What kind of speed is everyone else getting? (Stalker Static 58" 45# @ 26 Chrono'd)

[Klent G. Johnston]

I recently shot two recurves and my long bow throughout a chronograph. My draw length is 29 3/4 and adds 5 pounds to the bows. I shot the same arrow from all three, a Gold Tip 3555 with brass insert and point, total weight 510 grains. Bear Commemorative Super Kodiak/fast flight string 50 @ 28 = 197 fps, 1972 Bear Grizzly/B50 string 45 @ 28 = 185 fps, Bear Montana longbow/ fast flight string 45 @ 28 = 180 fps.

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Sorry pavan, i deleted my last post... wrong thread.   :rolleyes:  

All these numbers really don't mean anything with GPP and draw weights all over the map....

As a guy gets used to a certain trajectory and is shooting good. If you were to get an accurate speed you could could switch bows at different draw weights and shoot exactly the same if you get the same  arrow speed out of the higher or lower draw weight.....

The advantage of a faster arrow is a flatter trajectory that is more forgiving to slight yardage estimate errors... But.... if you have to lower your arrow weight too much to get the speed you like, there are negative trade offs in a hunting bow that need to be considered.

I like keeping all my bows shooting around 190-195 fps.... I go up in draw weight while hunting, and drop down in draw weight while shooting 3D, but all the bows shoot exactly the same if i match the arrow speed accurately with draw weight to arrow weight adjustments.

I personally never believe that chronos set up at 3d events are to be trusted either. They give out a number and from one 3d shoot to the next I have gotten completely different numbers with the same bow and arrow combination. I shoot Hill style as John Schulz taught. what kills me is where the point of the arrow comes in relation to the target for me compared to everyone else. At 20 yards my point of secondary aim on a deer target on flat ground with me standing is 12 to 14 yards away. To shoot an arrow slow enough to bring the arrow anywhere close enough to make it a precise aiming tool has to be heavier than a fiberglass fishing arrow, I have tried that. I think that is why my point on is so far out as well, it is a triangulation between my eye and the tip of my 27" bop arrows. I do however find that my point on from my favorite 52 pound Robertsons are the same as my my favorite 58 pound Hill style bow with the same arrow.