Traditional Bow Speeds

[Bladepeek]

Originally posted by Killdeer:
"But then, I keep a picture of my wife in her high school uniform on the night stand."

And when she smiles at you, she looks just the same, eh? I suspect you two smile a lot.    :D    

I chrono'd a bow once. Yeah, it was fast. Didn't change how I felt about it, or how it felt about me. I use the Pact mostly for load development in my rifles, and that very rarely these days.

Killdeer

So killdeer is also a rifle shooter and reloader as well as an archer and philosopher. Unlimited talents, I say.

I shoot a 50# at my DL Bob Sarrles Blueridge takedown longbow. I use GT arrows that are just over 10gpp and get 177 through the chrono.

Bisch

[acadian archer]

Tried my Chek hunter 2
44# 28" draw.  30 inch xx75 1916 (470grains).  

158 fps

It works fine

[Sixby]

Great posts guys!!! Very interesting bunch we are. I shoot a 58 lb Eaglewing D and R and a 62 in Sasquatch Recurve about same weight with 550 gr doug firs that Sir Snag just did a beautiful job on. They both shoot in the triple digits and I can almost see the nock before the arrows hit the target. If you put a 5/8 washer behind the heads when you are hunting it stops pass throughs enough so that you can tell where the hit is.


God bless you all, Steve      

[Eugene Slagle]

I've shot my 49# Zona through a chrono a while ago, if I remember right I was getting around 170 with it shooting my 448gr arrows.
Fast enough for me since for the most part it hits where I point it "as long as I do my part."  

[BrushWolf]

I have been building my own bows for a while now. Now I like to shoot thru a chrono just to see how the design works.The last one was 56# @ 29" (my draw)it shot a 685gr arrow 161.I'm not sure how it stacks up compared to the pro's but she's just fine in my book.

[ermont]

I've had a ton of great bows over the last few years. I ran a bunch over my chronograph. Probably 90% were longbows so keep that in mind.

1. Fastest, Centaur 198 fps
2. ACS (Almost no difference with Centaur)197 fps
3. Everything else 175-185 fps

If you want a hotrod go #1 or 2. Otherwise shoot whatever you like, at 20 yards, it won't matter.