Fast bows?

[Possum2]

My Zipper Extreme 62" 61# shoots a 500 gr arrow thru the crono 201 fps. on average of 3 shots

[Bjorn]

I haven't shot a recurve in a long time, but my ACS bows are neck and neck with the fastest out there.

[momo-t]

Static limb Kwyk-Styk,quick and smooth,a rare combination.Went through plenty of bows before arriving at Jack's creation. But I must admit Bob Morrison's mini Ilf was nipping at the heels.
But honestly the difference between the fastest and slowest is not that huge of a difference.Whats much more important is how the bow shoots for you. Rather hit slow than miss fast!

[Ssamac]

Any Browning I have ever shot was amazingly fast for then and now even though a production bow

sam

[AALLFAB]

Elburg, Horne, Bill Stewart, Sovereign, Habu, Adcock, Morrison, Saluki, Palmer are all major screamers. jim

[Ben Maher]

i agree Mr Wrenn ...

ben

[joe skipp]

fast is nice but I prefer smoothness and quietness. My Kempf Stealth is fast, never chronographed it but the reason I've had the same bow all these years...quiet and smooth.

[Earthdog]

I shoot a very ordinary bow,a Hoyt Dorado with Tradtech carbon limbs.
With my 610g hunting arrows it's a tack driving,smooth drawing,very easy to shoot bow chronoed at 180-185fps.
With the 350g Redlines I shoot competitions with,it's still smooth drawing,not as forgiving,but very accurate and ultra flat shooting with good form,some where around 210-220fps.
As much as I love the speed thing,,speed is not everything and I know I can make a good medium speed bow become pretty darn hard to shoot well by pushing it to much.

[cacciatore]

Have you have seen most bows are in the same speed range,and if you hunt within 20-25 yrs speed is not the main factor,but forgiviness and accuracy are.Another great feature is quietness.When I use one of my collectible slow poundage bows at 20 yds I don't feel too much the gap with the fastest one I have.If you want to compete on 3D is enough to use a muchlighter arrow to boost your speed.

[pete p]

my whisperstik kajika is as fast as any i have owned...and i have had a bunch.  E.T. Williams brown recluse carbon spyder was the fastest bow i have ever seen.

[Bonecracker]

I have a 60" Centaur and 64" A&H ACS that are both screaming at 52lb @ 28! Both are nice but the I like the ACS the best! I love the hybrid long bows!

[Rodd Szmania]

RER

[The Whittler]

All of the above + some.

[TheFatboy]

I have heard good things about Saluki bows. I think there was someone who chrono'ed a 450gr arrow on his 45# Saluki Turk, and reached speeds varying between 191-195fps. I have a 70# Saluki Genghis on order, so I'm very much looking forward to that.

[Margly]

The fastest bow I know about is definitely the Black Douglas with Hex V mach 2 limbs.

The second would be a Habu Cs3.

Margly

[NDTerminator]

My Kota Prairie Swift really zips an arrow (hence as Tim pointed out to me, the name "Swift")...

I have a 58" Lee Signature Hunter that really zips an arrow as well...

I'm no bowyer or engineeer, just an archer's observation here, but I noticed the fastest bows I've seen & shot all have slim, steamlined tips...

[Irish]

Mr Wrenn is correct -I have shot most of the bow people consider fast.  My main hunting bow, a middle of the pack bow in the speed department fits me well.   I shoot it better than any other bow I have every tried.  That being said, I still love to try new bows.  When it is time to get serious, I know which bow goes to the woods.

But to answer the question, my Morrison recurve with foam/carbon limbs was the fastest bow I have ever shot.

[leatherneck]

My Morrison recurve is the fastest I've owned. I'm a guy for silence more than I am speed. I guess I'll have to throw my Morrison in that class as well.    
I guess what I'm saying is, until the speed of a bow can beat the speed of sound then I'll go with quiet.

[Wapiti Chaser]

My Morrison Dakota always gets comments on speed.

[Doc Pain]

Very interesting post.  As far as speed in concerned, I don't think that we have progressed that much over the last 20 years.  I do believe that there isn't that much difference in speed among the bows produced by most of the experienced bowers these days.  Years ago, there could be as much as 25 to 30 fps in bows of similar weights among bowyers, but I can remember in the early 90's cronographing speeds from a 62 lb black widow recurve with a 2114 arrow in the low 190's.  I don't think that has changed much today.