Is 190fps @ 9gr/lb "fast"?

[Matabele]

Hi all,

I know this may seem like a weird question and I understand that speed aint everything. I was talking to a bowyer though and he states his bows are shooting those specs with hunting weight strings and finger release, but I have no idea if that is "fast". I mean is that in A&H ACS territory, middle of the road or what?

Any advice appreciated thanks!

[iohkus]

That's faster than most. I would be HAPPY with that!

[AZ_Longbow]

Think Howard hill said a good bow shoots 115fps plus the pounds in fps. That's with a hunting weight arrow. So that's good speed.

[Possum Head]

Faster than anything I have.

[highlow]

Damn straight it's fast.

[Car54]

I think its fast, 'course I have know idea how fast mine are...good luck with the bow , if you get it.

[Michael Arnette]

Yes that's pretty darn good speed for a longbow...you won't find much faster than that

[Dale in Pa]

Very fast if chronoed at 28" draw, not as impressive if checked at 30".

[A.S.]

Originally posted by Dale in Pa:
Very fast if chronoed at 28" draw, not as impressive if checked at 30".

That's the key....how far was it drawn??

[crazynate]

That's faster than my bob lee and my predator but my Great Plains swift shoots that fast too with 29" draw. If your drawing 28 that's super fast

[KodaChuck]

I'm seeing 191 fps with a 635gr arrow out of my 64" Palmer Recurve 57# at 30"....my draw is just at 30" plus 1/4" so I'm around 191 fps at  about 10.75 gr/lb ...the practicality of this speed is a very, very flat trajectory between 25 and 40 yards....with a nice heavy arrow....using small Bowjax string silencers and Fury string material.

[KodaChuck]

I'm seeing 191 fps with a 635gr arrow out of my 64" Palmer Recurve 57# at 30"....my draw is just at 30" plus 1/4" so I'm around 191 fps at  about 10.75 gr/lb ...the practicality of this speed is a very, very flat trajectory between 25 and 40 yards....with a nice heavy arrow....using small Bowjax string silencers and Fury string material.

[ChuckC]

I would be careful with words like "hunting weight", just because it means nothing.  Getting terms like using 10 gn / pound of bow weight tells more of a story.  What draw length was tested tells more of the story.  Either way, although fun to talk about, most bows are NOT getting that speed and folks do darn well with them.
ChuckC

[Doug_K]

Checked a few of my hunting bows a couple years ago for curiosity's sake, they were 165-185 with 10-11 gpp at 28". Cant remember if this was before or after I switched to skinny strings though.

An interesting side note was the most expensive one was the slowest. At the end of the day it doesn't matter a hell of a lot anyways.

[Msturm]

yep.

[Al Dean]

At 9 gr per pound I would say average for a modern high performance bow.  Bob Lee, Widow, Big Jim and probably 2 dozen other quality bowyers.

[Wild Bill MCP 808]

That is good speed from that bow. Many factors affect speed.

Bill

[Petrichor]

Honestly checked my arrow speed. Tune the arrows up and once they fly good I shoot them a whole bunch.

[wingnut]

Yep 190 @ 9 gpp @ 28" is very good speed.  Our top of the line limbs in both RC and LB will be in the 198 range.

Mike

[trasher]

I got 199 fps with a 9,958 gr/lb arrow and 203 fps with a 9,2 gr/lb grain arrow.Tested with a hooter shooter.
I think your one is pretty fast!