Who Shoots a Heavy Mass weight Bow

[**DONOTDELETE**]

I just weighed My PSE KingFisher. I used My tiller tree & Bath scale ( This is just ballpark since it's not the kind of scale for this )and it shows 3.5#

This is just the bow ( Riser, limbs & string )No bow quiver on the bow. I used to Own an Original 54" Shrew that felt like it weighed-1#, Now Don't get me wrong I shot that bow great and I loved the feel of it.

I just wanted to know if the weight (MASS) really does help out as much as it does, Going by the replies I'm not going nuts (I am but that's another story), Because I feel my back muscles working more and it's helping My form.

This is the Bow I'm taking to Hunt Javie's & Hogs w/Curtis of 7th Age Next February (2011). I also have an Arrow Pat Brennan sent Me in 2009 ( Sourwood w/stone point 630grn ) That will be My main Arrow for the hunt but not my only one. I have Ash & Birch Arrows as well for the hunt.

[bpjon]

My Hoyt Gold Medalist is the heaviest traditional bow I have ever had, and I shoot it better than any other traditional bow I've ever had.  It's so stable, it almost feels "dead" in the hand, most other bows have some liveliness to them.

[Ragnarok Forge]

No heavy bows in my house.  Bad enough hauling 1.5 lbs 8 to 10 miles chasing elk.  Much less the add weight when hauling the quarters out.

[Sacred mt]

My Rocky Mountain Recurve with Bolivia Rosewood  is somewhat heavy but it draws real smooth, quiet, and no handshock.  Give and takes.

[ThePushArchery]

My Bob Lee Durawood Riser is extemely heavy.

Same theory behind the bull-barrel fire arms..

Heavy mass = Less movement at the shot.

[BOWMARKS]

Yep I can not hold a Widow I'll stick with the light bows. Guess Im a whimp!!  

[pitbull]

I like the mass weight also, the aluminum riser on my black swan weighs 2.5 lbs. It is a joy to shoot, very steady.

[spotteddog]

My 64" PMA is just a great shooting bow. A believer in longer and heavier bows

[Bowwild]

The first thing I noticed when I tried a Silvertip (Schafer) was it's "heft".  As I choose the woods for my own I'm being careful to retain this weight -- why I'll likely go with their Dyamond woods instead of extotics. I don't notice that I shoot the heavier bows (I have PSAIII) over the lighter ones (Blacktail 1-piece and others) but I do like the solid feel during the shot.

[Gen273]

I shoot a Black Widow Ironwood. I think I shoot a heavy bow better.

[adeeden]

My Bob Lee take down has good weight to it!

[Red4arm]

It's physics that makes a heavy bow more accurate. The mass and inertia keep it still. I see a lot of bowyers trying to buid super light risers, it's counter productive if accuracy is your goal. Why do you think target archers add mass to there bows. It's why I like a takedown recurve, the tend to be heavier. The. Black widows use a lot of phenolic, that is one of the heavier materials.

[Night Wing]

Both of my Blacktail TD recurves are heavy since the riser on both of them is a combination of cocobolo and shedua.

[Winterhawk1960]

A lot of phenolic makes a riser heavy. I prefer heavier weight bows, just for the reason that Red4arm mentioned above.

While having not weighed them, I'm sure that my Hummingbird Kingfisher recurve and longbow outweigh everything else that I have. That includes my Snakebit and my all macassar ebony Wallace Mentor.

They shoot pretty well for me.......and that is what matters most.

Winterhawk1960

[Andy Cooper]

I guess all things are relative. ANY trad bow is light, even at 10,000 feet, compared to an 8.5-9# 300 Model 70 or most wheelies. I like recurves because of their mass. One of these days, I'll have a take-down made: heavy, massive recurve riser with longbow limbs. It may not be too pretty...  :D

[Barebones]

I also shoot heavier bows better, I don't shoot some of my Pearsons that are lighter, as well as my Martin Hunter, Ordered a Wallace Mentor that's made of Bol. Rosewood and bocote with red elm limbs. Hope this ends up being fairly heavy? We'll see in December when it gets here.

[Sixby]

Macassar ebbony does the trick. I built a couple of the Talons with it and the stuff is like lead. Beautiful too.

[David McLendon]

I've shot Widows for years and they have a fair amount of mass, but I am switching to a Macassar Ebony risered Tall Tines and I expect it will have a lot more.

[term]

BW cocobolo,PSAX and yes  the weight makes all the difference.

[ozy clint]

i too like a heavier bow. my bob lee take down with 19" riser with thunderhorn bowquiver full of 5340gr worth of arrows is dead in the hand!