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

[old_goat2]

Originally posted by Ravenhood:
Keep pulling it back farther till you get the desired speed.  LOL

I've been known to catch myself doing this when shooting through a chrono, all of a sudden the tip is on the shelf lol

[alteredbeast]

Samick sage td 62" recurve 50# 27" draw I got 165 with 2117 and a 125 gr field tip but with a home made bamboo arrow it got 178

[GrisMunkyNinja]

Thanks for all the replies everyone.  Guess I have no excuse now!   :D

[KeganM]

Omega recurve, 54# at 30", 545 gr arrow at 190 fps. Been working on form and my draw is scratching 31" lately though, which makes for a 57# and a little too much for me. After 50-60 arrows I start short drawing and flinching.

Working on a new bow that's 50# at 31". I'll trade some fps for comfort and accuracy  

[JEFF B]

horse bow  don't know but it is       fast enough to kill    

[Bldtrailer]

A wise man(owner of a bow shop) once told me " If you like the way your bow shoots(hits spot on) NEVER crono " he went on to say he had seen to meny archers that could shoot lights out, crono the bow and NOT get the speed advertised.  Then they would start to mess      with thier setups(for speed) till they couldn't hit      anything and the bows became      very loud. SO if you like the cast      of your arrow ,speed should be the last consern.

[iohkus]

Bldtrailer,   good advice!  

[LittleBen]

Originally posted by iohkus:
Bldtrailer,   good advice!      

I agree totally, I personally mainly chronograph because I'm building wood bows and I use it as a measure of how efficient the bow is.
Regardless how fast it shoots I add arrow weight until I'm around 150FPS ... becuase that make for the gaps I'm most used to ... I find that sufficient for 35yds point on distance w/ pointer finger at corner of mouth.


By the way, one other nice thing about chronographing is this ... if you repeatedly shoot arrows at the same speed or within 1-2FPS, you know your anchor and release are extremely consistent.

[adamgti]

Hill Country Harvest Master, 58# @ 28, I draw 29.
gold tip 7595 traditional 636gr 180 fps, the first generation of goldtip tradtional were 100gr lighter and I was shooting them at 196fps.

[ishoot4thrills]

My specs are in my signature below and I am very satisfied with my results.

I also have a relatively short draw as well and shoot a relatively heavy arrow.

[adamgti]

Well I was at the range after work and decided to see what speed my other bows made.

Trad tech apex with 40# @28 extreme BF limbs shoots a 318 gr arrow at 201fps

Black widow SA 57# @27 shoots a 662gr arrow at 188fps

Quartermoon longbow 53# @29 shoots a 540gr arrow at 176fps

I'm extremely surprised with the Quartermoon as I never really thought it would be that fast as it is so delicate in the hand and smooth to shoot.

[arrowlauncherdj]

Home brew recurve, belly mount. 62" amo... 60@28" and 175 fps at 10gpp rigged for hunting shot with fingers drawing 28".  

The one I made for el greco of the same design shot the same arrow at 185 fps at 28" (9gpp) and 175 at 26" (10gpp), I had made some design mods as the learning progressed and was pleasantly surprised. Shooting his arrows at bout 8.5 gpp  at 26" draw which is his draw, it shot mid 190's average.  He was a happy camper.

Dave

[Crooked Stic]

So Wildman how you doing these days. Those Morrisons are pretty good bows Huh? I know you probably will never want anything else-----  

[Nativestranger]

I have only chronoed my Grozer biocomposite Assyrian. 41# @ 27". 174fps with 400g gt3555 and 185 fps with 345g 1535. Haven't tested my Caribow Peregrine of similar weight but shooting from 20 yards it's noticeably faster..

[WildmanSC]

Originally posted by Crooked Stic:
So Wildman how you doing these days. Those Morrisons are pretty good bows Huh? I know you probably will never want anything else-----      

Mike,

I'm retired now, so my supply of fun money has dried up!    :(   I'll be sticking with the Morrison until I get to the point that I don't feel like hunting anymore.

Bill

[widow sax]

Blackwidow CHX 53@28 I drawl 26.5 with a 517gr arrow I get 177fps standard 14 strand BW string beaver balls over my crony. Widow

[**DONOTDELETE**]

ooops!  wrong thread...

[SELFBOW19953]

Accuracy with a sharp BH kills, not speed!!

[GrisMunkyNinja]

Finally chrono'd my PSE Talon 58" 44# @ 26" avg 154 fps same arrow same string.  Interesting to note the limbs are labeled as 40# @ 28".  They are also dynamic limbs.
   

Kirkll, that was a different thread. To the Selfbow19953 accuracy comment. This thread is a request for speed. Bare with me. Years ago an archery dealer, me and a farmer were at a shoot. The dealer shot his compound, me a 72# Schulz and the farmer a 50something reverse Hill. At a long antelope shot. We all shot three arrows. We all hit it once. The difference was two of the slow arrows from the reverse were under the antelope, two of mine were just over its back, and the two misses from the compound were gone, must have used the wrong sight pin. When we shot our bows through the local chrono set up, The compound had me beat by 20 fps, I had the reverse beat by about the same. Later the compound dealer tried that reverse and never let it go. He shot a deer with it and swore that no compound ever made could have pulled off the shot he took that killed his buck. How one gets off a shot when things are not a perfect setup has a lot to do with bow design and shooting form. Oh and sticking to the thread.  I got 188 with 2018s at my draw, another fellow with a longer draw than mine got a lot more out of my bow, and the 53 pound reverse Hill got 168 with cedars.