What was the velocity verdict???? 180-181 fps for the 51# bow, 179-180 fps for the 47# bow. I was using a glove...three under release.I don't know about you, but I'm thinking 180 fps is pretty quick??? I always felt that these 2 bows were pretty snappy.....what kind of velocity are you guys getting??? (NOOOO...I'm not hung up on velocity, I'm just curious!)....many thanks...john