Craig -- Thanks for warming up Andy and Mick for us! I know we will have a great time following in your footsteps, hopefully ending with a shot at the kind of buff you took. Glad you think the Tuffhead 300s will work well. They sure look good. And so do the VPAs.
My 70# Shrew Safari was spitting out 1000 grain arrows at about 150 fps as Pat Kelly and I measured it through a chronograph at the range today. That may not sound like much, but those arrows are 14.2 gpp, which is very high. My 850 grain arrows are coming out of my Safari at 160 fps, and they are a hefty 12.1 gpp. At 10 gpp, I expect I would get a very respectable 170+ fps out of the Safari. These are very close to the same speeds I get from the 68# Super Shrew Samurai "Buffalo Bow" I used last year, which makes sense when there is only a 2 pound difference between them. The biggest difference is the beauty and strength of the Safari, which Gregg says is far and away the stronger of the two bows. Either one is strong enough for me, but it's nice to have the additional confidence that my bow won't let me down. Now I just need to make sure Mick doesn't drive over the bow. Do you have any chronograph testing on the velocity of the arrows you were shooting, Craig? I know you have a shorter draw length, which will also have an effect.
Allan